Total 46 Manager level Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in Melbourne, Victoria

Directly supporting the Plant Manager, this role will engage with the production team and oversee the engineering function to drive best practice and continuous improvement initiatives that will maximise efficiencies and improve overall operational performance.

Consultative and collaborative in your style, you will utilise your well-developed communication skills with a diverse range of stakeholders, to help foster a proactive safe work culture and high employee morale.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Manage the operation and maintenance of all industrial plant and equipment, installations design and upgrade changes.
•  Assist with long term capital planning and implementing capital projects
• Provide leadership, coaching, support, and performance management Maintaining plant production capability to meet demand output requirements
• Manage engineering improvement initiatives/priorities in line with overall business/site objectives
• Drive and lead efforts for continuous improvement to engineering and production efficiencies
• Management of engineering department Safety, Health & Environment program (Toolbox meetings)
• Enhance and expand the site preventative maintenance program Co-ordinates all contractor support, services and maintenance activity

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole of product lifecycle approach to sustainable packaging solutions.

Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

 About this opportunity

The Maintenance Manager will lead the engineering/maintenance function to ensure the highest standards of asset care that will support Safety, Quality, and Production through condition and TPM functions that underpin OEE improvement.

With a strong commitment to accelerate safety and productivity performance, you will lead and coach your team to embed a culture of continuous improvement and best practice maintenance methodologies

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide leadership, coaching and support to the maintenance, allocating & prioritising tasks to execute maintenance and reliability plans
• Work closely with Production and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues and maintain plant production capability  
• Perform Root Cause Analysis on all critical failures of plant and ensure action items derived are implemented and sustained
• Enhance and expand the site preventative maintenance program to efficiently support Operations and innovation
• Set the overall strategy and standards for best to improve efficiency minimise production downtime
• Co-ordinate all contractor support, services, and maintenance activity (Inc. Financials)
• Actively support the implementation of capital projects

Your skills and experience

• Visible belief and demonstrated leadership in driving a Zero Harm culture
• Engineering Degree (Mechanical) or can demonstrate equivalent experience/training (Trade qualified)
•  MEX Maintenance software experience
• Result driven focus with strong mechanical aptitude
• Formal training in Lean manufacturing techniques and root cause analysis (desirable)
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop maintenance teams
• Related industry experience, preferably within the FMCG industry but not essential
• Experience in equipment criticality and failure mode analysis
• Exposure to lean principles for continuous improvement
• Understanding of OHS regulations and food safety practices
• Exceptional communication skills and strong rapport-building techniques
• Advanced skills in CMMS software/systems such as MEX or SAP
• A flexible, resilient approach that encourages a positive work/team environment