Production Operator Jobs in Australia

Production Operators assists manufacturing operations along a production line by using equipment such as forklifts, heavy machinery and packaging equipment. In order for a product to reach the market, steps to assemble, pack and ship orders must be carried out efficiently.

A Production Operator performs specialized tasks along an assembly path to ensure that this is achieved. This specialized task will be dependent on the needs of the company they are employed in and can range from packaging one product to controlling the mailing of produced items.

Depending on the size of the company where employment is secured, shift work may be suitable for this position. Large companies, for example, may have employees working around the clock to ensure rapid, extensive production.

This is primarily due to the fact that large companies often receive large amounts of stock that needs processed and shipped to clients in a timely fashion.

37 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 61 in the last 72 hours and 152 in the last week.

The average salary for open Production Operator jobs is currently $82,155, 14% lower than the national average salary for all jobs which is $94,476.

96% of the live vacancies are full-time, however 4% of them are part-time positions.

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 0.94, suggesting that demand for Production Operator job vacancies in Australia is decreasing.

There are 510 Production Operator job vacancies in Australia available immediately, compared to 117 in Queensland.