Plant Manager – Polymer & Technical Textiles Manufacturing

Location: brisbane
Salary: $140000 - $160000 per annum
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Sheldon March
About the opportunity
We're partnering with a well-established Australian manufacturer of engineered technical textiles to appoint a Plant Manager at their Northern Gold Coast site.

It's a senior leadership role reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, and you'd be taking full ownership of a site of around 50 people across safety, quality, maintenance, production planning, continuous improvement and warehousing.

The business supplies product across civil, infrastructure, coastal and sporting applications, and has made a clear commitment to manufacturing in Australia.

This is a chance to build operational structure and drive the continuous improvement that keeps local manufacturing competitive.

This role is particularly appealing due to the well-run nature of the site, the backing of shareholders and the executive for Australian manufacturing, and the direct line to a COO with deep operational experience.

What you'll be doing
  • Leading the site team, including a production manager, supervision, warehouse manager and the quality and maintenance functions
  • Owning safety, quality, production and maintenance performance across all three work centres
  • Building clear operational structure, KPIs and performance management
  • Driving a continuous improvement program focused on cost and efficiency, and sharing learnings with a sister site interstate
  • Leading production planning for made-to-order and made-to-stock product, and representing the site at the weekly S&OP with supply chain, logistics and sales
  • Working with the on-site finance lead on site cost performance
  • Translating the business strategy into clear priorities for the site team
What we are looking for
  • Preferably a technical, engineering or process background, plus relevant tertiary qualifications
  • Proven experience leading teams in a continuous or automated manufacturing environment, as a Plant or Operations Manager or a Production Manager ready for your first site role
  • A background in technical textiles, polymer processing, plastics extrusion, building products, paper and packaging, foam or continuous chemical processing
  • A strong track record of delivering measurable continuous improvement (Lean or similar)
  • A safety-first approach and solid knowledge of WHS obligations
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills, with the commercial understanding to connect site performance to the wider business strategy
  • Experience working in an enterprise agreement environment is highly regarded
If you are open to a confidential conversation, feel free to apply or send me an email on sheldonm@sde.com.au

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