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Electrical Supervisor - Food Manufacturing

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Lismore & Far North Coast NSW

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An established food manufacturing business in the Northern Rivers is looking to appoint an experienced Electrical Supervisor to lead a multi-skilled engineering and maintenance team within a high-throughput processing operation.

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This is a key frontline leadership position with responsibility for a team of approximately 15-20 tradespeople and apprentices. The role sits between the maintenance team, engineering leadership and production, ensuring maintenance activities are effectively prioritised and the plant continues to operate safely and reliably.

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While a strong electrical foundation is important, this is not purely a hands-on technical position. The priority is finding someone who can lead people, build capability, manage competing priorities and create accountability within a busy operational environment.

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The role will include:

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- Leading, mentoring and developing a team of electrical and mechanical tradespeople and apprentices
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- Coordinating planned and reactive maintenance around production requirements
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- Allocating resources and responding effectively to plant breakdowns
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- Driving plant reliability, uptime and maintenance performance
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- Working closely with production, planning and engineering management
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- Developing team capability through coaching, training and performance management
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- Supporting longer-term maintenance planning and continuous improvement
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- Maintaining strong safety, quality and operational standards
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- Helping develop maintenance procedures and engineering strategies
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- Supporting contractors and external technical specialists where required
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The role also includes scheduling work around production, coordinating with the planning team and CMMS, and ensuring scheduled maintenance is completed to the required standard.

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About you

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We’re particularly interested in speaking with people who have:

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- An electrical trade background, ideally with a current electrical licence
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- Experience leading and developing maintenance or engineering teams
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- Strong communication and people-management skills
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- Experience in manufacturing, processing or another high-intensity industrial environment
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- Good understanding of planned and reactive maintenance
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- The ability to manage breakdowns and competing operational priorities
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- A practical, solutions-focused approach
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- Strong commitment to safety and compliance
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Experience within food manufacturing, meat processing, PLCs or automation would be advantageous, but the business is open to strong maintenance leaders from other manufacturing and processing environments.

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The position operates in an early-start manufacturing environment and requires some flexibility outside standard hours, including participation in a rotating Saturday presence.

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This is a solid opportunity for an experienced Electrical Supervisor, Maintenance Supervisor or senior electrical trades leader looking to take ownership of a sizeable team within an established manufacturing operation.

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