Job Description
About $47–$51/hr + Super | Permanent Full-Time
Monday–Friday | Dayshift 5:00am–2:00pm | 9-day fortnight
Join a plastics manufacturing site, lead a small team while staying hands‐on, with the chance to move into a more senior leadership role over the next few years.
Why Join?
About $47–$51/hr + Super
Permanent full-time
Monday–Friday | Dayshift 5:00am–2:00pm
9-day fortnight
(5 days one week, 4 days the next – every second Monday RDO)
This role around 60% leading / 40% hands‐on
Lead a small team of around 5 people
Career Progression:
Chance to move towards a 90% leading / 10% hands‐on role over the next few years, with greater inventory & maintenance management responsibility.
You will do:
Team Leadership: Lead around 5 people across maintenance and production.




Workshop: Allocate jobs and coordinate daily workshop activities.
Maintenance: Repair and maintain equipment, including injection moulding machines.
Troubleshooting: Handle mechanical issues and basic PLC fault‐finding.
Improvement: Help transition maintenance systems from paper to digital and bring outsourced work in‐house.
You have:
Previous Leading Hand or Supervisory experience
(We have multiple similar prospects available across Melbourne. Feel free to get in touch for a confidential discussion.)
All applications and enquiries will be handled with strict confidentiality.

📌 Workshop Leading Hand Maintenance Victoria
🏢 Linktal Recruitment
📍 Victoria