This is a hands-on leadership position suited to an experienced electrician who enjoys leading people, solving complex electrical issues and working closely with production to maximise plant reliability and minimise downtime. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will lead the day-to-day electrical maintenance activities across a busy manufacturing environment, ensuring equipment is operating safely, reliably and efficiently.
Key responsibilities
- Supervising daily electrical maintenance activities across the plant
- Leading, coaching and supporting the electrical maintenance team
- Coordinating maintenance priorities with Production, Operations and Maintenance stakeholders
- Responding to electrical breakdowns, fault finding and urgent repairs
- Monitoring and analysing electrical maintenance performance and downtime
- Investigating root causes and implementing sustainable solutions
- Performing hands-on electrical maintenance, diagnostics and repairs across production and packaging equipment
- Troubleshooting PLCs, control systems, VSDs, instrumentation and power distribution systems
- Managing electrical maintenance and engineering projects from planning through to completion
- Ensuring compliance with WHS, electrical safety and LOTO requirements
- FMCG or food manufacturing experience highly regarded
- Strong knowledge of PLCs, HMI/SCADA, VSDs, instrumentation and power distribution
- Experience working within a high-volume manufacturing environment
- Understanding of GMP, HACCP and hygienic engineering principles
- Previous experience supervising or leading electrical trades
- Solid communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive, hands-on and solutions-focused approach
- A strong commitment to safety and continuous improvement
Benefits
- Join a major and well-established FMCG business
- Stable, long-term career opportunity
- Strong career development and progression pathways
- Work within a collaborative maintenance and operations team
- Opportunity to make a genuine impact on plant reliability and performance