Introduction:
About Us

Top Cut Foods is Australia's specialist butcher, proudly operating since 1981. We supply a premium range of meat products and innovative meal solutions to customers across Australia and Internationally.

With accredited production facilities across Australia and overseas, we combine quality products with deep industry expertise, reliable supply, and personalised customer service.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a driven Training Manager to help build a new level of capability and apprentice stream to sustain our current demands and our amazing growth strategy. This is a chance to own your own piece of the people and production success story, build genuine national capability pipelines and represent a brand that proudly supports Australia’s Food Services industry, Travel and Restaurant communities

Description:
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Head Office at Ormeau as a Training Coordinator - Production. In this role you will be responsible for Inducting site employees, work closely with the HR Team and own site training and apprentice pipelining/coordination across the Plant. You will build the competency matrix, training needs analysis and future talent pipeline of our production teams across 7 sites.

This is a standalone role with significant scope to make it your own. You will establish the administrative foundations of the function, engage stakeholders across the business and support the Senior Leadership Team to strengthen workplace health and safety, quality and capability. You will be responsible for building the training plan,



training materials, coordinating and driving tool box talks, coordinating the apprenticeship agenda and building the compliance and training needs analysis for each role in each state. You will build a platform for our internal succession planning model.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, we are excited to introduce this new level of operational effectiveness to the business. You will be backed by a new Senior Leadership Team and a organisation ready to take their business to the next level.

Key priorities for the role include:
Identify the quick wins, build a roadmap for compliance and capability
Creating robust action plans to identify training gaps in the business
Build an apprentice framework to complete existing apprentices and grow new apprentices

- Engage internal and external stakeholders to manage inductions, onboarding, ensure compliance and support apprentices
- Drive tool box talks inclusive of production, safety and development topics
- Build compliance and training reports

About You

You are an experienced training, learning and development or operational capability professional who enjoys building structure, engaging people and delivering practical results.





You will ideally bring:
Demonstrated experience in training, capability, learning and development or operational delivery role
Experience in FMCG, food manufacturing, food services, logistics or a similar operational setting
Demonstrated exposure to managing apprentices and trainees
Strong organisational and administrative skills
Experience developing training needs analyses, competency matrices, SOPs and work instructions
A practical approach to creating training that works on the floor—not just theoretical training packs
A Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, or adult education principals is essential
Sound knowledge of workplace health and safety, including safety culture training and audit preparation
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Confidence working independently while partnering effectively with operational and senior leaders
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to use data to identify trends, gaps and opportunities
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset and the drive to build something meaningful.

Experience in meat or perishables is advantageous but not essential. We will provide the industry knowledge and support you in your success.

Skills and Experiences:
To be considered for this role, you must:
Hold a current Australian driver’s licence
Have the right to live and work in Australia
Be willing to complete our pre-employment screening, including a police check and medical assessment

📌 Training Coordinator - Production - Ormeau
🏢 Top Cut Foods
📍 Ormeau