At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic team in food manufacturing, ensuring quality and safety standards.
- Company: Established FMCG manufacturer with a focus on growth and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive work culture, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Be part of a positive team culture with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Join a hands-on leadership role and make a real impact in food production.
- Qualifications: Experience in food manufacturing supervision and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 $ per year.
We are a well-established FMCG manufacturer supplying national retailers and foodservice partners across Australia and Internationally. As our business continues to grow in scale and complexity, we are seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead our day shift team and oversee daily manufacturing operations. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on meeting production targets, maintaining product quality and food safety standards, and supporting the team to work safely and efficiently.
The Role
We’re on the search for an experienced and proactive Production Supervisor to join our day shift team. Reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll be responsible for maintaining our product quality and standards. You will also play a key role in driving operational excellence across our manufacturing lines.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise daily food manufacturing operations.
- Oversee machine setup and settings at the start of and throughout production runs, ensuring equipment is operating correctly and products meet quality standards.
- Work closely with the production planning team to deliver the shift production schedule, confirming ingredient availability, coordinating line priorities, and communicating any shortages, delays or changes that may affect output.
- Build a positive culture focusing on team development.
- Provide strong, hands-on leadership ensuring open communication channels and cross training.
- Meet targets in a dynamic and fast-moving business.
- Ensure compliance with required Quality, GMP, HACCP, Hygiene and Food Safety policies.
- Focus on ensuring your team are safe and following OHS processes and procedures.
What You Bring
- Proven experience in the food manufacturing industry in a supervisory capacity.
- A practical understanding of production planning in food manufacturing, with the ability to interpret schedules, anticipate material requirements and adjust shift priorities when production needs change.
- Previous experience troubleshooting machine breakdowns within training capability would be advantageous.
- An eye for detail to ensure production issues are identified and rectified quickly, with the support of our awesome maintenance team when required.
- Experience in baking or bakery production is advantageous, but not essential.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as good numerical ability.
- Strong planning and organisational skills.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of an outstanding work environment, in a company who is focused on continuous improvement and providing the highest quality product to its customers.
Production Supervisor employer: seek.com.au
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