Food Production Operator

Join Hemp Foods Australia as a Production Operator for evening shifts, enjoying penalty rate pay. Your role involves operating production machinery, ensuring efficiency and quality in hemp food processing. You'll monitor equipment, troubleshoot issues, and maintain a safe work environment. Attention to detail is crucial for accurate batching, packaging, and labeling of products. As a team player, you'll collaborate with colleagues to meet production targets and uphold hygiene standards. Prioritize safety protocols and adhere to regulations while contributing to a sustainable and innovative industry. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of Australia's leading hemp food producer during evening hours.

Our core values are:

Health & Wellness: We value a healthy mind, body & spirit and this is reflected in our culture and the nutritious products we develop.

Down to Earth: We’re a no nonsense team, we keep it real, say it straight and have fun along the way.

Sustainability: Not only we care about our health, but also the health of the planet.

Our success comes from having a great team of people who believe in what we do, our products and want to make a positive difference to people, communities and the planet.

This is where you come in…

We are looking for an experienced Food Production Operator to join our production team on a casual basis, that would love to produce products that not only taste delicious but are also really healthy and generate positive impacts to people, communities and the planet! Opportunities for Full-time work may be available in the future.

Job tasks and responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Ensure efficient operation of processing equipment to conform with internal benchmarks and quality standards
• Ensure production levels are achieved on a daily and ongoing basis
• Ensure that quality, food safety and good hygiene are maintained to the highest standards
• Ensure safe working conditions are maintained in accordance with internal standards and appropriate regulations.
• Ensure compliance to company's policies and procedures
• Effective communication with production, dispatch, quality and admin staff
• Consistently & accurately complete daily production reports and associate paperwork when required.
• Ensure production, dry storage and cool rooms are cleaned and tidied on a daily basis
• Collection and organisation of production samples
• Load and unload trucks
• Assist colleagues on other tasks as and when required.
• Assist with diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns

Skills and experience

Must have/be:

• forklift License (or willing to get a licence)
• ability to learn & apply new information quickly and accurately
• organised, careful, clean & tidy
• Able to lift/carry equipment and product safely (up to 20kgs)
• technically minded – work with machinery and technology safely and according to workplace standards
• enthusiastic with a positive 'can do' attitude
• good communication skills
• an all-round wonderful person
• Ability to work unsupervised, alone and in a team

Ideally you will have/be: 

• experience working in a Food Production environment
• HACCP/GMP knowledge

Job benefits

• Fun, friendly, inclusive, high performance and solution focused environment.
• Learning opportunities as you may be exposed to all aspects of the business. (for the right candidate).

Please note: We are looking to fill and evening shift (3pm - 12am)