Nursery Operations & Maintenance Manager

MAJESTIC SELECTIONS PTY LTD; Healesville; Vor Ort; AUD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

MAJESTIC SELECTIONS PTY LTD seeks a Nursery Operations & Maintenance Manager for our Healesville site. You will coordinate production inputs, track material flow, schedule operations, and ensure machinery runs at peak performance.

You will lead a maintenance program for automated nursery equipment, supervise staff, enforce WHS and quality procedures, and report on production performance to management. A relevant diploma or 3+ years supervising machinery is required.

Qualifikationen

• Diploma or equivalent with 3+ years managing machinery or production operations
• Experience in production scheduling and materials planning
• Experience maintaining and operating nursery machinery
• Strong mechanical and fault-finding skills on automated production equipment
• Leadership of teams and scheduling experience
• Understanding of WHS and quality systems

Aufgaben

• Arrange and prepare all production inputs to keep daily work on schedule
• Control material flow to seeding, soilworks, potting and grading lines
• Schedule operations so machinery and staff are ready before each job
• Set up machine operations to meet specifications and orders
• Lead preventive maintenance and service horticultural automation equipment
• Manage breakdowns and contractors to minimize downtime
• Maintain tray/label traceability with quality control and dispatch
• Train operators and enforce WHS and QA procedures
• Report production performance and equipment needs

Kenntnisse

Production scheduling

Team leadership

Preventive maintenance

WHS knowledge

Machinery fault-finding

Ausbildung

Diploma in engineering/mechatronics/agriculture/horticulture

Tools

Forklift licence (desirable)

Jobbeschreibung

Nursery Operations & Maintenance Manager

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description

Majestic Young Plants is a propagation nursery and horticultural company, supplying wholesale markets in Australia and internationally with high-quality plant material. Our Healesville site runs a range of horticultural automation, including drum seeding lines, soil and media handling equipment, cutting-processing systems, potting and transplanting machines, grading equipment, conveyors and irrigation systems.

We’re seeking an experienced manager to organise nursery operations, keep production supplied, and keep our machinery running at peak performance.

• Arranging and preparing all production inputs (growing media, trays, pots, labels, seed and consumables) so each day’s work can go ahead as scheduled
• Controlling the flow of materials to the seeding, soilworks, potting and grading lines, including coordinating forklift and stock movements
• Scheduling nursery operations so materials, machinery and staff are ready before each job starts
• Setting up and controlling machine operation so output meets production specifications and order instructions
• Running the production lines through an effective supervisory presence, to get maximum output and efficiency
• Leading the preventive maintenance program, and maintaining, servicing and repairing horticultural automation machinery, including spray and irrigation equipment
• Managing breakdowns, service contractors and machinery downtime so production isn’t held up
• Working with quality control and dispatch so tray, label and traceability requirements are met
• Training machine operators and nursery staff Enforcing WHS policies and making sure all staff follow safety and quality assurance procedures
• Reporting on production performance, input usage and equipment needs to management

Requirements

• A Diploma in a relevant field (such as engineering, mechatronics, agriculture or horticulture), or at least 3 years’ experience managing machinery or production operations
• Experience in production scheduling and organising materials in a production environment
• Experience maintaining and operating production nursery machinery, including seeding lines, soilworks (media mixing, tray filling and potting) and grading equipment Strong mechanical and fault-finding skills on automated production equipment
• Experience leading and scheduling teams Understanding of WHS and quality systems Forklift licence (desirable)
• Literacy and numeracy skills, and proficiency in MS Office