Plant Manager - Food Processing Facility

About the role

A global food processing business with its major facility near Lisarow on the Central Coast is looking for a Plant Manager to lead its flagship manufacturing site. Reporting to the C.O.O and leading a team of five reports, the manager controls the site end to end, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient operations while delivering quality, cost and service objectives. The business is investing heavily in its capability.

Key responsibilities

• Direct daily production to meet safety, quality, output and customer delivery targets
• Ensure compliance with food safety, HACCP, GMP, quality and workplace safety requirements
• Lead and develop site teams, building a culture of accountability, engagement and safety first
• Drive continuous improvement, waste reduction and process optimisation through lean principles
• Direct engineering and maintenance strategy to improve asset reliability, equipment performance and preventative maintenance
• Manage operating budgets, labour, materials and manufacturing costs
• Monitor site KPIs and identify improvement opportunities

Required profile

• Proven manufacturing, plant or operations manager with experience in a food or drinks manufacturing or processing facility
• Strong experience in lean manufacturing and safety cultures
• Experience directing engineering strategies and capital plans for manufacturing
• Ideally a tertiary qualification in an engineering field

What we offer

• Salary of approximately $160,000-$180,000 plus superannuation and bonus