Shift Manager: Lead a Modern, High-Volume Plant

Findstaff; Sydney; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: AUD 125k+ Super

Shift loading for afternoon/night

Career progression opportunities

Modern manufacturing environment with

Job summary

Findstaff is seeking an experienced manufacturing leader to take ownership of a production shift, delivering safety, quality and productivity targets across a large operation in Sydney.

Three new Shift Manager roles offer hands-on leadership, exposure to automation investments and real opportunity to influence culture, continuous improvement and site growth.

Candidates will have proven people leadership in a high-volume manufacturing environment and a proactive, hands-on leadership style.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams within a manufacturing environment
• Strong people leadership and communication skills
• Experience managing performance and building team capability
• Exposure to continuous improvement or Lean manufacturing principles
• A proactive and hands-on leadership style
• The ability to influence and engage diverse workforces

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop production teams across your shift
• Drive a strong safety-first culture
• Deliver production, quality and performance targets
• Manage labour utilisation and workforce planning
• Coach, mentor and performance manage employees
• Support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
• Work closely with maintenance, quality and operational stakeholders
• Build engagement, accountability and high-performance behaviours

Skills

People leadership

Communication

Performance management

Lean manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Coaching/Mentoring

Job description

Findstaff is seeking an experienced manufacturing leader to take ownership of a production shift, delivering safety, quality and productivity targets across a large operation in Sydney.

Three new Shift Manager roles offer hands-on leadership, exposure to automation investments and real opportunity to influence culture, continuous improvement and site growth.

Candidates will have proven people leadership in a high-volume manufacturing environment and a proactive, hands-on leadership style.