Production Manager
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Lismore, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $95,000 - $105,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Butter, powders, and liquid and frozen dairy products for home and overseas markets are made at a long-running plant in northern New South Wales. It needs a seasoned Production Manager to head up manufacturing, someone who brings hands-on technical knowledge of spray drying, an important part of how the plant works.
Qualified professionals overseas who would like to move to Australia can apply. The job is open to people able to work in Australia, or able to meet the requirements for an employer-sponsored visa, and recruitment is carried out entirely in English.
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Key Responsibilities
- Head up and develop production teams, supervisors and operators while building a culture of accountability, safety and teamwork
- Organise and coordinate production so output targets are hit every time
- Control scheduling, resources, raw materials and priorities
- Keep the plant efficient, productive, consistent in quality and reliable
- Lead continuous improvement to raise output, cut cost and waste and get more from resources
- Uphold GMP, HACCP, food safety and workplace health and safety standards
- Partner with maintenance, quality, laboratory and other teams
- Track and analyse production data and KPIs to steer decisions
- Offer management oversight and technical help on spray drying, from troubleshooting to process optimisation, and grow your people's skills, leadership and performance
Requirements & Eligibility
- A track record as a Production Manager, Plant Manager or in an equivalent manufacturing leadership role
- Strong people management, production planning and manufacturing operations experience
- Practical, previous experience with spray drying processes and equipment
- Handles multiple production processes at once, setting priorities
- Proven continuous improvement, efficiency and problem-solving experience
- Sound grasp of good manufacturing practice, product quality and workplace safety
- Excellent leadership, communication, organisation and decision-making skills
- Effective English for workplace documentation and safety communication
- Willing and able to move to Australia if needed; dairy, food or powder ingredient manufacturing experience highly regarded
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