Dual Trade Fitter - Afternoon Shift

Food Manufacturing | Permanent Afternoon Shift | Dandenong
$50 - $55 per hour

What's On Offer

- Competitive hourly rate of $60/$63 per hour
- Permanent, stable employment with a large and growing organisation
- Significant investment in plant upgrades and modernisation
- Genuine career progression and development opportunities
- Opportunity to utilise and further develop both mechanical and electrical skills
- Supportive team environment within a well-established food manufacturing business
- Work across a major Victorian operation with multiple sites

An established and rapidly expanding food manufacturing business is seeking a Dual Trade Fitter to join their team in Dandenong.

With major plant upgrades underway and continued growth across multiple Victorian locations, this is an excellent opportunity for a dual trade tradesperson looking for long-term stability and the opportunity to work across both mechanical and electrical maintenance.

This role will be hands-on, covering preventative and reactive maintenance, fault finding, installation, commissioning and upgrades across a modern production environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Preventative and reactive maintenance across production and processing equipment
- Mechanical fault finding and repairs across conveyors, packaging lines, motors and production machinery
- Electrical fault finding, testing and repairs
- Installation, commissioning and upgrading of plant and machinery




- Working across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Welding and fabrication work as required
- Interpreting electrical schematics, mechanical drawings and technical documentation
- Supporting planned maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives
- Working safely at heights when required
- Using maintenance management systems and basic computer applications
- Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with site procedures

Skills & Experience

- Trade qualification in Mechanical Fitting
- Electrical trade qualification / relevant electrical licence
- Previous experience in maintenance within food manufacturing or a similar production environment
- Strong mechanical fault-finding and maintenance skills
- Strong electrical fault-finding and troubleshooting ability
- Experience with conveyors, motors, packaging machinery and production equipment
- Welding and fabrication experience
- Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics
- Comfortable working at heights
- Computer literacy and experience using maintenance systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to maintenance
- Commitment to workplace safety

If you're a dual trade Fitter looking for a secure, long-term opportunity with a business investing heavily in its people, plant and equipment, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Cameron at Engineering People:

📌 Dual Trade Fitter (Dandenong)
🏢 Engineering People
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