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OverviewPosition Title: Shift Manager - Ballarat Prepared FoodsPosition Type: Regular - Full-TimeRequisition ID: 41297In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.About The RoleAs a Shift Manager within our Prepared Foods team in Ballarat, youll be responsible for the forward planning, leadership, and daytoday management of processing and packing shifts. Youll guide a diverse team, drive performance across safety, quality, cost, delivery, people, and environment, and ensure smooth, compliant, and efficient operations. This role is critical in sustaining a strong production culture and enabling continuous improvement across the site.About YouWhat youll be doingChampioning a strong Health & Safety culture, leading incident investigations and ensuring compliance.Leading and developing your team through coaching, training, capability planning, and effective labour coordination.Overseeing shift operations to meet production, quality, and food safety standards, including HACCP, GMP, and internal audit requirements.Supporting continuous improvement initiatives, including MDI, Kaizen activities, and implementation of bestpractice processes.Managing operational performance by monitoring costs, efficiencies, waste reduction, and shift KPIs.Ensuring environmental responsibilities are met by reducing waste and supporting operator awareness and compliance.What Youll Need To Be SuccessfulExperience in food processing or manufacturing environments, ideally with exposure to safety, GMP, HACCP, quality, and environmental systems.Proven leadership capability with experience guiding teams through change and building an engaged, highperforming workforce.Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across departments and all levels of the business.Effective problemsolving skills and the ability to think logically and make sound operational decisions.Resultsoriented mindset with the capacity to manage multiple priorities and deliver improvements in fastpaced environments.Competency in Microsoft Office applications and comfort working with data and performance metrics.Background/experience in FS&Q would be highly regardedProven experience in leading and managing changeAbout The TeamYoull be part of the Prepared Foods production team reporting to the Production Manager Ballarat. The team works collaboratively across Quality, Safety, and Continuous Improvement to deliver strong shift performance. Youll lead a diverse group of operators and contribute to a learningfocused culture built on coaching, capability development, and positive engagement. Your role is central to ensuring smooth daytoday operations and maintaining compliance across safety, quality, and environmental standards.About McCainClick Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.Leadership principlesAt McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.The McCain ExperienceWe are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, youll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.We''ve got this covered! No external agency support is required and unsolicited CVs will not be considered.McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCains Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.Job Family: ManufacturingDivision: ANZDepartment: Ballarat PF Pizza PlantLocation(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : BallaratCompany: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty. #J-18808-Ljbffr