Production Team Leader | Food Processing

The Company
A renowned SA food manufacturing business with a strong reputation for internal recognition of their people and excellent training is rapidly growing.  This is a great opportunity for an experienced Team Leader, Leading Hand or Supervisor looking to take the next step in their career, with structured training and support provided.

Your Role
As a hands-on Team Leader, you'll support and lead the production team on the factory floor, ensuring products are produced safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards. Duties include:

• Leading, motivating and supporting the production team
• Scheduling orders for production and ensuring raw materials used are accurate and in line with customer and industry expectations
• Monitoring team performance and providing coaching and feedback
• Maintaining a positive, safe and collaborative team culture
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• Working closely with Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse and Engineering teams
• Managing competing priorities in a fast-paced production environment

About You
You might be a future leader in Food Production or an existing Team Leader, but most importantly you enjoy working with people and know how to motivate a team to achieve results. You'll also demonstrate:

• Food manufacturing, GMP, HACCP or food safety knowledge is advantageous, but not essential
• Previous experience leading, coordinating or supervising a production team
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong commitment to safety, quality and teamwork

Other Details
This is a full-time, on-site position.  The organisation pays above industry standard and over time, and structured training and development. You'll have the opportunity to build a long-term career within the food manufacturing industry while working alongside experienced Production, Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse and Engineering teams.

What to do now
Submit your current confidential CV via the application link and follow @thechilligroup on LinkedIn for further opportunities.

How Chilli Recruitment operates
We partner with iconic Australian companies and are committed to connecting you with the right opportunity. Your application will remain strictly confidential and applicants who meet the key selection criteria will be contacted for an initial interview. Employer details are shared following registration.

We look forward to partnering with you on your career journey.