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Production Manager

JobFinder · Lismore, NSW · Full-time

  • Salary: $95,000 - $105,000 per year
  • Location: Lismore, NSW
  • Type: Full-time
  • Visa: Employer sponsored
  • Category: Manufacturing

Job description

Dairy plant leadership job in Lismore, NSW, with spray drying at the core.

Production Manager, full-time, Lismore, NSW. Pay is $95,000 - $105,000 per year. The employer is an established dairy manufacturer in northern NSW making powders, liquid and frozen products and butter for Australian and export buyers.

You run the plant floor, covering teams, schedules, materials, output, quality and compliance. Spray drying is a big part of the operation, so you need real hands-on technical know-how on dryers.

Living overseas and keen to move to Australia? Suitably qualified applicants abroad are welcome, and the job is open to people who can work in Australia or who meet employer-sponsored visa requirements. The whole hiring process is in English.

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Key responsibilities

  • Lead and develop supervisors, operators and crews, setting the tone on safety, ownership and teamwork
  • Schedule production, resources, raw materials and priorities to hit targets every time
  • Keep the plant efficient, productive, reliable and on quality
  • Push improvement work to boost output, trim costs and waste and use resources better
  • Stay compliant with work health and safety, food safety, GMP and HACCP
  • Work alongside maintenance, quality, lab and other teams
  • Read production data and KPIs to make the call
  • Oversee spray drying and support troubleshooting and process tuning
  • Grow staff technical skills, leadership and performance

Requirements

  • Proven time as a Production Manager, Plant Manager or similar manufacturing leader
  • Solid record managing people, planning output and running manufacturing ops, plus excellent leadership, communication, organisational and decision-making skills
  • Previous hands-on spray drying experience, both process and equipment
  • Can juggle multiple production processes and set priorities
  • Track record in continuous improvement, efficiency and problem-solving
  • Sound grasp of workplace safety, product quality and good manufacturing practice
  • Effective English, including workplace paperwork and safety messaging
  • Willing and able to move to Australia if needed
  • Dairy, food or powder ingredient manufacturing background highly regarded

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