Maintenance Supervisor

•    Charmhaven site based
•    Looking for a hands-on and passionate Leader
•    Salary + eligibility for annual bonus + paid overtime

Reporting to the Site Leader, we are currently seeking a Reliability Supervisor based at our Charmhaven site. Working hours will be on a Monday – Friday roster, with shifts between 7am-7pm. This role is a crucial member of the site management team and plays a major part in driving operational excellence, team engagement, cost reduction and productivity.  

As a Supervisor, this role will lead, direct and prioritise reliability activities for the facility ensuring production and product quality standards are maintained within a safe, efficient manner utilising optimal levels of human resource to maximise machine reliability. This will be done by taking a “hands on” approach to supervision and the coordination of your team members. 

Purpose of the Role
•    Ensure effective handover between shifts by having detailed discussion with the incoming/outgoing maintenance team ensuring each shift has been set up for success
•    Attend the various breakdowns across the site and provide support to investigation and address the concern
•    Foster and maintain overall operation and long-term sustainable performance of the people and processing facility
•    Ensure a safe working environment by complying with all health, safety and environment requirements, directions and legislation and work in accordance with the company quality systems and other appropriate quality measures 
•    Ensure good communication is maintained with staff and promote an open, flexible work environment while complying with all company policies, procedures, and directions
•    Liaise professionally with internal and external customers, suppliers, and vendors
•    Form a partnership with production to problem solve and achieve maximum plant utilisation to effectively carry out planned proactive reliability activities
•    Identify and actively promote continuous improvement and machine development within the machine reliability function
•    Address staff performance issues as required utilising appropriate company procedures

About You

The ideal candidate will have: 
•    Min 5+ years in a maintenance supervisory role in a FMCG environment will be highly regarded
•    Licenced Electrical trade qualified or degree in Electrical Engineering required
•    Working knowledge and experience of PLC Programming is essential
•    Demonstrated effectiveness in team engagement, cultural change and process improvement
•    Highly organised, able to think strategically as well as problem solve
•    Strong ability to build effective internal and external working relationships at all levels
•    Strong adherence to focus on safety (food safety and people safety)

About Us
At Tip Top Bakeries, we're proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pies, and bakery snacks. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.

We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.

Working with Tip Top, we offer many benefits including:
•    Family-friendly policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
•    Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
•    Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and on-site physiotherapy services
•    Flexible working options
•    Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
•    Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
•    Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
•    Novated Leasing Options

Start the Conversation

If this role sounds like you and you’re eager to learn, grow, and help create everyday moments of goodness, we want to hear from you. To apply for this opportunity please submit your application by clicking on the ‘apply now' button.

Our Recruitment Process typically consists of a brief, prearranged telephone or video call, followed by 1-2 interviews in-person or over Zoom/Teams. We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via phone on (02) 9168 4200 or email to ttpeopleservices@gwf.com.au . Please do not call to enquire about this position as the phone number is for requesting accessibility needs only.

During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which include a medical (includes drug & alcohol testing) and a criminal record check.

At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity.
We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.