Production Coordinator

RGIT Australia; Tongala; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent role

Full-time

Structured operating environment

Competitive salary

Job summary

Goodness Grown in Tongala, Victoria, is seeking an Associate Production Coordinator to oversee the daily flow from picking through packing and despatch. This permanent, full-time role reports to the Production Manager and involves coordinating across teams, maintaining cold chain, and ensuring audit readiness.

The position requires 3 years' experience and familiarity with Freshcare/HARPS. You will work within a modern controlled environment with target-driven daily reports and inventory control

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in a fresh-produce packhouse or similar.
• Working knowledge of Freshcare and HARPS certification requirements.
• Familiar with Horticulture Award 2020 and Victorian OHS legislation.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams in a high-pressure, seasonal environment.
• Strong attention to detail across grading, labelling and inventory control.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and inventory/production-tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate the production schedule into daily operational direction for the Picking and Packhouse Supervisors.
• Monitor real-time progress against targets and adjust resourcing and line speed to stay on schedule.
• Coordinate flow from picking through grading and packing to despatch-ready status; provide end-of-day reports.
• Verify grading, sizing, weight and labelling checks and drive corrective action for non-conformances.
• Maintain cold chain integrity from pick to despatch.
• Control packing consumable inventory with FIFO and reordering.
• Coordinate daily equipment readiness with Maintenance Manager and log faults.
• Support audit readiness for Freshcare, HARPS and Fair Farms.
• Coordinate inductions and cross-training to build a multi-skilled team.

Skills

Production coordination

Inventory control

Quality checks

MS 365

Production-tracking systems

Education

Food safety cert (HACCP)

Tools

Inventory software

Production tracking software

Job description

Full-time Permanent Associate

Posted 10 Aug 2026

Description

About Goodness Grown

Goodness Grown is a high-tech controlled environment agriculture business producing premium tomatoes in a 20-hectare glasshouse and packhouse facility at Tongala, in northern Victoria. The site brings together climate control, automation, grading and packing lines, and a full despatch operation, and operates under Freshcare, HARPS and Fair Farms certification.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Coordinator runs the operational heartbeat of the site: the daily flow of product from picking through grading and packing into the despatch-ready zone. Working through the Picking Supervisor and Packhouse Supervisor, the role turns the production schedule into clear daily direction, keeps picking and packing on target in real time, and holds inventory control over all packing consumables. Standard hours align with the production roster, with extended hours and weekend work expected during peak harvest periods.

What you'll do

• Translate the production schedule into daily operational direction for the Picking Supervisor and Packhouse Supervisor
• Monitor real-time progress against picking and packing targets, adjusting resourcing, line speed and pack format priorities to keep the schedule on track
• Coordinate the flow of product from picking through grading and packing, and hand over finished pallets to the Despatch Coordinator on timeChair the daily production stand-up across picking, packing and despatch, and deliver end-of-day production reporting to the Production Manager
• Verify grading, sizing, weight and labelling checks are performed and recorded, and drive immediate corrective action on quality non-conformances
• Maintain cold chain integrity from point of pick through packing to despatch
• Control packing consumable inventory (cartons, punnets, lidding film, labels, liners, pallets): minimum stock levels, reorder points, purchase requests, stock counts and FIFO rotation
• Coordinate daily equipment readiness with the Maintenance Manager, and log and elevate faults and downtime through to resolution
• Support Freshcare, HARPS and Fair Farms audit readiness, including records and walking auditors through picking and packing operations
• Coordinate inductions, toolbox talks and cross-training to build a multi-skilled picking and packing workforce

What you'll bring

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a fresh-produce packhouse or comparable food-production environment, including coordinating across teams or shifts
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Freshcare and HARPS certification requirements
• Working knowledge of the Horticulture Award 2020 and Victorian OHS legislation as they apply to a packhouse environment
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate operational activity across multiple teams in a high-pressure, seasonal environment
• Strong attention to detail across grading, labelling and inventory control
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and comfort using inventory and production-tracking systems

Highly regarded

• Previous experience in tomato production or other soft-produce categories
• Current forklift licence (LF or LO)
• Formal qualification in food safety (e.g. HACCP), production management or a related discipline

What's on offer

• Salary range [$65,000 - $75,000] plus superannuation
• Permanent, full-time role at the centre of a modern controlled environment operation
• A genuine coordination remit: picking, packing, despatch, quality, inventory and reporting in one role
• Structured, certified operating environment (Freshcare, HARPS, Fair Farms) with clear daily targets