Maintenance Technician - Food Manufacturing

Meredith Dairy is known for producing high‑quality, award‑winning goat and sheep dairy products supplied to national and international markets. Located approximately 11 km west of Meredith, Victoria, we operate in a rural setting and are committed to sustainable practices across operations.

A highly innovative solid, family‑owned cheese manufacturing business, we take pride in our hands‑on approach, supportive team culture, and the quality of what we produce.

Meredith Dairy implement lean values, behaviours and standards that support a culture of continuous improvement.

We are seeking a practical and motivated Maintenance Technician to join our maintenance team and become part of our ongoing success.

Ideally the successful candidate will

live locally, want to and enjoy living and working in a regional setting

Share our values

Resonate with our CREED

- Environmental Stewards - We will strive to protect, promote and restore our environment.
- Quality and integrity – we are committed to a continuous focus on producing quality products with honesty and integrity.
- Teamwork, Perseverance & Effort – we strive to enable exceptional performance from our people, by recognising potential, creating opportunities and challenging them.
- Thought leadership, innovation and agility – we play an infinite game; we are forever striving to improve.
- Relationships and Respect: Truth, transparency & integrity towards all stakeholders and our community always.





We really would like someone who wants to work with us long term who will enjoy being part of an inclusive supportive working team environment.

About the Role

Provides a variety of work, that will fully utilise all your skills with the potential do develop more!.

Key Responsibilities

To work in a safe and standard way, and provide support for safe and standard work

Daily start‑up, shutdown and changeover of production lines to ensure stable production cycles

Mechanical maintenance and repair of food production equipment

Preventative maintenance tasks

Breakdown response and fault-finding

Support general site maintenance as required

contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

About You

Meredith Dairy will place high value on candidates that meet with points 1,2 and3 above.

Happy to work a weekday rotation, that will include weekend work (shared roster)

(training will be provided, across all equipment so please feel confident to apply if you meet the values criteria but require any additional training in other areas)

Experience or exposure to manufacturing environments (food manufacturing desirable)

Practical, reliable, and able to work independently and as part of a team

Good communication across different roles and expectations supportive teamwork skills

Current driver's licence essential due to location

Desirable (but not essential)

- Welding or fabrication skills
- Familiarity with preventative maintenance systems

This is a hands‑on role that will fully utlise all skills providing a variety of work to support the safe and standard operation of production equipment and site facilities. As a member of a small high performing maintenance team,

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