Evening Site Manager

We've been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you'll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you'll also get to see your impact.

Our manufacturing team are an essential part of turning raw materials into products ready for customers. We have a strong focus on team member safety, quality and continuous improvement whilst ensuring that customers' security of supply, quality, availability of product and value for money expectations are met. You'll work alongside a diverse group of individuals with different backgrounds, cultures, personalities, and beliefs, much like the communities we serve.

We are looking for an Evening Site Manager to lead the Site's Functional departments across our night shift operations.  Hours of work include 10pm-6:30am Monday to Friday.

The role requires the incumbent to lead the team, operations, safety and act as the key escalation point for the site working in a fast paced environment. 

As a Site Manager in the Chef Fresh team, you will lead a team to effectively mentor, manage and control production processes and activities through effective planning, resourcing and scheduling. You'll ensure goods are produced effectively and production rate is optimised at the right cost and level of quality. 

Other Responsibilities:

• People and Site Management across the entire Chef Fresh site.
• Leadership, management and training of all night shift operators along with ensuring contractors are appropriately managed on site.
• Helping to deliver the strategic deliverables and the continuation of leadership throughout the night shift operations.
• The role will have you championing safety, quality and culture along with building on training and development, role and people capabilities, administering production schedules whilst improving operational efficiencies across the site.
• Waste management and waste trends reduction and review.
• Ensure all products meet Coles quality standards, food safety requirements and packaging regulations
• Identify, initiate and implement new and improved processes that create efficiencies and optimise productivity
• Act as a role model and advocate to ensure production activities and team members adhere to the organisations Health, Safety & Wellbeing policies and procedures

• Sound experience managing high-volume processing factory operations is essential
• Experience delivering on financial and service targets

• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform 'mythanks'. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you'll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

We're continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the 'Our Recruitment Process' section of our careers site or email

Job ID: 167418

Employment Type: Full time