This position organises, controls and coordinates the strategic and operational management of horticulture facilities to ensure productive physical operations and safe, productive environments for staff and facility users.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the shed floor on a day-to-day basis.
- Ensure all cool rooms are operating correctly.
- Ensure all produce is packed to specifications efficiently and without compromising quality.
- Ensure the logistics supervisor has product available in a timely fashion and to the required quality standard so product can be delivered in full and on time.
- Lead a team of staff who manage the packing shed floor efficiently.
- Maintain a high standard of work practices at all times.
- Assist the post-harvest operations manager in supervising staff engaged in quality control, residue limit monitoring and protocol requirements for all markets, especially export markets.
- Liaise with grower services teams and farm managers to ensure smooth delivery of fresh produce for packing.
- Ensure protocol and MRL requirements advised by technical services,
and customer requirements set by marketing, are implemented in the packing and logistics process, especially traceability, labelling and documentation.
- Supervise quality control of produce being packed to ensure it meets packing instruction requirements.
- Assist to oversee procurement of temporary labour, consumables, freight and other services required to move produce from farms through the supply chain to customers.
- Operate traceability management systems and processes to ensure the shed floor is run cost effectively without compromising quality output, and recommend improvements where required.
Skill & Experience
Relevant AQF Certificate III or Certficate IV qualifications or equivalent; or
3 years employment experience as a Facility Plant Manager with relevant formal training; or
5 years employment experience as a Facility Plant Manager with no formal training