About the role

Working alongside our Lead Maintenance Fitter, you'll help keep our production equipment running reliably while developing your skills across preventative maintenance, breakdowns, machine improvements and general mechanical work. Our Lead Maintenance & Production Supervisor works from approximately 6:00am–2:30pm, while this role will generally work 10:00am–6:00pm, providing an overlap for training and larger maintenance jobs while extending maintenance coverage across our production day.

Key responsibilities
Assisting with preventative and scheduled maintenance across production equipment
Responding to production breakdowns and mechanical issues
Working alongside our Lead Fitter to diagnose and repair machinery
Working with bearings, belts, chains, sprockets, rollers, conveyors, motors and other mechanical components
Machine setup, adjustments and changeovers
Basic fabrication, welding and modifications where capable
Assisting with the installation and commissioning of current equipment
Identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and production efficiency
Maintaining workshop areas, tools and maintenance equipment




Recording maintenance work and recurring equipment issues

About you
Mechanically minded, practical and keen to learn
Enjoys understanding how machinery works
Comfortable working with their hands
Can diagnose problems logically rather than simply replacing parts
Takes pride in fixing things properly
Reliable and comfortable working independently
Wants to learn from an experienced fitter
Interested in developing a long-term career in manufacturing maintenance
Understands that production uptime matters and responds accordingly
Experience with welding, fabrication, electrical fault finding, pneumatics, food manufacturing or packaging machinery would be advantageous but isn't essential

About us General Foods is a growing food manufacturer based in Thomastown, Melbourne. We manufacture a broad range of snack products across multiple production lines, with capabilities including bars, balls, chocolate enrobing, cooling, flow wrapping and other food manufacturing processes. We're actively investing in current manufacturing equipment and expanding our production capabilities.

📌 Junior Maintenance Fitter / Technician Food Manufacturing Keilor
🏢 General Foods
📍 Keilor