Senior Production Planner - Rendering & Efficiency

Bush's Proteins; Beaudesert, Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bush's Proteins, a major Australian rendering plant based in Beaudesert, Queensland, is seeking an experienced Production Analyst to coordinate and optimise production schedules and ensure safe, compliant operations across the plant.

You will work closely with the Production Manager and Logistics Analyst to balance material intake, capacity, labour, and dispatch, while driving data-driven improvements and KPI reporting for leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, scheduling, or operations coordination within rendering, food manufacturing, or heavy industrial processing.
• Strong understanding of rendering processes, equipment behaviour, and throughput constraints.
• High competency in data analysis, forecasting, and operational reporting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on material availability and plant capacity.
• Align schedules with Production Manager on equipment capability and shift performance.
• Collaborate with Logistics Analyst to forecast intake, dispatch, and inventory requirements.
• Balance production loads across cookers, presses, centrifuges, dryers, and ancillary equipment.
• Adjust plans in response to breakdowns, supply fluctuations, weather, or maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with environmental licences, effluent capacity, and biosecurity controls.
• Analyse production data, yield trends, and raw material variability.
• Prepare daily production reports, variance analysis, and KPI dashboards.

Skills

Production planning

Data analysis

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

ERP systems

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Planning software

Job description

Bush's Proteins, a major Australian rendering plant based in Beaudesert, Queensland, is seeking an experienced Production Analyst to coordinate and optimise production schedules and ensure safe, compliant operations across the plant.

You will work closely with the Production Manager and Logistics Analyst to balance material intake, capacity, labour, and dispatch, while driving data-driven improvements and KPI reporting for leadership.