Hourly Rate: $60 an hour + penalties + overtime

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for the identification, planning, execution and reporting of maintenance activities across operational facilities. This role offers a diverse mix of mechanical maintenance, equipment reliability, shutdown work, fault finding and continuous improvement projects.

Location: Pinkenba

Hourly Rate: $60 an hour + penalties + overtime

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for the identification, planning, execution and reporting of maintenance activities across operational facilities. This role offers a diverse mix of mechanical maintenance, equipment reliability, shutdown work, fault finding and continuous improvement projects.

Key Responsibilities

Planned & Breakdown Maintenance

- Perform preventative, corrective and reactive maintenance on site equipment and infrastructure
- Conduct inspections, repairs and scheduled maintenance activities
- Support shutdown and maintenance programs
- Diagnose and repair production-critical equipment breakdowns
- Complete work orders and maintenance records within the CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
- Identify defects and scope parts, materials and resources for future maintenance works
- Overhaul and refurbish major plant components

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

- Identify opportunities for defect elimination and equipment reliability improvements
- Conduct root cause analysis and failure investigations
- Support engineering improvement projects and asset reliability initiatives
- Manage critical spares, tools and consumables
- Contribute to continuous improvement programs across the site

Safety & Compliance

- Work in accordance with all Workplace Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Management requirements




- Participate in risk assessments, permit-to-work systems and safe work procedures
- Promote a strong safety culture and maintain high housekeeping standards
- Participate in safety meetings, toolbox talks and hazard identification activities
- Support training and mentoring activities where authorised

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Essential Requirements

- Trade qualification in Fitting / Turning or Boilermaking
- Current Forklift Licence (LF)
- Current manualdriver's licence
- Minimum 3 years' experience in an industrial maintenance environment
- Experience with preventative and breakdown maintenance
- Experience conducting risk assessments and working within protected work systems
- Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting skills
- Permit to Work writing and / or using

Highly Regarded

- Experience in bitumen, oil & gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, mining, terminals or heavy industrial facilities
- Experience maintaining equipment controlled by PLC or distributed control systems (DCS)
- Experience using CMMS or maintenance management software
- Permit to Work preparation and issuing experience
- Elevated Work Platform (EWP) Licence
- Confined Space Entry certification
- First Aid certification
- MR Licence

Why Join Us?

- Attractive pay rate with weekly pay cycle
- Diverse and challenging industrial maintenance environment
- Opportunity to work on critical infrastructure and production assets
- Supportive team culture focused on safety and operational excellence
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Exposure to reliability, asset management and continuous improvement projects

If you're a qualified Mechanical Fitter / Boilermaker /Maintenance Technician seeking your next opportunity in Brisbane, we'd love to hear from you!

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📌 Maintenance Technician (Queensland)
🏢 Synergie Australia
📍 Queensland