Production Manager
As we continue to expand in Victoria, we’re looking for a hands-on Production Manager to lead our Melbourne Glass Plant and play a key role in operational success and continuous improvement.
Production Manager – Glass Manufacturing
📍 Melbourne, VIC | 🏢 FMI Building Innovation – Glass Division
🕒 Full-time, permanent | 📅 Start ASAP
Lead. Optimise. Innovate.
Be a part of a growing trans-Tasman business driving excellence in building products.
About Us
At FMI Building Innovation, we’re on a mission to Build Better Homes with high-performing, sustainable, and accessible building products. With operations across New Zealand and Australia, we’re known for delivering quality window and door systems, frameless glass, and prefabricated solutions.
As we continue to expand in Victoria, we’re looking for a hands-on Production Manager to lead our Melbourne Glass Plant and play a key role in operational success and continuous improvement.
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Glass, you’ll take ownership of all production activities across our modern glass processing facility. Your focus will be on leading people, improving plant performance, and driving a safety-first culture.
Key responsibilities include:
- Oversee day-to-day operations across cutting, edgework, toughening, digital print, lamination, and more
- Lead and develop a team of production staff and team leaders
- Drive operational performance to meet DIFOTIS and MIFOTIS targets
- Maintain strict quality control and reduce non-conforming product (NCP)
- Support training, succession planning, and staff engagement
- Monitor and improve OEE (Throughput, Recovery, Uptime)
- Champion HSE and ‘Zero Harm’ workplace culture
What You’ll Bring
✅ 5+ years' experience in a production leadership role
✅ Excellent leadership and communication skills
✅ Strong understanding of manufacturing KPIs and process optimisation
✅ Experience coaching, mentoring and developing teams
✅ A commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
✅ Full Australian work rights
Bonus if you have:
🔧 Experience in glass manufacturing or building product sectors
📊 Working knowledge of OEE or lean manufacturing principles
Why FMI?
- Join a growing, innovative company making a real difference
- Positive team culture where safety and values come first
- Opportunities for progression and leadership development
- Stable and well-supported environment with national backing
Ready to lead a plant that’s moving forward?
Click APPLY NOW and submit your CV. We’d love to hear how you could make your mark at FMI Glass.
You must currently reside in Australia and have valid work rights to apply
No Agency applications thank you.
- Department
- Glass - Victoria
- Locations
- Glass - Victoria
About FMI Building Innovation
In 1968 we began as Fairview Metal Industries (FMI) originating in Timaru, New Zealand. Initially supplying steel windows from a small manufacturing plant, our Fairview brand has since evolved to a network of over 50 fabricators located across the country. We now have three channel to market brands, Eurowood (Exceptional Building Products), Fairview (Exceptional Windows and Doors), and Vetro Raccordi (Exceptional Glass Systems). Across these channels we supply some of New Zealand’s finest building materials for applications across thousands of Kiwi homes and industries. The ingenuity and passion of hundreds of Kiwis who have driven our energy to strive for better solutions, and helped shape the exceptional business that we are today.
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