Ready to broaden your production leadership experience? Join an established national business in Adelaide and help lead people, improve processes and keep operations moving.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

· Broaden your leadership: Work alongside the Production Manager across planning, people and operations.

· Make your mark: Turn your improvement ideas into visible results.

· Enjoy hands-on variety: Combine team leadership, problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.

· Help others grow: Coach supervisors and develop your production team.

· Grow your career: Access training and development opportunities to build your skills and support your next step.

· Enjoy a great team culture: Join a supportive team that values collaboration and shared success.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll coordinate people, schedules and resources to deliver safe, efficient production and quality orders on time.

Key responsibilities include:

· Plan production schedules, labour allocation and rosters to meet customer and productivity targets.

· Support recruitment, induction, coaching, training and performance feedback.

· Track productivity, quality and labour costs; drive Lean and 5S improvements.





· Partner with service and engineering on quality issues and equipment maintenance.

· Maintain safety, housekeeping, HACCP and operational compliance standards.

What We’re Looking For:

You’re an approachable, practical leader with at least two years’ leadership experience in manufacturing, production or similar operations. You’ll bring robust communication, prioritisation and problem-solving skills, experience leading diverse teams, and confidence using production data. Working knowledge of Lean and 5S, Microsoft Office skills including Excel, a valid driver’s licence and relevant operations training—completed or underway—are required. HACCP and production monitoring experience are highly regarded; Spindle knowledge is desirable, not essential.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

We’d love to hear from you. Apply with your CV and a brief cover letter. This is a confidential search; employer and site details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

Please note that you must have valid work rights to be eligible for the role and that we do not accept unsolicited assistance from agencies.

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