Maintenance Coordinator – Food Manufacturing | Day Shift

Maintenance Coordinator – Food Manufacturing | Day Shift

Location: Braeside, Melbourne
Roster: Monday to Friday
Reporting to: Engineering Manager

Take the lead in keeping one of Laurent Bakery’s manufacturing sites running safely and reliably. We’re seeking an experienced Maintenance Coordinator with a mechanical trade background and proven maintenance supervisory or management experience.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on technical expertise with site maintenance leadership, supported by our Engineering Manager, who leads the department.

Why Join Laurent?

Monday-to-Friday roster: Enjoy a consistent working week.

Site responsibility: Lead maintenance activities at one of our Braeside manufacturing facilities.

Technical variety: Work with industrial bakery machinery and production equipment.

Leadership opportunity: Guide the maintenance team and help improve equipment reliability and performance.

Engineering support: Work directly with the Engineering Manager to deliver site maintenance priorities.

Take-home bread: Enjoy Laurent bread to take home.

The Role

You’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of maintenance at your allocated site, ensuring machinery and equipment support safe, efficient and consistent production.

Combining maintenance planning, team supervision and hands-on mechanical support, you’ll coordinate preventative maintenance, manage breakdown priorities and work closely with production teams to minimise downtime.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate daily site maintenance activities,



allocating work and setting clear priorities for the maintenance team.

Plan and oversee preventative maintenance, inspections and repairs to improve equipment reliability.

Coordinate breakdown response, providing hands-on mechanical fault-finding and repair support when required.

Work closely with production teams to schedule maintenance around operational requirements and communicate equipment issues, repair progress and expected downtime.

Investigate recurring faults and drive practical improvements to reduce breakdowns and improve machinery performance.

Coach and support maintenance team members, maintaining clear expectations for safety, workmanship and communication.

Coordinate external contractors and service providers, ensuring work is completed safely and to the required standard.

Maintain accurate work orders, equipment histories and maintenance records in the computerised maintenance management system (CMMS).

Coordinate spare parts and maintenance materials to support planned work and breakdown response.

Ensure maintenance activities follow equipment isolation, site safety, hygiene and food safety procedures.

Report maintenance priorities, equipment risks and resource requirements to the Engineering Manager.





Support equipment upgrades and continuous improvement projects in collaboration with the Engineering Manager.

What You Bring

A recognised mechanical fitting trade qualification , such as Maintenance Fitter or Fitter and Turner.

Proven maintenance supervisory or management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.

Experience leading tradespeople, allocating work and managing competing maintenance priorities.

Strong mechanical fault-finding skills and practical experience maintaining production machinery.

Experience coordinating preventative maintenance and responding to breakdowns in a fast-paced production environment.

Strong planning, organisational and communication skills.

Experience using a CMMS to manage maintenance schedules, work orders and equipment records.

A hands-on leadership style, sound judgement and a commitment to protected work practices.

Food manufacturing or FMCG experience is highly regarded.

Dual mechanical and electrical trade qualifications, including a current A Grade electrical licence, are highly desirable but not essential.

Experience as a Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Team Leader or Maintenance Coordinator will be highly regarded.

About Laurent Bakery

For over 30 years, Laurent Bakery has combined authentic French baking traditions with modern manufacturing to produce quality breads, pastries and cakes.

Our Braeside manufacturing facilities support our retail cafés and major supply partners. Our maintenance and engineering teams play an essential role in keeping these operations safe, reliable and efficient.

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📌 Maintenance Coordinator – Food Manufacturing | Day Shift (Melbourne)
🏢 Laurent Bakery Group
📍 Melbourne