Hands-On Process Engineer – Operational Excellence

Australian Country Choice; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Country Choice is seeking a practical, data-driven Process Engineer to join our Operational Excellence team at Cannon Hill. You will partner with frontline teams, supervisors, engineering, quality, safety and operational leaders to identify improvement opportunities, remove process constraints and help deliver sustainable operational performance.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in manufacturing or food processing, strong Excel skills and experience with time-and-motion studies,

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Process Engineering or a related discipline.
• 2 to 5 years’ experience in manufacturing, food processing, FMCG or another operational environment.
• Experience in process mapping, process analysis, work measurement or time-and-motion studies.
• Strong analytical skills, including confidence working with Microsoft Excel and operational data.
• Ability to interpret cycle time, capacity, constraints, productivity and operational performance.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging frontline employees and operational leaders.

Responsibilities

• Map current and future-state processes and validate workflows with the people who perform and own the work.
• Conduct time studies, work sampling and time-and-motion analysis to establish reliable cycle-time, labour and utilisation baselines.
• Analyse capacity, constraints, throughput, line balance, downtime and work allocation to identify practical improvement options.
• Support structured problem-solving and root cause analysis to address recurring losses and confirm action effectiveness.
• Develop standard work, process controls and visual management that are understood, followed and sustained.
• Prepare clear business cases, reports and visualisations that explain problems, options, benefits, costs, risks and implementation requirements.
• Work collaboratively with operations, engineering, quality, safety, finance and people teams to support trials, implementation planning and change adoption.

Skills

Process mapping

Time-and-motion analysis

Data analysis

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Verbal/written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or Process Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Australian Country Choice is seeking a practical, data-driven Process Engineer to join our Operational Excellence team at Cannon Hill. You will partner with frontline teams, supervisors, engineering, quality, safety and operational leaders to identify improvement opportunities, remove process constraints and help deliver sustainable operational performance.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in manufacturing or food processing, strong Excel skills and experience with time-and-motion studies,