Shift Leader

Circular Plastics Australia is creating a truly circular economy by giving billions of used plastic bottles and containers a new life. Our facilities enable plastic waste to be recycled locally and made into new bottles and packaging, rather than ending up in landfill.

For more information visit us at www.circularplasticsaustralia.com

About this opportunity

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Shift Leader is responsible for managing the operations of our plastic recycling plant during the night shift from 10pm to 6am, Monday – Friday.

The Shift Leader has day-to-day accountability for supervising the team of Production Operators, safely delivering the shift production targets, supporting maintenance activities, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Work with the Production Manager to deliver on the daily and weekly production schedule, achieving optimum production efficiencies and DIFOT.
• Ensure that all Operators understand and follow the site SOPs.
• Hold Operators accountable for achieving all quality standards.
• Responsible for maintaining the site housekeeping standards.
• Build the capability of the team through monitoring skills and maintaining training schedules.
• Escalate any issues through Production Manager to sales and logistics to ensure customer delivery on-time.

Your skills and experience

• Ideally have a background in plastics recycling
• Worked in a similar industrial based manufacturing business
• Sound background in managing and leading small teams
• Worked in a 24/5 environment
• Lean manufacturing experience

What you can expect:

Joining Circular Plastics Australia as a Shift Leader offers a unique opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking company dedicated to sustainability and innovation. You'll work in a dynamic environment with cutting-edge technology and automation, contributing to the production of high-quality recycled plastic resin. Our commitment to continuous improvement and safety ensures a supportive and engaging workplace where your skills and expertise will be valued and developed. With a collaborative team culture and opportunities for professional growth, Circular Plastics Australia is not just a place to work, but a place to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

• A trade background, (e.g. Boilermaker, fitter) is an advantage
• FLT licence

About us

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

We’re the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest user of recycled materials. We have 6,000+ team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world’s largest brands that consumers know and trust.

As a global leader in circular and sustainable packaging solutions, we’ve committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan. 

For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That’s our future Pact. Let’s lead the way together.