Food Production Team Member 4-day work week | Paid overtime | Growing premium food manufacturer About Us Urban Forager is an award-winning food manufacturer experiencing rapid growth. Our stock concentrates have innovated the category, bringing superior sustainability, value and flavour to supermarket shelves with a super clean ingredient list and no unnecessary plastic waste. We highly value sustainability, exceptional flavour, and making food properly. Consumers are catching on quickly, and it’s an exciting time to join the business. Starting in a home kitchen, then a re-fitted garage (from which we supplied Woolworths!) and now a custom-built manufacturing kitchen and warehouse, Urban Forager is a quintessential small family business success story. Our products are ranged in over 1,500 stores across Australia including both major supermarkets and many of the country’s best independent grocers. Over the next 12 months, we’ll be moving into a brand-new production facility in Canning Vale with upgraded equipment and significantly increased production capacity. About the Role We’re looking for a reliable, hardworking Food Production Team Member to join our production team full time. This is a hands on role involving all aspects of food production including ingredient preparation, cooking support, filling and packing products, palletising, cleaning, warehouse organisation, and maintaining accurate production records. The role reports directly to our Production Manager and joins a calm, friendly, highly capable production team with a strong culture and low staff turnover. Current hours are: Monday to Thursday 7:00am – 5:00pm Paid overtime available most second Fridays Overtime paid on any time worked past 5pm What You’ll Be Doing Preparing fresh vegetables and ingredients for production Operating and supporting semi-automated production equipment Filling, packing, palletising, and handling finished products Cleaning equipment and maintaining high hygiene standards Maintaining accurate production records Assisting with warehouse organisation and FIFO stock rotation Supporting production flow and setup Occasional collection of fresh produce and packaging materials As we transition into our new facility in Canning Vale later in the year, the role will evolve alongside our new equipment and production systems. What We’re Looking For This role suits someone who: enjoys practical, hands on work is physically capable and happy being on their feet all day can work quickly while maintaining good attention to detail takes pride in doing tasks properly works well in a calm, team focused environment is reliable, punctual, and low drama notices issues and communicates well asks questions when unsure rather than guessing Experience in food production, commercial kitchens, manufacturing, or warehouse environments is helpful but not essential. Forklift license desirable but not essential. Physical Requirements This role requires: regular lifting up to approximately 25kg repetitive physical work Why Join Us? Stable full time role in a growing business Paid overtime opportunities Friendly, supportive team culture Opportunity to grow with the business as production expands Work with products you can genuinely be proud of Free product for staff Applying If this role sounds like a good fit for your personality, work ethic, and attitude, we’d love to hear from you - hit apply! Please include a short cover letter telling us a little about yourself and why you’re interested in the role. We strongly value attitude, reliability, and team fit. Recruitment agencies please do not contact us regarding this role.
