Production Supervisor

George Weston Foods; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free product daily

Night shift opportunities

Job summary

Tip Top Bakeries in Adelaide, SA, is expanding its Night Shift operation at the Dry Creek bakery and seeks experienced Production Supervisors reporting to the Production Manager. You will lead bakery production employees to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality outputs while meeting daily production targets and maintaining safety and food quality standards.

This hands-on leadership role works with Production Planning, Reliability, Quality and HSE teams to drive operational excellence and

Qualifications

• Min 2+ years’ experience leading teams in a manufacturing, FMCG or food production environment.
• Strong planning, problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience managing safety, quality and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing production teams to achieve safety, quality and performance targets.
• Promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with HSE requirements.
• Managing labour and production resources to meet daily production plans.
• Monitoring production performance, waste and efficiency targets.
• Partnering with maintenance and reliability teams to minimise downtime.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives across people, processes and systems.
• Conducting coaching, performance conversations and team development activities.
• Supporting food safety, quality and audit outcomes.
• Preparing production reports and ensuring accurate shift handovers.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Communication

Stakeholder management

Safety & quality

Continuous improvement

Team development

Job description

Location: Adelaide, SA, AU

At Tip Top, we’re proud to be part of everyday moments of goodness for millions of Australians. As part of George Weston Foods, we’re passionate about creating a safe, inclusive and high-performing workplace where our people can thrive.

• Night Shift opportunities
• Drive a positive culture of employee engagement
• Free product daily to take home!

Due to strong growth and increasing production volumes, we’re expanding our operations team and looking for experienced Production Supervisors to join our Night Shift operation at our Dry Creek bakery. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing site, lead high-performing teams and play a key role in supporting increased customer demand.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll lead a team of bakery production employees to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality production outcomes. You’ll play a key role in ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining the highest standards of safety, food quality and team performance.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll work closely with Production Planning, Reliability, Quality and HSE teams to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement across the site.

Shift Options

This opportunity is available across the following night shift patterns (hours may vary slightly based on operational requirements):

Option 1: Sunday to Thursday

• Sunday: 1:30pm - 11:00pm
• Monday: 1:30pm - 11:00pm
• Tuesday: 7:00pm - 3:00am
• Wednesday: 6:00pm - 3:00am
• Thursday: 8:0 rom 4:00am

Option 2: Friday to Monday

• Friday: 5:00pm - 3:30am
• Saturday: 7:00pm - 5:30am
• Sunday: 9:00pm - 7:00am
• Monday: 9:00pm - 7:00am

Purpose of the Role

• Leading and developing production teams to achieve safety, quality and performance targets
• Promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with HSE requirements
• Managing labour and production resources to meet daily production plans
• Monitoring production performance, waste and efficiency targets
• Partnering with maintenance and reliability teams to minimise downtime
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives across people, processes and systems
• Conducting coaching, performance conversations and team development activities
• Supporting food safety, quality and audit outcomes
• Preparing production reports and ensuring accurate shift handovers

About You

• Min 2+ years’ experience leading teams in a manufacturing, FMCG or food production environment
• Strong planning, problem-solving and decision-making capability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Experience managing safety, quality and operational performance
• A continuous improvement mindset
• The ability to build engagement and accountability within teams

About Us

At Tip Top Bakeries, we’re proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pies, and bakery snacks. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.

We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.

Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.

Working With Tip Top, We Offer Many Benefits Including

• Family-friendly policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
• Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
• Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and on-site physiotherapy services
• Flexible working options
• Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
• Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
• Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
• Novated Leasing Options

At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.