Are you a driven, hands-on operations leader who thrives in fast-paced food manufacturing environments? We are looking for an experienced Food Manufacturing Operations Manager to join our Site Leadership Team and work alongside our existing Operations Manager to help lead the performance, people, volumes, yields, and future direction of our Smeaton Grange operation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strong manufacturing leader who enjoys being on the floor, leading teams in real time, driving production performance, and improving operational outcomes within a high-volume processing environment.

About the Role

As Food Manufacturing Operations Manager, you will take ownership of day-to-day production operations across the site, ensuring production volumes, labour performance, yields, waste reduction, and operational targets are achieved safely and efficiently.

This is a highly hands-on operational role focused on manufacturing execution, team leadership, production output, and continuous improvement within a short shelf-life FMCG environment.

You will play a key role in building a strong safety and accountability culture while driving operational performance across labour, throughput, quality, and yield outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead daily manufacturing operations to deliver production volumes, yields, labour targets, and site KPIs
• Drive a strong safety-first culture and support our Zero Harm commitment
• Monitor and improve production efficiencies, waste reduction, giveaway, and yield performance
• Lead from the floor, supporting frontline leaders and teams across production operations
• Ensure compliance with food safety, HACCP, quality, and regulatory standards
• Drive operational discipline, accountability, and performance across all shifts
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, efficiency, and process optimisation
• Coach, mentor, and develop frontline leaders and production teams
• Work closely with Planning, Maintenance, Engineering, and Technical teams to achieve operational outcomes
• Support labour planning, operational readiness, and daily production execution
• Build positive working relationships across the site and support change management initiatives

About You

You are a hands-on manufacturing leader who enjoys being actively involved in operations, developing teams, solving problems, and driving production performance in fast-paced environments.

You understand the importance of volumes, yields, labour efficiency, waste reduction, and operational discipline within food manufacturing and know how to lead teams to achieve results safely and consistently.

You will bring:

• Proven experience in a senior manufacturing or operations leadership role within FMCG or food manufacturing
• Strong experience managing high-volume production operations
• Demonstrated success improving operational performance, yields, labour utilisation, and productivity
• Strong people leadership capability with experience leading large frontline teams
• Hands-on operational leadership style with strong floor presence
• Strong understanding of food safety, HACCP, quality, and compliance requirements
• Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing environments
• Ability to work in fast-paced, short shelf-life production environments
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Qualifications in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)

Why Join Us?

• Join a growing and dynamic food manufacturing business
• Work alongside an experienced Operations Manager and leadership team
• Make a genuine impact on site performance, culture, volumes, and yields
• Lead meaningful operational improvement initiatives
• Develop and grow high-performing teams
• Be part of a values-driven culture focused on safety, people, and performance

It’s really no secret — our people are at the heart of everything we do. That’s what makes One Harvest.

Our ambition is to help people live better lives through the healthy foods we source, grow, harvest, and produce, while also creating meaningful employee experiences. With more than 1,000 talented team members across Australia, we are passionate about innovation, sustainability, quality, and operational excellence.

Grow with OH

• Opportunity to advance your skills and capability alongside industry professionals
• Genuine career progression opportunities for goal-oriented people
• Collaborative team environment within a growing FMCG business
• Opportunity to contribute to a company making a real difference to Australians every day

What We Are Proud Of

One Harvest is a leader in the Fresh Food and FMCG industry with more than 25 years of experience. We proudly grow, harvest, process, and supply fresher, healthier, convenient food solutions to supermarkets and greengrocers across Australia.

Belonging

One Harvest is an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace where individual strengths are valued, creating diversity of experience, perspective, and thinking. We are committed to fostering inclusion and belonging, and our people are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.

Apply Now

If you are a motivated, hands-on manufacturing leader looking for your next challenge and want to be part of a high-performing food manufacturing environment, we would love to hear from you.