Shift Manager - Smithton

Position Title: Shift Manager - Smithton 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 42233 

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

As a Shift Manager at our Smithton Plant, you’ll play a critical leadership role in driving production performance, safety, and quality across your shift. You’ll lead a team of operators and work cross-functionally to ensure operational excellence, continuous improvement, and a strong safety culture.

What you’ll be doing.

• Leading the day-to-day operations of the production team, ensuring safety, quality, and performance targets are met


• Championing a strong health & safety culture, including incident investigations and proactive risk management


• Managing production planning and execution, ensuring accurate system transactions (SAP, WMS, Kronos)


• Driving continuous improvement and OEE ownership


• Ensuring compliance with food safety, HACCP, GMP, and quality systems


• Monitoring and improving operational metrics such as pack rate, downtime, waste, and schedule attainment


• Leading, coaching, and developing team members to build capability and engagement


• Managing labour resourcing, performance, and employee relations matters


• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (Quality, Agriculture, Training teams)


• Delivering effective shift handovers and clear communication across teams

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Demonstrated experience leading teams in a manufacturing or production environment


• Strong knowledge of health, safety, and food safety standards (HACCP, GMP, sanitation practices)


• Proven ability to drive operational performance and continuous improvement initiatives


• Experience working with production systems (e.g. SAP, WMS) and strong data accuracy


• Strong leadership capability with a hands-on, coaching style


• Sound problem-solving and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment


• Ability to manage competing priorities and respond effectively to operational challenges


• Solid communication and stakeholder engagement skills


• Competence in computer systems, reporting, and numeracy

About the team.

You’ll be part of the Smithton Plant production leadership team, reporting to the Production Manager and working closely with Quality, Operations, and support functions. This role leads a frontline production team and plays a key role in delivering site performance, building team capability, and embedding a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

About McCain.

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles.

At 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 experience.

We 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, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

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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. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 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. 

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Job Family: Manufacturing      
Division: ANZ 
Department: ​Smithton Shift 3 ​
Location(s): AU - Australia : Tasmania : Smithton 

Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.