Vegetable Production Company

Kalfresh is an innovative, fast-growing Queensland horticultural company, focused on farming, processing and marketing fresh conventional and certified organic vegetables across Australia and select export markets. Our head office is situated in Kalbar, just one-hour’s drive from Brisbane and the Gold Coast, in the beautiful Scenic Rim. We have exciting new opportunities to join our business across a number of full-time roles.

**FACILITY / PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR**

(Salary range $65,000 - $80,000)

Supporting the Production Manager, you will:

- Help to ensure the smooth and cost-efficient flow of our production operations to meet customer’s requirements, including grading, packing, cold-chain, hygiene and dispatch.
- Supervision and training of a rostered packhouse team, including the safe and proper use of packing equipment.
- Ensuring required standards of hygiene are at their highest level within the facility.
- Continuous review of production practices, utilities and equipment, to identify opportunities to improve product quality, efficiency, safety, and reduce waste.
- Work closely with our maintenance team in problem solving technical issues.
- Ensure compliance with all food safety standards and support the food safety team as directed. This includes assessing incoming product, ensuring all QA records are correct, allowing for complete traceability.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- 3+ years Production supervisor experience ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment.
- Proven success leading a team within a production or manufacturing facility. Your strong leadership skills will ensure the development, guidance and motivation of your team.
- Well-developed relationship building, communication skills and ability to engage at all levels of the organisation.
- With your keen eye for detail and process improvement mindset, you will be able to spot growth opportunities and proactively manage risks.
- Flexible approach to work with the ability to solve problems in a time-pressured environment and reorganise work plans to manage conflicting priorities.
- A strong focus on Quality Assurance, Safety and environmental standards Individuals with a trade qualification or suitable tertiary education will be highly regarded.

**FORKLIFT DRIVER**

(Salary range $65,000 - $80,000)

You will be responsible for:

- Operating a forklift to transport fresh food stock.
- Organising and maintaining the production room to optimise traffic movement for maximum efficiencies and safe loading Keeping records of dispatch temperatures and load plans for cold chain compliance.
- Coordinating with Production and Dispatch teams to ensure packed product meets logistic timelines.
- Ensuring required standards of hygiene are at their highest level within the facility.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Current valid forklift licence 1+ years forklift experience ideally gained within manufacturing environment.
- A strong focus on Quality Assurance, Safety and environmental standards.

**QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER**

(Salary range $120,000 - $140,000)

You will be responsible for:

- The development, planning and deployment of systems that provide our customers with the confidence that Kalfresh products are of the highest quality.
- Lead and ensure effective implementation of Kalfresh’s Food Safety & Quality Management System and be the point of contact for all management system audits (including SQF and HARPS).
- Provide regular and concise communication to key stakeholders throughout the supply chain to ensure our product quality is maintained from farm to shelf.
- Working with the Leadership team to ensure a cohesive and transparent approach which proactively strengthens and supports quality behaviours across the business.
- Use your expertise to show our production teams best practice in regards a low, medium and high-risk vegetable processing environment, ensuring all staff are trained on food safety and quality requirements.
- Measure, monitor and review the effectiveness of training through observation of packing activities, especially those considered to be Critical Control Points and/or Quality Control Points.
- Prompt client communications with respect to non-conformance and/or the resolution of client complaints.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Five (5) plus years’ experience in a technical leadership role in a FMCG environment or fresh food/vegetable processing industry.
- Well-developed communication skills and the ability to engage at all levels of the organisation. Demonstrated experience leading cross functional teams.
- Demonstrated success in the development and implementation of systems that reduce operational waste.
- Tertiary Qualifications in Food Science / technology or related technical field is not essential, but highly regarded.
- Current HACCP Certification with experience and a demonstrated understanding HARPS, and the SQF standard.

**MACHINERY OPE