About Lactalis-Mainland Dairy

Mainland Dairy, the business formerly known as Fonterra’s global Consumer and associated businesses, is now part of the Lactalis Group and known as Lactalis-Mainland Dairy.

Lactalis is a French family-owned business founded in Laval in 1933. Today, it is the world’s leading dairy group, present in 50 countries employing around 85,500 people. It is home to some of the world’s best known global and international dairy brands, including Président, Galbani and Parmalat, and local brands including Pauls, OAK, and Cracker Barrel in Australia.

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy is a team of more than 4,300 employees, operating 16 manufacturing sites across Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. We make well-loved brands including Perfect Italiano, Mainland, and Western Star.

Our passionate and talented team is committed to nurturing the future, unlocking new opportunities, and fostering innovation in nutrition and food.

The Opportunity

As a Maintenance Fitter, you’ll use your solid Mechanical experience to navigate through changing work priorities to plan and implement reliability and preventative maintenance initiatives, particularly around our cheese manufacturing and whey processing and packing equipment with a strong focus on Health and Safety and maintenance best practices.

The role will be a key member of the maintenance team comprising of Fitters & Electricians, Automation lead, Apprentices and working closely with our Engineering Store team.

Your forward thinking, drive, and ability to achieve results will benefit you here, as you’ll have plenty of scope to drive continuous improvement on equipment and process reliability with some of the industry's leading-edge automated technology.

A natural at coping with change, you’ll be capable of reacting to unplanned breakdowns and troubleshooting issues as they occur. Additional areas of focus will include writing standard operating procedures.

Operating in a rapid-paced 24/7 environment,



this role is a great opportunity to work as part of a close-knit technical team and test your skills.

We have two exciting opportunities available:

- Permanent Day Shift
- Rotating Shift Pattern: 2 nights on, 1 day off, 2 days on, followed by 3 consecutive days off

About you

To be successful in this role you must be a qualified Mechanical Fitter. The following skills and experience will be highly regarded:

- Demonstrated ability to diagnose faults and resolve technical issues efficiently.
- Knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
- Proven mechanical aptitude gained through hands-on maintenance experience.
- Computer literacy, with experience using MEX or similar maintenance management systems considered advantageous.
- Previous experience in a maintenance role within dairy, food, agricultural, or pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
- Experience carrying out equipment repairs, preventative maintenance, breakdown maintenance, and root cause failure analysis in an industrial setting.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced production environment.
- Commitment to workplace safety, quality standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Welding experience is desirable

What We Offer

- Competitive pay and benefits
- Career development and internal opportunities across a global business
- A team focused workplace in a fantastic culture where your work has real impact
- A strong commitment to quality, innovation and sustainability
- Flexible work arrangements where possible

We believe in you bringing your best and most authentic self to work and we want you to succeed in a way that allows you to win, in every aspect of your life. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, as well as individuals of diverse cultural and social backgrounds. Our team is dedicated to supporting your professional development and personal wellbeing.

We look forward to the possibility of you joining our inclusive team.

Please note that applicants must have full working rights for Australia to be considered.

We are politely declining recruitment agency support and approaches for this role.

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