Production Manager

Overview

Lead Moulding & Fabrication teams, ensure safety, quality, lean ops at Smithfield plant

Key Responsibilities

• lean 5s
• zero harm
• sop training
• tooling optimisation
• production planning
• root cause

Tasks

-Drive operational excellence through Lean and 5S principles, focusing on safety, quality, cost, and delivery. -Champion a Zero Harm safety culture, ensuring compliance with Vinidex Pathways to Safe Work and ISO standards. -Ensure SOPs are followed, and training is delivered to maintain high standards and reduce risk. -Lead, mentor and coach a 50+ team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning. -Lead initiatives to improve recyclate usage, reduce scrap, and support new tooling and product development. -Collaborate with tooling, maintenance, and engineering teams to optimise equipment performance and reduce downtime. -Oversee production planning, shift handovers, tier meetings, and SAP reporting to ensure accurate and timely performance tracking. -Resolve complex manufacturing issues through root cause analysis and implement corrective actions. -Build strong relationships across shifts and departments to ensure consistent messaging and team alignment.

Requirements

• mechanical aptitude
• leadership
• sap
• engineering degree
• lean
• 3-5 yrs

What You Bring

-Able to work autonomously as part of a team with a collaborative style, is positive, resilient, innovative and challenges the status quo. -Technical and strong mechanical aptitude, with the ability to analayse and solve complex manufacturing problems. -Strong leadership and people management skills and experience in coaching and mentoring both skilled and unskilled labour, to develop and get the best out of the team. -Demonstrated experience using computer systems, specifically MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), SAP experience (advantageous). -Highly effective planning and organisation skills, with excellent time management, and coordination skills, have a sense of urgency, results focused. -3–5 years of leadership experience in a fast-moving heavy industrial manufacturing environment in Plastic (preferred), Steel, FMCG. -Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical or Mechatronics preferred). -Strong communication skills with the ability to make quick decisions and build stakeholder and customer relationships. -Proven experience in safety, project management, continuous improvement, including lean manufacturing knowledge and implementation (preferred). -Thrive in fast-paced environment, safety-focused, and bring a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset to everything you do.

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Benefits

-Career development opportunities available at locally and globally -Day shift role, Monday to Friday with flexible starting times available -STI bonus program and competitive salary are just some of the ways we reward our employees for their contribution -Industry leading paid parental leave - 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer and 4 weeks paid secondary carer -Employee Assistance Program access for you & your immediate family -You will enjoy working for a business that is conscious about what we do, how it operates and our impact on the environment -Opportunity to join our mentoring programs -A safe work environment with a strong focus on "Go for Zero" -Diversity, equity, and inclusion is close to our heart as a global business, you will have the opportunity to join the DEI council -We take it further with our Employee Recognition Programs and Service Awards

About Vinidex

-The company has earned a reputation for delivering high-performance, durable products in the water and infrastructure sectors. -Offers a complete suite of products including pipes, fittings, and valves for projects of all scales. -Typical projects include water treatment plants, irrigation systems, and large infrastructure developments. -With manufacturing facilities across Australia, ensures a reliable supply chain and high-quality standards. -Known for its innovative approach, continually enhancing products with new technology and design improvements. -Piping systems support essential industries, contributing to sustainable development and infrastructure growth.

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