Production Chef Manager

Lead a Structured, High-Performing Team

Sydney CBD | Full-Time Permanent | No Weekend Work

Mon–Thu 2 pm–11 pm | Fri 2 pm–8 pm

Why This Role Matters

If you're a chef who finds more pride in precision, planning, and team performance than in plating artistry, you'll feel at home here.

Feedwell delivers thousands of fresh, high-quality meals every day to clients like Google, TikTok, Louis Vuitton, and Amazon.

This is a production-leadership and process-management role — built for chefs who value standards, structure, and results.

We run one of Sydney's most organised, system-driven kitchens — calm, efficient, and built on mutual respect.

As our Production Chef Manager (PM Shift), you'll lead a crew of around 20 to deliver every product on time, to specification, and within budget.

Your success is measured by clear performance outcomes: ≥ 98 % Quality, Recipe Adherence, Labour on Budget, Team Stability and Engagement.

What You'll Oversee

The PM shift prepares next-day catering and retail items — salad bowls, sandwiches/wraps, breakfast pods, grazing platters, bakery and dessert lines.

Your focus: plan, coordinate, and deliver production through disciplined systems that maintain quality and efficiency every night.

Your culinary background will be used for technical problem-solving, quality control, and ensuring the production feasibility of new menu items from our food-development team — covering scalability, transport, shelf-life, and presentation standards.

You'll spend roughly 70 % leading, training, and managing quality, and 30 % hands-on to guide, support, and uphold standards alongside your team.

What Success Looks Like

By 3 Months

• Fully own the PM shift — output, quality, safety, and labour efficiency.
• Develop two capable Team Leaders.

By 6 Months

• Sustain ≥ 98 % across recipe adherence, labour efficiency, and quality metrics.
• Build a dependable 2IC and smooth succession plan.

By 12 Months

• Maintain ≥ 98 % recipe adherence and zero food-safety non-conformances.
• Lead a stable crew with multiple long-term Team Leaders.
• Be recognised across Feedwell for running one of our most structured, reliable shifts.

Why You'll Love It Here

• Stretch: Genuine leadership over people, process, and results.
• Satisfaction: Predictable rhythm, structured shifts, and no weekend work.
• Growth: Clear pathway into senior production and operations management roles.
• Culture: Calm, respectful, and team-first — we lead through clarity, consistency, and respect.
• Impact: What you do ensures thousands of people experience Feedwell quality every day.

What You'll Bring

• 2 + years leading 15–20 staff in high-volume food production or catering.
• Professional culinary background (Head Chef, Sous Chef, or equivalent production leadership).
• Strong technical knowledge of mass-production methods, presentation, yield, shelf-life, and transport standards.
• Proven record of running structured, repeatable systems that achieve consistent results.
• Experience coaching and developing casual staff into dependable performers.
• Solid rostering, labour, and quality-control skills.
• HACCP food-safety expertise.
• Hands-on, structured leader who thrives in a high-volume, organised environment.
• Looking for a long-term career where consistency, accountability, and team development matter.

The Environment

A high-volume, high-standard production kitchen built on systems, teamwork, and professionalism.

Many crew members start with limited formal training — your role is to build capability and confidence through consistent coaching and clear standards.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll model precision, maintain rhythm, and keep operations flowing smoothly.

If you value the discipline of professional cooking and find real satisfaction in leading people and processes to achieve excellence every night, this is the place for you.

How to Apply

If you're a structured, calm Production Chef Manager who takes pride in leading teams and delivering excellence through well-run systems, we'd love to meet you.

Apply nowwith your resume and you will receive an email and SMS link to complete your application online — it only takes a few minutes.

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