Shift Manager Smithton

Position Title: Shift Manager - Smithton

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:42233

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

As a Shift Manager at our Smithton Plant youll play a critical leadership role in driving production performance safety and quality across your shift. Youll lead a team of operators and work cross-functionally to ensure operational excellence continuous improvement and a strong safety culture.

What youll be doing.

• Leading the day-to-day operations of the production team ensuring safety quality and performance targets are met
• Championing a strong health & safety culture including incident investigations and proactive risk management
• Managing production planning and execution ensuring accurate system transactions (SAP WMS Kronos)
• Driving continuous improvement and OEE ownership
• Ensuring compliance with food safety HACCP GMP and quality systems
• Monitoring and improving operational metrics such as pack rate downtime waste and schedule attainment
• Leading coaching and developing team members to build capability and engagement
• Managing labour resourcing performance and employee relations matters
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (Quality Agriculture Training teams)
• Delivering effective shift handovers and clear communication across teams

What youll need to be successful.

• Demonstrated experience leading teams in a manufacturing or production environment
• Strong knowledge of health safety and food safety standards (HACCP GMP sanitation practices)
• Proven ability to drive operational performance and continuous improvement initiatives
• Experience working with production systems (e.g. SAP WMS) and strong data accuracy
• Strong leadership capability with a hands-on coaching style
• Sound problem-solving and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage competing priorities and respond effectively to operational challenges
• Solid communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Competence in computer systems reporting and numeracy

About the team.

Youll be part of the Smithton Plant production leadership team reporting to the Production Manager and working closely with Quality Operations and support functions. This role leads a frontline production team and plays a key role in delivering site performance building team capability and embedding a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Job Family:Manufacturing
Division:ANZ
Department:Smithton Shift 3
Location(s): AU - Australia : Tasmania : Smithton

Company:McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.