Production Manager

**Fantastic Career opportunity - permanent full-time position**:

- **Attractive remuneration & benefits**:

- **ASX300 listed company**

**What's on offer?**
We are currently seeking an experienced Production Manager to join our team in Toowoomba. Reporting to the Site Manager, the key focus of this role is to inspire positive outcomes, drive continuous improvement & communications, as well as manage end to end site operations to ensure the health and safety of our employees.

In return for your skills and commitment, Ridley AgriProducts offers a supportive team environment, great culture and excellent benefits.

**Things our employee's feel are great reasons to join the Toowoomba team include**:

- A team that provides & supports plenty of future opportunity (training/promotion)
- The central location - right in the heart of Toowoomba
- Stable employment
- Social club
- Employee share scheme
- Employee staff accounts (discounted feed)

**The key responsibilities for this position include**:

- Ensure adherences to all OHSE legislative and company policies.
- Ensure all aspects of the manufacturing process for the various production facilities are managed, planned and executed within acceptable tolerances and to site targets
- Investigate and rectify production & quality Issues where possible prior to product leaving site.
- Monitors operation of plant equipment and systems. (OEE% Overall Equipment Efficiency & TPH) accurately recording unplanned and planned downtime, tonnes of mash and finished feed produced.
- Participate in ensuring an accurate inventory stocktake is performed and discrepancies followed up.
- Plant & Equipment is maintained to a safe operational standard that optimises production throughout.
- Takes active responsibility and authority for all site operations in daily operations, and in absence of the site manager.
- Delegate duties to competent staff during planned work and shutdowns (in accordance with skills and training).
- Ensures that employees are adequately trained and signed off as competent in their roles, driving the training agenda for the site & ensuring effective succession planning. Audits the SOP/Work instructions while checking employee competency
- Participate in objective setting, plan development and performance review of employees. (KPI's)
- Ensure confined space, JSA, safety permits and procedures are followed and completed.
- Prepares reports, analyses data, promotes problem solving and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and efficiencies. Captures gained efficiencies in win/win sheets.
- Participate in all site audits including internal/external HSE, HACCP and Feed Safe audits. Complete and close out actions as required through site manager.

**The key skills required for this role include**
- Demonstrated supervisory experience - ability to lead and coach a team
- 5+years Industry Experience (History of working in planning manufacturing environment)
- Experience with continuous improvement programs and initiatives
- Strong verbal, negotiation and written communication skills
- Ability to create & oversee execution of manufacturing and delivery schedules
- Ability to relate to all levels of management
- High attention to detail and good analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Sound knowledge of OH&S and Environmental Policies and Legislation

**Who we are?**

Ridley has been an integral part of Australian agriculture for over 30 years. Our purpose is to lead animal nutrition by solving the production challenges of today and tomorrow.

We believe:

- Meaningful change happens through meaningful partnerships
- Feed needs to be viewed as part of an end-to-end ecosystem
- Animal nutrition is the key to more sustainable and profitable farming

**How to apply