Production Team Leader

Are you passionate about leading production operation teams?
- Lead a team in award-winning facilities, committed to excellence and safety
- Afternoon shift opportunity, 3pm - 11pm

About Us

Philmac has been operating for over 90 years and developed a reputation as the leading global innovator for the connection and control of water and energy. A reputation built on decades of experience and investment in cutting-edge technology - as evidenced by our recent $10 million machinery upgrade.

This award-winning facility features some of the most advanced injection moulding and robotic assembly equipment available.

About the role

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Team Leader will provide operational leadership, organisation and support to the afternoon shift team. As a highly skilled communicator, you will engage, coach and lead teams in the manufacturing environment to achieve production goals and targets on a daily basis. Your hands on style will proactively drive and motivate the team, while developing and promoting a culture of continuous improvement, high quality standards and safety.

What will you do?
- Provide effective leadership to the afternoon shift production team
- Play a pivotal role in the development of improvement initiatives and projects to increase productivity
- Motivate and encourage people to improve efficiencies, training and accuracy in task performance
- Ensure the team meets scheduled demands to satisfy customer requirements
- Manage labour efficiently and strategic plan labour allocation
- Foster a culture which has production staff actively engaged in improvement activities and production targets, lead weekly toolbox meetings

About you
- Good working knowledge of all production workstations and tasks in assembly
- Effective problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Results orientated, with a proactive, “can do” attitude
- Ability to work under pressure and to time constraints
- Possess high level written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Strong, confident leadership skills
- Ability to use computer technology
- Manages change effectively
- Excellent organisational, analytical and reporting skills
- Uphold Philmac policy and values

Why join us?
- You will enjoy working for a business that is conscious about what we do, how it operates and our impact on the environment.
- Industry leading paid parental leave - 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer and 4 weeks paid secondary carer
- Employee Assistance Program access for you & your immediate family
- We take it further with our Employee Recognition Programs and Service Awards
- Opportunity to join our women mentoring programs
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion is close to our heart as a global business, you will have the opportunity to join the DEI council
- A tailored career development opportunities at home and abroad
- A safe work environment with a strong focus on "Go for Zero"

Who we are

With the Aliaxis group as our parent company, we are part of one of the world's largest global networks to bring solutions to the world's water challenges.

Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its “Growth with Purpose” strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation that will pay off in the short term.

We are looking for passionate people that want to be part of our journey and embrace the behaviours that we stand for:

- We Dare to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to learn fast
- We Care for the environment, our customers and each other
- We Deliver by taking accountability for our decisions and actions

Just a heads up - we are currently not accepting CVs from recruitment agencies. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation