"Production Lead"

About This Opportunity

UQ Print is seeking an experienced Production Lead to oversee the internal production function and ensure the consistent, high-quality delivery of printing services across the University. This role is responsible for coordinating daily production activities, allocating work to Print Coordinators, and ensuring deadlines, quality standards and customer expectations are met. You will provide operational leadership within a digital print and signage environment, while contributing to continuous improvement, sustainability initiatives and longer-term capability planning for the printing facility.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day production operations, including scheduling, workload allocation and meeting internal printing deadlines
• Manage and support production staff through effective supervision, mentoring and performance management
• Oversee production quality, workflow efficiency, estimating and complex job scoping to ensure high customer satisfaction
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, including sustainable printing practices, equipment optimisation and process enhancements

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world. Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
• 17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.40 a day)
• Salary packaging options

About You

We are seeking a practical, hands-on production leader who thrives in a fast-paced print environment and enjoys balancing operational delivery with team leadership and stakeholder engagement. You will bring strong technical knowledge of digital print production, alongside the ability to organise workflows, solve problems and maintain high standards of quality and service.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree with relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of extensive production experience and specialist expertise
• Demonstrated production management experience within a digital print and signage environment
• Working knowledge of production software and workflows, including Adobe Creative Suite, imposition tools and production management systems
• Experience leading and supporting a production team, including allocating work, resolving issues and driving performance
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build productive relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers
• Experience with colour management and print quality control processes
• Experience in specialty printing, and scoping custom print and signage projects, including fabrication, and follow through with production management
• Demonstrate production management experience within a digital print and signage environment, including an understanding of inventory management
• An interest in sustainable printing practices and continuous improvement initiatives

Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, criminal history checks. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

Want to Apply?

We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload:

• Resume
• A cover letter summarising how your background aligns with the 'About You' section

Our strength as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent, particularly from Australia’s First Nations Peoples. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.

Applications close Sunday 22 February 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-60517).