About Us

Gypsy Hub is a growing beverage manufacturing and co-packing facility servicing a diverse range of customers and brands. We are committed to producing high-quality products safely, efficiently, and consistently through a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary The Mechanical Fitter / Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving manufacturing and packaging equipment across the facility. This role plays a critical part in ensuring production uptime, equipment reliability, and safe operations by carrying out preventative maintenance, breakdown repairs, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will work closely with Production, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure all machinery and equipment are operating efficiently and to the highest safety and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance & Repairs

- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on beverage manufacturing and packaging equipment.

- Diagnose and repair mechanical faults on fillers, cappers, conveyors, labellers, depalletisers, palletisers, pumps, mixers, and ancillary equipment.

- Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns to minimise production downtime.

- Install, modify, and commission production equipment as required.

- Carry out mechanical fitting, alignment, assembly, and fabrication tasks.

Equipment Reliability

- Conduct routine inspections and identify potential equipment issues before failure occurs.

- Assist in developing and improving preventative maintenance schedules.

- Recommend and implement equipment upgrades and process improvements.

- Monitor machine performance and reliability metrics.

Safety & Compliance





- Ensure all maintenance activities are performed in accordance with WHS legislation and company safety procedures.

- Participate in safety audits, risk assessments, and hazard reporting.

- Maintain a safe, clean, and organised workshop and work setting.

- Adhere to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and permit-to-work procedures.

Production Support

- Support production and packaging teams during changeovers and equipment setup.

- Assist operators with troubleshooting equipment issues.

- Provide technical expertise and training to operators where required.

- Work collaboratively with production to maximise line efficiencies.

Documentation & Inventory

- Complete maintenance records, work orders, and equipment documentation accurately and on time.

- Assist in managing spare parts inventory and maintenance consumables.

- Report recurring equipment issues and maintenance trends to management.

Skills & Experience

- Trade qualification as a Mechanical Fitter, Fitter & Turner, Maintenance Fitter, or equivalent.

- Minimum 3 years' experience in a co-packing beverage manufacturing environment.

- Strong mechanical troubleshooting and fault-finding skills.

- Experience working on production and packaging machinery.

- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and manuals.

- Strong commitment to workplace health and safety.

- Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

- Welding and fabrication experience.

- Forklift licence is favourable.

Why Join Gypsy Hub?

- Day shift only. No evenings or weekends.

- Work in a growing, family-owned Australian beverage manufacturing business.

- Opportunity to make a real impact in a hands-on role where your ideas and improvements are valued.

- Supportive team environment with direct access to decision-makers.

- Exposure to a wide range of beverage processing and packaging equipment.

📌 Mechanical Fitter/Production Technician (Beverage Manufacturing and Packaging) (Preston)
🏢 Gypsy Hub
📍 Preston