About the Role
To support the Packing Shed Supervisor in coordinating daily packing shed operations while ensuring all bananas packed meet company and customer quality standards. This role is responsible for maintaining safe, efficient, and high-quality processing, supporting production flow, compliance, and team performance, and carrying out quality inspections, accurate record keeping, and production support tasks as required.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Assurance
- Conduct packed product inspections to ensure fruit meets quality standards, customer specifications, and presentation requirements
- Identify non-conforming product and ensure it is corrected or returned for rework
- Complete and maintain accurate QA records to support full product traceability from block through to dispatch
- Monitor product quality across the packing process and report any issues or trends to the Supervisor
- Follow all safety, hygiene, and chemical handling procedures, including use of PPE and working safely around machinery and treated fruit
- Maintain clean, organised work areas and clear walkways
- Communicate effectively with team members and the Supervisor regarding quality, safety, and workflow issues
Assistant Shed Supervisor
- Assist in supervising all packing shed activities including bunch hanging, dehanding, sorting, clustering, packing, and stacking
- Support coordination of labour across all stations to maintain smooth workflow and consistent production output
- Ensure required materials (boxes, lids, equipment) are always available and accessible
- Step into operational roles as needed to support production and maintain flow
- Support the supervision and direction of shed personnel by guiding work practices and ensuring tasks are completed according to procedures
- Assist in ensuring staff are trained, follow Safe Work Procedures (SWPs), and contribute to a positive team environment
- Promote and follow all workplace health and safety requirements, including correct use of PPE and safe operation of equipment
- Monitor work areas for hazards (machinery, forklifts, wet floors, manual handling risks) and report hazards, incidents, or unsafe behaviours
- Support biosecurity requirements, including TR4 controls
- Assist with postharvest chemical processes as directed, ensuring safe handling, correct PPE use, and accurate completion of treatment records
- Report any chemical hazards or unsafe practices immediately
- Assist in monitoring waste handling processes, including scrap fruit, plant waste, and general waste, ensuring waste does not impact workflow or cleanliness
- Maintain clean, organised work areas and support hygiene and housekeeping standards
- Support secondary product handling by monitoring banana bin filling, ensuring acceptable fruit selection, and coordinating bin movement with forklift operators
- Assist in dispatch processes, ensuring pallets are stacked correctly, moved safely, and production flow is not delayed
- Support safe interaction between forklift operators and workers
- Ensure dehanding knives are sterilised at the end of each day and all remaining lids are stored in the office
- Communicate clearly with team members regarding workflow, expectations, and issues, escalating production, safety, or quality concerns to the Supervisor
- Liaise with relevant departments (e.g. maintenance, dispatch) as directed and assist with reporting daily outcomes
- Monitor equipment use, report faults, and ensure unsafe equipment is not used
- Support cleaning, housekeeping, and pest control programs across the shed