Dairy Production Lead — 4-on/4-off, Safety Focused

Tatura Milk Industries Pty Ltd; Tatura; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tatura Milk Industries Pty Ltd in Victoria is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead our dairy production team, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations. You will champion a Safety Always culture, drive performance, and support continuous improvement across the department.

The role requires prior supervisory experience in dairy or food manufacturing, a forklift license, and strong knowledge of GMP, food safety, and quality systems.

Qualifications

• Previous leadership or supervisory experience within dairy, food manufacturing, FMCG, or a similar production environment.
• Valid forklift license is required.
• Strong understanding of GMP, food safety, quality systems, and manufacturing best practices.
• Proven ability to lead teams, build capability, and foster a high-performance culture.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills with the ability to manage operational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the team to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant production operations.
• Drive a strong Safety Always culture while ensuring GMP, food safety, quality systems, and environmental standards are consistently met.
• Coordinate daily production activities to achieve manufacturing targets, product specifications, and customer requirements.
• Coach, develop, and support team members through training, performance management, and multi-skilling initiatives.
• Champion continuous improvement opportunities to enhance safety, quality, productivity, and plant performance.

Skills

Forklift license

Leadership

GMP

Food safety

Quality systems

Manufacturing best practices

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Manufacturing system

Job description

Tatura Milk Industries Pty Ltd in Victoria is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead our dairy production team, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations. You will champion a Safety Always culture, drive performance, and support continuous improvement across the department.

The role requires prior supervisory experience in dairy or food manufacturing, a forklift license, and strong knowledge of GMP, food safety, and quality systems.