Kinrise is a growing, privately owned powerhouse in Australian food manufacturing with some of Australia’s most loved and innovative brands. We describe ourselves as a ‘start up with scale’ and have a burning ambition to grow our business. Formed in 2018 the Kinrise portfolio covers Biscuits, Breakfast, Baking, Bakery, and Snackfood categories and has 40+ years making iconic Australian food, with a rich Australian heritage that’s grounded in family origins.

This role is responsible planning maintenance activities via FIIX and managing contract service providers. This role also co-ordinates activities and resources on the site and develops timelines, budgets and coordinates the engineering/maintenance stores at the site, including inventory, ordering, and store management.

Key Accountabilities

Maintenance Planning

Administering all aspects of planned maintenance in CMMS including developing detailed BOM’s, PMs, equipment histories etc

Liaising with the Reliability teams as well as contractors, Manufacturing Manager and Production Schedulers

Sponsoring compliance with statutory and company policy guidelines with particular focus on work method safety and routine servicing of essential services

Plans major overhaul activities across the calendar year establishing resources, budgets and production availability

Coaching other Maintenance staff in best practice maintenance methodologies

Reviewing suitability of component specification

Developing and administering Maintenance KPI’s

Managing some minor replacement projects

Supporting other process improvement teams with maintenance expertise as required

Planning, Implementation and effectiveness review of maintenance activities.

Plans to ensure that all materials for the above are available (timely)

Problem solving/FMEA and data analysis

Stock Management

Ensure the correct quantity of goods are received, stored and available for use, that all goods are receipted, and that stores and office areas are kept tidy.





Partner with vendors and procurement to ensure cost-effective and timely supply of quality parts.

Develop and manage Store lay-out to ensure efficient use of space and ease of parts retrieval aligned with OES 5s practices.

Complete stocktaking and maintain accurate stock records.

Create equipment trees and Bills of Materials (BOMs) with risk-based allocation of spare parts.

Partner with trades team members to develop strategies to identify critical spares based on risk (proactive stock management).

Assist in preparations for major machine overhaul works

Continuous improvement

Identify and implement approaches to improve to stock management e.g. use of predictive maintenance to determine part replacement

Cost, efficiency and sustainability

Conduct day to day cost analysis for Repairs and Maintenance budget, prepare weekly reports, monthly and annual reports and budgets.

Deliver projects on time and on budget.

Skills and attributes

Strong problem solving, project management, customer relationship, and communication skills.

Ability to work as part of a team; lives the company values and leads for purpose.

Experience

At least 5 years in a Maintenance or Manufacturing environment, ideally within FMCG.

Experience in engineering stock control and planning

Sound knowledge of database systems. SAP and FIIX experience preferred

Qualifications

Mechanical or Electrical trade.

Engineering or equivalent degree qualification preferred

Why Join Us?

Kinrise is a fast paced, agile business that focuses on your talents and challenges you to perform at your best. An prospect with us would mean:

An prospect to work with leading Australian-made brands and products An exciting role in a growing business with a great history and an ambitious growth agenda

Supportive and collaborative team culture

Kinrise is committed to creating an environment that welcomes all, celebrates our diversity in all its forms and fosters an environment of inclusion. We recognise that our unique differences are what sets us apart and how we succeed as a team. We are an equal opportunity employer.

📌 Maintenance Planner (Sydney)
🏢 Kinrise
📍 Sydney