Maintenance Fitter – Food Manufacturing

Pay Rate: $55 per hour

Hours: Monday to Friday – Day Shift The Chance We’re looking for an experienced Maintenance Fitter to join a well-established food manufacturing operation in Sydney. This is a great opportunity to join a busy production environment where reliability, teamwork and quality are at the heart of everything the site does.

You’ll play a key role in keeping production equipment running safely and efficiently, carrying out preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns and helping minimise downtime across the factory.

If you’re a hands-on fitter who enjoys fault-finding, problem-solving and working with automated production equipment, this could be the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

- Carry out planned preventative and condition-based maintenance across food processing machinery and production equipment.
- Respond to equipment breakdowns, diagnose faults and complete repairs to minimise production downtime.
- Identify recurring equipment issues and contribute to root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Inspect machinery and assess equipment condition to identify potential maintenance requirements before failures occur.




- Work closely with production and maintenance teams to ensure equipment operates safely and efficiently.

What We’re Looking For
- Trade-qualified Maintenance Fitter – essential.
- Previous experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Experience maintaining and repairing automated production equipment.
- Strong mechanical fault-finding, troubleshooting and repair skills.
- The ability to identify equipment issues and prioritise maintenance tasks effectively.

Highly regarded: EWP, Confined Space and Forklift licences.

What’s on Offer?

- $55 per hour
- Monday to Friday, day shift – enjoy your weekends off.
- A hands-on role within an established food manufacturing environment.
- The opportunity to work with automated production machinery and varied mechanical equipment.
- A team-focused workplace where safety, reliability and continuous improvement matter.

Interested? If you’re a trade-qualified fitter with strong mechanical maintenance experience and are looking for your next opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

📌 mechanical fitter (Sydney)
🏢 Austcorp Executive
📍 Sydney