Operations Team Lead - Fixed Term Contract

About the role

This role is constantly balancing multiple priorities across a number of lines and a large physical structure. There will be a lot of in the moment decision-making that takes place under pressure that affects safety, quality and production. Directly responsible for the overall performance of a shift or that of multiple lines. This role directly manages up to 15 to 25 operators/mechanics across multiple lines.

Responsibilities

• Supervisory responsibilities are in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.
  • Training employees;
  • Planning, assigning, and directing work;
  • Appraising performance;
  • Rewarding, disciplining, and motivating employees;
  • Addressing complaints, resolving conflict, solving problems, scheduling vacations, and verifying payroll sheets.
• Ensure efficient production is achieved and standards are met.
  • Optimize safety, quality, production, and cost objectives through employee involvement and team building approach to root cause problem solving and continuous improvement.
  • Manage the planning and implementation of key initiatives to improve bottling/warehousing operations.
  • Ensure production databases are properly maintained and information applied for continuous improvement.
• Support all safety and food safety audits and responsible for all corrective action items are completed and all bottling workers understand the goals.
  • Generate ideas and implement changes in processes and use of equipment to increase efficiency, improve safety and quality, reduce costs, and improve employee morale.
  • Adhere to critical objectives while considering the impact of those decisions and activities on the ability to achieve long-term goals.
  • Relentlessly seeks, shares and embraces ideas and best processes in and outside the Company and embraces change introduced by others.
• Builds and maintains relationships that motivate, guide, and/or reinforce the breakthrough performance of others toward goal accomplishments.
  • Develops self and others to improve performance in current role and to prepare for future roles; seeks and provides feedback and coaching to enhance performance.

Requirements

4 year Bachelors Degree, preferably in Engineering. Experience in high speed bottling plant/warehousing operation in a best in class manufacturing environment with GMPs and/or a highly regulated best in class industry. Thorough working knowledge and demonstrated expertise in all areas of high speed bottling activities, including machine operations, changeovers, start-up, shut-down, package quality. Proven ability to effect change within a manufacturing environment through diagnosing, designing and implementing solutions. Knowledge of TTB and State regulations pertaining to the production of alcohol beverages is a plus. Manufacturing Excellence experience, such as 5S, Center-lining, SMED.

Skills

• Flexible Working Statement
  • Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
• Rewards & Benefits Statement
  • We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package.
  • Diversity Statement
    • Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense.