The Opportunity

Drive innovation. Deliver improvement. Make a real impact.

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Process Engineer to join our Gympie Factory on a 12-month maternity leave contract. This is your chance to play a key role in improving manufacturing performance, leading technical projects, and driving continuous improvement within one of Australia's most trusted food manufacturing environments.

Based at our Gympie site, you will work alongside passionate teams across Engineering, Production, Quality, and Safety, helping to deliver operational excellence while supporting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

A Day in the life…

- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing performance, reliability, and efficiency.
- Apply engineering expertise to solve complex technical challenges and reduce downtime.
- Manage and deliver capital and process improvement projects from concept through to implementation.
- Partner with Operations and Engineering teams to improve equipment reliability and manufacturing outcomes.
- Support recent product industrialisation and process optimisation activities.
- Champion safety, quality, environmental sustainability, and compliance across the site.
- Coach and develop operators and technicians while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Are you a fit?

- Degree qualification in Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing, Process, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Significant experience (at least 3-5 years) in process engineering preferably within a similar production and/or manufacturing environment
- Project management and continuous improvement capability.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.




- A collaborative approach with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Passion for safety, quality, innovation, and operational excellence

Nestlé Gympie is a smoke free workplace with a drug & alcohol testing policy. Applicants must have full Australian working rights

Applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.

Please note that this role may close earlier than the advertised deadline at our discretion, so we encourage early applications.

Benefits

You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.

In addition, we offer:

- Varied career experiences and personalised development support
- Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts.
- Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
- Paid parental and partner leave.
- Purchase Leave Scheme
- Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave.
- Discounted Nestlé products

Our Story Nestlé enjoys a reputation as one of the world’s largest FMCG companies and a leader in nutrition, health and wellness. Our inclusive and high-performance culture is a testament to the great training, development, rewards and recognition we extend to every member of our 5000-strong Oceania workforce.

Nestlé Oceania supports a culture of diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Take a look at Careers at Nestlé Australia | Nestlé Australia (nestle.com.au) to see some of the ways we live and practice this every day in our workplace.

For more information please visit our website Nestlé Australia Home | Nestlé Australia (nestle.com.au) or Our LinkedIn page http://www.linkedin.com/company/nestle-s-a-

Apply today!

📌 Senior Process Engineer (Gympie)
🏢 Nestle Australia
📍 Gympie