Electrical Team Leader

In Australia, the J.R. Simplot Company’s core operations are food manufacturing and agriculture, encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood and sauce operations. We supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and foodservice customers and are part of Simplot’s Global Food business. With 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, Simplot Global Food serves retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, and employs 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

In Australia, we are a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, focussed on creating food that maximises value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

**Culture and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fueled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Annual incentive (bonus) program
- Discounted health insurance options
- Income Protection Insurance
- Novated car leasing agreements
- Fully supplied & laundered uniform, boots & PPE
- Training & development opportunities
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

**About Our Role**:

- Lead and coordinate a team of shift Maintenance Electricians
- Diverse leadership & operationally focused role within a food production environment
- Full time permanent Mon-Fri opportunity (day work)

An exciting opportunity exists for the role of **Electrical Team Leader** at our Kelso food manufacturing facility. Simplot Kelso is our seafood and snacking processing plant, producing approx. 50 tonnes of product daily (75 SKUs) for the retail and foodservice markets including Birds Eye, I&J and Captain's Catch branded products. The site employs approx. 120 local employees, with approximately 95% of manufactured goods consisting of either Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) or Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) seafood.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, in this Mon-Fri role (day work) the Electrical Team Leader will lead and coordinate a team of shift Maintenance Electricians to meet the site's Production and Maintenance schedules with a focus on safety, plant reliability and operational efficiency.

Site equipment includes;
- Slicer presser, fish finger and Formax processing equipment
- Radio frequency tunnels
- Par frying
- Dusting, coating and frying
- Spiral freezing and frozen stores
- 2 automated, robotic packing and palletising lines

**What You Will Do**:

- Lead a team of Electrical tradespeople + an Apprentice in ensuring compliance to all Simplot policies and procedures
- Coordinate and supervise the safe and effective execution of planned maintenance work in accordance with the Maintenance Schedule
- Respond to un-planned emergency breakdowns in a timely manner, ensuring compliance to company OHS&E procedures, such as JHA, Take 5, special permit requirements etc.
- Ensure that work undertaken by team members is completed to the highest level of safety, efficiency and quality of workmanship
- Provide regular and ongoing feedback and coaching on performance to the Electrical maintenance team
- Review completed work orders for detail and accuracy, ensuring that quality data is input into the CMMS (noting that Simplot utilise MEX CMMS) in a timely manner to ensure completeness of asset maintenance history in addition to coaching team members on best practice CMMS use
- Lead the Electrical maintenance team in meeting KPI targets, and implement corrective actions if necessary to achieve KPIs
- Liaise with wider Engineering / Maintenance and Production teams to achieve alignment with Maintenance & Production plans
- Contribute to the site’s reliability strategy by providing the relevant technical expertise to assist with strategic decision making relating to maintenance planning, scheduling and execution
- Lead and participate in departmental and cross-functional continuous improvement team activities to continuously improve factory performance
- Assist the Projects team to develop, install and commission new equipment, modifications and improvements
- Provide rep