Job Description
About the opportunity
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We're seeking a hands-on Production Manager to lead the high-care end of production at a large-scale, high-volume food manufacturing facility. This is a fast-growing, fast-moving business that operates with real pace and energy, backed by a strong internal culture and a genuine focus on people.
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The role is a floor-based leadership role. You'll be expected to spend your first few months building trust on the line, understanding the process end-to-end, and finding early wins alongside your team. It is not desk based and the priority for the business is for an interactive leader that actively supports the team daily.
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Reports to: Factory Manager
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Working hours: Afternoon shift, 2:00pm-12:00am Monday-Thursday
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About the role
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You'll own the most technically complex end of the production process - overseeing multiple production rooms and the room leads within them. Hold accountability for machinery performance, process integrity and high-care compliance. This role is the highest point of on-floor escalation across your production rooms, with accountability for the process from start to finish.
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Key responsibilities
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Lead live production across multiple high-complexity production rooms
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Own machinery performance, process integrity and compliance standards
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Conduct safety/GMP walks and daily team huddles
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Support rostering and timesheet oversight alongside the Factory Manager
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Report on KPIs - tonnage, cost per kilo, labour headcount
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Identify and drive continuous incremental improvements
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Act as the senior floor-based escalation point for your production rooms
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About you
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You're an experienced, hands-on production leader who thrives on the floor rather than behind a desk. You bring strong technical understanding of high-volume food production machinery and process, along with the commercial awareness to influence cost and labour outcomes through your people.
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You will ideally have:
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Strong understanding of high-volume food production machinery and process
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Prior experience at production supervisor level or above, in a shift-based, multicultural team environment
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Comfort owning cost/kg and labour-related performance levers, and making fast calls when a line goes down
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Food or FMCG manufacturing experience
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An attitude-first mindset: humble, supportive, resilient and genuinely hands-on
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Why this role
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Real autonomy and influence over a technically complex, high-impact process
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Flat structure - direct access to senior leadership and fast decision-making
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Join a business with a robust track record of retention and people-first culture
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High-growth environment with genuine scope to shape how the site operates
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📌 Production Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Agrifutures
📍 New South Wales