Packaging & Manufacturing Tech Lead: Scale & Innovate

Remedy Kombucha; Greater Dandenong; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Remedy product

Discounts via partner brands

Performance and development framework

Team celebrations and social events

Sustainability initiatives

Charity donations

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Remedy Kombucha in Dandenong South is seeking a Manufacturing Technical Lead to bridge manufacturing, packaging, product development and supply chain. You will drive efficiency, troubleshoot issues, reduce waste and support scaling of our growing range.

This hands-on role partners with engineering, quality and operations to ensure new products and packaging formats are ready for launch, with data‑driven decisions, root‑cause analysis and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, packaging technology, process engineering or a similar technical role.
• FMCG/food and beverage/packaging industry experience
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis capability
• Experience using manufacturing and operational data to drive decisions and improvement
• The ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions and stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and a hands-on, practical approach
• A passion for continuous improvement and making things better

Responsibilities

• Providing hands‑on technical support for manufacturing and packaging‑related challenges
• Investigating production and packaging issues and leading structured root‑cause analysis activities
• Driving improvements in efficiency, reliability, yield and right‑first‑time performance
• Working closely with packaging suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve technical and packaging issues that impact manufacturing performance, quality and efficiency
• Supporting packaging optimisation and standardisation projects
• Using operational and quality data to identify improvement opportunities and deliver sustainable solutions
• Partnering with the quality and operations teams to ensure new products and packaging formats are successfully commercialised
• Supporting manufacturing readiness for new product launches and major product changes, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated prior to implementation
• Managing Bills of Materials (BOMs), manufacturing specifications and technical master data to ensure accuracy and operational integrity
• Assessing the manufacturing impact of formulation, packaging and process changes, ensuring risks are identified and effectively managed

Skills

Manufacturing

Packaging technology

Process engineering

FMCG experience

Problem-solving

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Continuous improvement

Job description

Remedy Kombucha in Dandenong South is seeking a Manufacturing Technical Lead to bridge manufacturing, packaging, product development and supply chain. You will drive efficiency, troubleshoot issues, reduce waste and support scaling of our growing range.

This hands-on role partners with engineering, quality and operations to ensure new products and packaging formats are ready for launch, with data‑driven decisions, root‑cause analysis and cross‑functional collaboration.