Meet our program managers - Amanda Carter

This month we talk with Amanda Carter.

What did you do before AMPC?
Once I completed university my first job was as a Quality Assurance officer for an export beef plant and from there my love of the industry saw my career path move into HR, safety and training.

Prior to joining AMPC my previous roles were as a HR advisor for a sheep processing plant. Throughout my career all my roles have been in the field of safety, training and HR for sheep or beef processing plants.

What do you love most about your role at AMPC?
I am blessed in that I have a dual role. I am both a program manager working on industry wide people and culture projects. I also work as a co-innovation manager partnering with specific processing plants in my region. This role helps me remain focused and in touch with industry relevant information and opportunities and in turn assist plants with their specific R&D needs.

I love having the ability to do deep, meaningful research in the people and culture space to continue to drive the industry forward.

Who is your favourite sports team?
Brumbies. I love rugby and play an active role in our local senior and junior rugby teams.

Tell us something about yourself we wouldn’t know?
So many people know so much about me, so I find this a difficult question.

I enjoy doing mass catering for events. I love the planning of the event and then seeing people sit down together for a meal. At our national bull sale, I cater breakfasts for more than 100 people over three days. I also cater for our junior heifer show which is a three-day event with up to 120 participants.

I also love having cooking competitions with my family – we enjoy using the smoker.

Where do you see red meat processing in 10 years?
I see meat processing advancing especially in the automation space. I see this working hand-in-hand with processing employees. I see automation taking away the safety risks for our people.

It’s an exciting space over the next 10 years and I truly believe we are at a turning point. Especially on the training front and how it is delivered and how people are onboarded.

With the help of automation, we may be able to have operators sitting outside of the processing plant performing tasks inside the plant. This opens up a whole new demographic for the workforce.

Pineapple on pizza?
Absolutely.