Field Trial Manager

Job no: 517324

Work type: Fixed term - Full-time

Campus: Adelaide

Categories: HEO6

(HEO6) $92,511 to $99,929 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Fixed term fulltime position for 2 years

This position offers you the opportunity to play a key role in launching a new technology across the Australian Livestock Industry.

Our team have developed a new type of scanner to measure meat eating quality in lamb and beef – allowing you to find that perfect lamb roast or steak. Over the next 2 years, we will install this device in 6 commercial meat processing plants across Australia and demonstrate its impact in the Australian industry. Come and join our team of experienced engineers and meat scientists bringing this product to market - making Australian meat the best in the world.

In this role, you will manage the installation and adoption of this device at commercial meat processing plants (abattoirs). You will be responsible for training of staff and ensuring that the device is effectively integrated into their business. You will identify issues in uptake and usage of device and work closely with our engineering team to come up with solutions.

This role will require extensive travel to sites across Australia, and you will spend significant amounts of time working at these sites as you manage the installation and usage of our new meat scanner.

This project is a collaboration between the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing and The Davies Livestock Research Centre, in partnership with Adelaide company Miniprobes Pty Ltd and Meat & Livestock Australia.

To be successful you will need:

• Experience in the Livestock and Red Meat Industry.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate across disciplines and collaborate with industry.
• Ability to manage projects with industry partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
• Evidence of an understanding of livestock anatomy and physiology.
• High level organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise and manage workload within a busy environment and meet competing deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience in the preparation of reports and analysis of experimental results

The path to Adelaide University

We are on an exciting path to Adelaide University as we prepare to open our doors in January 2026. Adelaide University will combine the strengths of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, and we are dedicated to creating an accessible and future-focused educational powerhouse that fosters economic and social wellbeing through ground-breaking research and innovative teaching. You can learn more about Adelaide University HERE and more information will be provided throughout the recruitment process.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

We offer a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework  and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

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Your faculty's broader role

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences contains one of Australia's largest concentrations of leading health researchers, teachers and clinical titleholders. It's comprised of eight schools and a number of specialist disciplines, institutes and centres, variously focused on world-class research, and training the next generation of: medical doctors; surgeons; dentists; nurses; psychiatrists; psychologists; and other health professionals.

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If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.

Applications close 11:55pm, 21st September 2025.

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:

Prof. Robert McLaughlin

Chair of Biophotonics, School of Biomedicine

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We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

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Advertised: 03 Sep :00 AM

Applications close:21 Sep :55 PM