Asset Care Lead Location: Virginia, QLD, Australia, 4014

Job Function: Supply Chain - ANZ

Employment Type:

The Arnott's Group portfolio of brands continues the 160-year legacy of the Arnott family, providing quality, great-tasting food to create delicious moments for consumers across the world.

At The Arnott's Group, you'll join a diverse, values-driven team passionate about delivering quality products like Tim Tams, Shapes, V8 juice and more - plus enjoy them too!

We are proud of our legacy, but we aren't stopping here! Collaborators, innovators, and agile thinkers with a curious mind thrive here. Be part of a future which is full of delicious moments created locally, by you!

About the Role: We currently have an exciting chance for an Asset Care Lead to join our team at Virginia. This role is all about improving equipment reliability, driving maintenance excellence, and partnering with operations to maximise plant performance. You'll play a critical role in planning and coordinating maintenance activities, maintaining asset data integrity within SAP, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and helping ensure our manufacturing assets operate safely, efficiently, and reliably.

What your days look like:

Lead maintenance planning and scheduling activities to optimise equipment reliability and plant performance

Manage and maintain maintenance schedules, work orders and asset data within SAP PM

Partner with operations and maintenance teams to identify recurring equipment issues and implement sustainable solutions

Drive continuous improvement initiatives across maintenance systems, preventative maintenance programs and asset performance

Monitor maintenance KPIs, analyse trends and support root cause investigations to reduce downtime





Support major maintenance shutdowns, equipment upgrades and reliability improvement projects

Champion safe work practices, GMP compliance and effective risk management across maintenance activities

The Ingredients for Success:

Trade qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or a related maintenance discipline

Strong experience within a manufacturing, FMCG, food production or industrial workplace

Proven experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, asset care or reliability-focused roles

Experience using SAP PM or a similar Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Solid understanding of preventative maintenance, work management processes and continuous improvement methodologies

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement sustainable improvements

Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work collaboratively across maintenance and operations teams

Well-developed computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and maintenance reporting systems

Why You'll Love It Here: You’ll join a business with some of Australia's most loved brands, working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where continuous improvement, reliability and teamwork are at the heart of everything we do. This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact on plant performance, help shape our asset care strategy, and work alongside experienced engineering, maintenance and operational leaders to deliver world-class manufacturing outcomes.

We value diversity in our workforce. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please inform our team so that we can work together to support your needs throughout the recruitment process.

*We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies

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