AddressDiscover Opal….
We manufacture goods that you see, touch, and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.
We stand for innovation, smart solutions, and sustainability!
Discover what Opal can offer you…
- Competitive salary in an ongoing full-time role
- Multiple opportunities are available
- Join a friendly and collaborative team
- Opportunity to lead a large team in a fast-paced environment
Discover the Opportunity….
Opal is an industry-leading packaging business, with sites across Australia and New Zealand. We have an exciting opportunity to join the Opal team at our site in Thomastown. Reporting to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager, we are currently looking for 3 Assistant Managers (one for each shift: Day shift is 7am – 3.30pm, Afternoon shift is 3pm – 11.30pm, and Night shift is 11pm – 7am).
The Assistant manager works closely with other departments including maintenance, logistics, planning, quality, engineering and technical to ensure adequate support is available to achieve the Operational goals.
The key focus of this role will be to:
- Managing their teams of between approximately 15 to 30 people (varies depending on which shift is being managed)
- Support the adherence to budgets in relation to productivity, labour recovery, waste and overtime.
- Lead open direct and respectful communication with the team to achieve best performance.
- Identify constraints within production and in consultation with maintenance, engineering, quality and technical, develop, implement, and standardise corrective actions
- Clearly and accurately understand the manufacturing changes required and potential opportunities for optimization to drive continuous improvement
- Ensure all employees are aware of department specific safety issues and they comply with Opal policies and procedures.
- Ensuring quality checks have been completed and review the effectiveness of the quality system and implement improvements
Discover your sustainable future…
We can offer a varied career journey with experiential learning gained from cross-functional and lateral moves. We embrace diversity in all its forms, and we look for curious individuals who thrive in an environment of change.
For this role we would ideally like you to have:
- Experience in managing high speed production lines
- A proven record of developing and leading effective teams in a production environment.
- The ability to demonstrate proven knowledge, skills and abilities to analyse the business context, develop an approach to address the situation and execute change which is effective and lasting.
- Experience in food manufacturing or bags making will be highly considered (but is not required)
- An engineering degree or technical background will be highly considered (but is not required)
- Experience in Lean Manufacturing principles will also be highly considered and is expected to grow within the role
- This role does require full Australian working rights
Discover more… by visiting our website at www.opalanz.com
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Applications are open to both internal and external candidates. If this sounds like the opportunity for you apply now!
