# Production Coordinator

**Company**: Ampol
**Location**: Lytton, Queensland
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

At Ampol, we believe in the Power of Us – the extraordinary power of people to connect, act, and make a difference.

As a Production Coordinator, you will provide frontline leadership for the Filling and Blending operations, ensuring work is delivered safely, to plan, and within strict quality specifications.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead HSE performance by championing a strong 'Zero Harm' culture, facilitating toolbox talks, issuing work permits, supporting incident investigations, and root-cause analysis.

- Drive daily and weekly production execution, partnering with Senior Operators to deliver production volumes, schedules, and OTIF targets while minimising delays, yield losses, and carryovers.

- Improve operational performance by identifying the root causes of production delays and implementing preventative solutions to reduce waste and recurrence.

- Lead and develop a team of 10–20 operators, managing rostering, training, performance, and capability in line with site standards.

- Build frontline capability by coaching Senior Operators to effectively manage daily schedules to both reliably and safely deliver the production plan.

- Optimise workforce planning, ensuring the right skills and resources are available during production peaks to support broader lubricants business priorities.

Qualifications and Experience:

- Proven operations background in chemical manufacturing, lubricants, greases, FMCG, or high-speed filling is desirable.

- Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team of 10+ employees, with a track record of upskilling staff and positively influencing safe work behaviours is essential.

- A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Operations Management, or a relevant technical trade is desirable.

- Systems Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of manufacturing ERP systems for production receipting and inventory control.

- A structured approach to troubleshooting operational issues and a collaborative communication style suited to working with technical peers.

- Systems: SAP, document management systems, and Microsoft office applications.

Our Benefits:

- Competitive total remuneration, including base salary, performance incentive, employee share offers, and 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars.

- Access to Ampol's Benefits and Recognition platform, providing retail discounts and cashbacks at over 500+ retailers in Australia.

- Internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work.

- Career development and learning opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.

- Paid Parental Leave – up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid).

- BabyCare Package – financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.

- Novated Lease options available.

- Employee Share Scheme.

- Leave Options: wellbeing leave and leave purchasing.

- Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.

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## Skills

### Required
- manufacturing ERP systems
- SAP
- document management systems
- Microsoft office applications
- troubleshooting operational issues

### Nice to have
- chemical manufacturing
- lubricants
- greases
- FMCG
- high-speed filling
- Engineering
- Operations Management

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