Production Team Leader - Wacol

Endeavour; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging Benefits: up to $15,9

Entertainment Benefits: up to $2,650

Employee Assistance Program

Training opportunities

Job summary

Endeavour Foundation based in Brisbane invites applications for a Production Team Leader. You will lead a small production team, guide performance on the floor, and support employees with disabilities in line with NDIS goals and commercial outcomes.

You will mentor staff, uphold safety standards, coordinate training and performance reviews, and ensure quality and timely delivery of outputs. A Working with Children/Criminal checks and a valid licence may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading production teams in a manufacturing or processing environment.
• Disability support exposure is highly regarded but not essential.
• Strong written and verbal communication for team coordination.
• Commitment to safety and WHS policies and procedures.
• Hold or willingness to obtain necessary background checks and an open driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and mentor a diverse workforce while promoting a strong safety culture.
• Supervise employees supported by Endeavour Foundation to meet NDIS and business goals.
• Guide the team on the production floor to achieve targets and quality standards.
• Conduct skills training, assessments and performance reviews with Employment Coaches.
• Ensure production meets customer expectations for quality and delivery timelines.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

WH&S compliance

Disability experience

Communication

Driver's licence

Job description

As a Production Team Leader, you will play a vital role in enhancing the opportunities of our employees with a disability, while ensuring commercial outcomes are achieved. With your natural ability to lead with empathy, you will oversee and guide employees that we support, to meet their employment goals, ensuring their work aligns with their skills, aspirations, while delivering exceptional production outcomes.

Based in our Wacol Site you will be scheduled to work Mondays to Fridays between 7.30am to 3.30pm, permanent full-time position. In this role, you will be supporting a small team of our disability employee in various capacities in on the site. You will be assisting some employees in transporting to their hosted external sites using a fleet vehicle. You will be doing progress notes for the employees to ensure their ndis funding is continued and are maintaining accurate paperwork track records for evidence-based requirements. Other times you will be on the production floor guiding the team to achieve their targets.

At Endeavour Foundation, we provide people with disabilities opportunities to achieve personal employment goals aligned with their skills, and aspirations. Our work sites produce high-quality products and services while delivering inclusive employment experiences.

Other daily tasks are to:

• Motivate and mentor a diverse workforce, fostering a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with WHS policies and procedures.
• Supervise and guide employees that we support to meet Ndis goals and commercial outcomes.
• Promote positive behaviour support and a collaborative team culture.
• Conduct skills training, assessments, and performance reviews in collaboration with Employment Coaches.
• Ensure production meets customer expectations regarding quality, delivery timeframes and business requirements.

What benefits can Endeavour offer you?

• Salary Packaging Benefits: Package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax-free, increasing your take-home pay.
• Entertainment Benefits: Use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income for entertainment expenses, such as meals and holiday accommodation.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access to a free and confidential counselling service for you and your family members.
• Wide range of training opportunities to help you grow professionally and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic environment.

What you can bring to the team

• Previous experience in a production environment with a proven ability to coordinate projects and delegate activities to a diverse team.
• Experience in disability support will be highly regarded but not essential
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to ensure clear and concise information is presented to the team.
• A genuine commitment to the purpose and values of the organisation with a natural empathetic nature.
• Hold or be willing to obtain a Working with Children Check (Blue Card), NDIS Worker Screening Check (Yellow Card), National Criminal History Check (Fit2Work), and an open Driver’s License.

Endeavour Foundation supports people with disabilities to live, learn, work and flourish according to their own interests and priorities. We are people working together, making possibilities a reality for people with a disability, and for people seeking employment, education and training opportunities. We focus on ability, on dreams, goals and potential.