Join One of Australia’s Leading Metal Packaging Manufacturers

NCI Packaging is seeking an experienced Aerosol Line Setter / Canmaking Technician to join our Preston manufacturing team.

This is an opportunity for a highly skilled canmaking professional who enjoys working with high-speed production equipment, solving complex mechanical problems, and driving world-class manufacturing performance.

If you have experience in aerosol or metal can manufacturing and enjoy being the technical expert on the production floor, we’d like to hear from you.

About the Role

You will be responsible for setting, optimising and troubleshooting our high-speed aerosol can production lines to ensure maximum safety, quality, productivity and equipment reliability.

Your responsibilities will include:

Setting up and optimising aerosol can manufacturing equipment

Diagnosing mechanical and process faults quickly and effectively

Minimising downtime through proactive fault finding and machine adjustments

Supporting production teams to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) targets

Driving continuous improvement initiatives

Coaching and developing operators on machine settings and best practice

Working closely with Maintenance and Production to maximise Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Maintaining high standards of product quality and line performance

About You

You are a hands-on technical specialist who enjoys solving problems and keeping production running efficiently.

You will ideally have:





Experience in metal can manufacturing or aerosol can production

Strong mechanical aptitude with excellent fault-finding skills

Experience setting and optimising high-speed manufacturing equipment

The ability to quickly diagnose machine and process issues

A solid understanding of quality requirements in can manufacturing

Excellent communication and leadership skills

A proactive approach to continuous improvement

The ability to remain calm under pressure while making sound technical decisions

Highly Regarded Experience

Experience operating or setting equipment such as:

Soudronic welders

Leak testers

Neckers

Beaders

High-speed conveying systems

Automated inspection equipment

Experience within the metal packaging industry will be highly regarded.

Why Join NCI?

Work with some of the most advanced canmaking equipment in Australia

Stable and growing Australian manufacturing business

Opportunity to further develop your technical expertise

Supportive leadership team

Secure long-term career opportunity

If you have the technical skills, mechanical aptitude and passion for canmaking excellence, we’d like to hear from you.

This role is ideal for experienced professionals currently working in:

Aerosol can manufacturing

Food can manufacturing

Beverage can manufacturing

Metal packaging manufacturing

Whether your current title is Setter, Canmaker Technician, Production Technician, Mechanical Technician, Line Technician or Senior Machine Operator, we’d like to hear from you.

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