Production - Supervisor

Ridley Corporation; Narangba; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Ridley Corporation in Narangba, Australia, seeks an experienced Production Supervisor to lead a production team and ensure safe, efficient operations. The role focuses on meeting targets, maintaining budgets, and coordinating maintenance, quality, and inventory activities.

You will drive continuous improvement, oversee OH&S, and collaborate with engineering and maintenance to resolve issues while upholding quality standards and traceability across operations.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead a production team.
• Strong understanding of OH&S and quality standards.
• Experience with production planning and continuous improvement.
• Certificate IV in management or equivalent.
• Unrestricted work rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe workplace and investigate incidents.
• Maintain production SOPs and ensure staff trained.
• Plan resources to meet targets and manage shutdowns.
• Support continuous improvement and optimise plant performance.
• Assist with budgets and operating/capital planning.

Skills

Production planning

Continuous improvement

People leadership

Quality management

OH&S knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Certificate IV in management

Job description

What's on offer?
We are currently seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to join our team in Narangba. Reporting to the site manager, you will be responsible for ensuring a safe work environment, meeting production targets, maintaining budget control, and managing resources efficiently. The role involves overseeing maintenance, quality assurance, and inventory management, as well as driving continuous improvement initiatives.

In return for your skills and commitment, Ridley offers a supportive team environment, great culture and excellent benefits.

The key responsibilities for this position include:

• Adhere to all OHS/WHS legislation and Ridley’s OHS&E systems by promoting a safe workplace, reporting hazards and incidents, and supporting health and safety initiatives. Ensure proper use of equipment and follow up on safety incidents with thorough investigations and preventative actions.
• Maintain accurate production SOPs and ensure team members are skilled, trained, and performing to expectations.
• Manage plant resources efficiently to meet production targets, including planning for shutdowns and cleaning. Support continuous improvement by analysing plant performance and implementing optimisation strategies. Collaborate with engineering and maintenance teams to resolve operational issues quickly.
• Adhere to quality systems (RMP), ensuring full traceability of products and supporting quality and commercial teams in resolving production-related customer concerns.
• Provide out-of-hours support for operational issues and contribute to developing operating and capital budgets.

The key skills and experience required for this role include

• Ability to visualise and implement improvement programs (people & manufacturing processes)
• High attention to detail
• Experience with continuous improvement programs and initiatives
• Demonstrated people leader and able to build credibility and confidence with team members
• Demonstrated experience with production planning, control and measurement methodologies
• Demonstrated experience managing, leading and developing employees in a production environment
• Sound knowledge of relevant OH&S and Environmental policies, legislation, and other statutory management standards and requirements
• Experience in safety & quality management systems
• Certificate IV (or above) in management or equivalent in short course training

Open to new applicants with unrestricted work rights in Australia.