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Top manufacturing and industrial employers in Australia

BHP leads Australian manufacturing and industrial with a Visibility score of 61.5 out of 100, 5.1 points ahead of Downer. Rio Tinto is joint 2nd. The list covers the 69 manufacturing and industrial employers AI recommends to job seekers in Australia.

69 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    BHP

    #1 in Australian manufacturing and industrial#1 for Engineering#1 for Maintenance & Reliability#1 for Manufacturing Operations

    Every AI recommends it for pay, career growth and interviews. The manufacturing and industrial employer AI recommends most in Australia.

    61.5
  2. 2

    Downer

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for career growth and interviews.

    56.4
  3. 2

    Rio Tinto

    Top 3#1 for Engineering#1 for Maintenance & ReliabilityEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for pay, career growth and interviews.

    56.4
  4. 4

    Wesfarmers

    AI recommends it most for inclusion, leadership and interviews, among others. One AI does not mention it yet.

    38.5
  5. 5

    Amcor

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for purpose, onboarding and leadership, among others.

    30.8
  6. 5

    BlueScope Steel

    AI recommends it most for purpose, leadership and innovation. One AI does not mention it yet.

    30.8
  7. 7

    Boral

    AI recommends it most for onboarding, culture and leadership, among others. Only one AI mentions it so far.

    28.2
  8. 7

    Siemens

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for work-life balance, interviews and career growth, among others.

    28.2
  9. 9

    Visy

    AI recommends it most for purpose and innovation. One AI does not mention it yet.

    20.5
  10. 10

    Coles

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for inclusion, job security and innovation, among others.

    15.4
  11. 10

    Toyota

    AI recommends it most for pay. One AI does not mention it yet.

    15.4

Everyone else

12 to 28ABB, Schneider Electric, Woolworths Group, BAE Systems and 20 moreShow
  1. 12ABB12.8
  2. 12Schneider Electric12.8
  3. 12Woolworths Group12.8
  4. 15BAE Systems10.3
  5. 15Bluescope10.3
  6. 15Bosch10.3
  7. 15Bunnings10.3
  8. 15Thales10.3
  9. 20Boeing7.7
  10. 20Fonterra7.7
  11. 20Kmart7.7
  12. 20Lendlease7.7
  13. 20Santos7.7
  14. 20Target7.7
  15. 20Worley7.7
  16. 20resMed7.7
  17. 28Caterpillar5.1
  18. 28Cleanaway5.1
  19. 28Fletcher Building5.1
  20. 28Ford5.1
  21. 28GE5.1
  22. 28South325.1
  23. 28Thiess5.1
  24. 28Woodside5.1
36ALDI, ANZ, Airbus, Ansell and 30 moreShow
  1. 36ALDI2.6
  2. 36ANZ2.6
  3. 36Airbus2.6
  4. 36Ansell2.6
  5. 36Arnott's2.6
  6. 36BP2.6
  7. 36CHEP2.6
  8. 36CSIRO2.6
  9. 36Cimic2.6
  10. 36Coca-Cola Amatil2.6
  11. 36Commonwealth Bank2.6
  12. 36ExxonMobil2.6
  13. 36Ford Motor2.6
  14. 36GE Aerospace2.6
  15. 36JBS2.6
  16. 36Jacobs2.6
  17. 36Laing O'Rourke2.6
  18. 36Linfox2.6
  19. 36Lockheed Martin2.6
  20. 36Mars2.6
  21. 36Nestlé2.6
  22. 36Northrop Grumman2.6
  23. 36Officeworks2.6
  24. 36Origin Energy2.6
  25. 36Procter & Gamble2.6
  26. 36RTX2.6
  27. 36S & P2.6
  28. 36SKF2.6
  29. 36Saint-Gobain2.6
  30. 36Telstra2.6
  31. 36Toll2.6
  32. 36Unilever2.6
  33. 36Westpac2.6
  34. 36Wood2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Australian manufacturing and industrial employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is interviews and pay: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on job security, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for manufacturing and industrial, the leader here has the 18th highest score. Elsewhere the lead changes hands: in South Korea, AI recommends Hyundai first.

More than half of the 69 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 15.4. The leader's 61.5 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best manufacturing and industrial companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

Read our article: Top manufacturing and industrial companies to work for

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top manufacturing and industrial companies to work for in Australia?

Going by who AI recommends most to Australian job seekers right now: BHP, Downer, Rio Tinto, Wesfarmers and Amcor.

Which Australian manufacturing and industrial employers does AI recommend for pay?

BHP and Rio Tinto are both named by every AI when candidates ask about pay.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.