Production Supervisor - Blending

Segen Consulting Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aussie Growers is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor – Blending to lead the blending area on the manufacturing floor. The role requires hands-on leadership, oversight of blending and batching activities, and ensuring products meet specifications, schedules, and safety standards.

You will drive team performance, coordinate cross-functional support and champion a culture of quality, efficiency and continuous improvement in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Production Supervisor or Team Leader within food manufacturing.
• Strong people leadership with coaching, training and motivating a production team.
• Experience with blending, batching, mixing or ingredient-based processes is preferred.
• Good understanding of GMP, HACCP, food safety, quality and WHS requirements.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on approach with a focus on safety, quality and achieving production targets.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily blending, batching and associated production activities.
• Lead, support and coordinate production employees to achieve daily production targets.
• Ensure recipes, formulations, batch specifications and production procedures are followed accurately.
• Maintain high standards of food safety, quality, hygiene and workplace safety.
• Monitor production performance, minimise waste and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Work closely with Quality, Warehouse, Maintenance and other production teams to resolve issues and maintain smooth operations.

Skills

Production supervision

People leadership

Blending / batching

GMP / HACCP knowledge

Problem solving

Safety and quality focus

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your food manufacturing career? Join Aussie Growers and lead a key part of our production operation.

About Aussie Growers

Aussie Growers is an established Australian food manufacturing business producing quality food products for customers across the retail and foodservice sectors.

With a strong focus on quality, consistency and continuous improvement, Aussie Growers is looking for an experienced Production Supervisor – Blending to join its manufacturing team and take ownership of this important area of production.

About the Role

This is a hands‑on leadership position responsible for overseeing the day‑to‑day operation of the blending area.

You will lead the production team, coordinate blending and batching activities, and ensure products are manufactured according to specifications, production schedules, food safety requirements and quality standards.

The role will suit an experienced food manufacturing supervisor who is comfortable being on the production floor, leading people and keeping operations running efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily blending, batching and associated production activities.
• Lead, support and coordinate production employees to achieve daily production targets.
• Ensure recipes, formulations, batch specifications and production procedures are followed accurately.
• Maintain high standards of food safety, quality, hygiene and workplace safety.
• Monitor production performance, minimise waste and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Work closely with Quality, Warehouse, Maintenance and other production teams to resolve issues and maintain smooth operations.

About You

To be successful, you will ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Production Supervisor, Team Leader or similar within food manufacturing.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, train develop and motivate a production team.
• Practical experience with blending, batching, mixing or ingredient‑based production processes preferred but not essential.
• Good understanding of GMP, HACCP, food safety, quality and WHS requirements.
• Strong organisational and problem‑solving skills in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
• A hands‑on approach with a strong focus on safety, quality and achieving production targets.

Why Join Aussie Growers?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of an important production function within an established Australian food manufacturer. You'll work closely with the broader operations team and have the opportunity to contribute to production performance, team development and continuous improvement.

If you are an experienced food manufacturing supervisor and are ready for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.