About the Company
Our client is a 100% Australian-owned beef processor with six generations of family involvement, three export-accredited processing sites, 10 premium beef brands, and customers across more than 25 domestic and international markets. The business continually invests in people, quality, safety and regional communities, fortifying their ongoing success in the industry.

About the Role
Reporting to the Plant Manager and working with the Group Asset Manager, you will lead maintenance, reliability, safety, compliance and people capability at a redeveloped, high-volume beef processing site. The mandate is to move from reactive repair to planned and preventative maintenance, strengthen work-order and asset-data disciplines, and reduce avoidable downtime.

Advantages

- An attractive remuneration package will be offered, supported by relocation assistance and practical housing-search support.
- Genuine mandate and senior business support to build and shape the maintenance function.
- Modern, substantially redeveloped processing facility with continued capital investment.
- Secure long-term career with a sixth-generation, 100% Australian-owned family business.
- Discounted premium meat products and novated vehicle lease options available.

Duties

- Plan, schedule and prioritise maintenance around production windows, urgent repairs and preventative work to protect plant availability.
- Establish CMMS work-order,



asset-history and preventative-maintenance disciplines as the site moves towards a group maintenance platform.
- Lead and develop the multi-shift maintenance team, including supervision, leading hands, trades, apprentices and contractors.
- Manage contractor performance, specialist service providers, parts inventory and spare-parts controls.
- Manage budget input, CAPEX documentation, utilities monitoring and monthly maintenance reporting.

Skills and experience

- Relevant mechanical, electrical, fitter, mechanic or related trade or technical qualification with strong hands-on credibility.
- Maintenance leadership experience in food, FMCG, dairy, packaging or another high-volume production environment.
- Demonstrated success moving a team from reactive breakdown response to planned and preventative maintenance.
- Experience with CMMS, work orders, asset data, maintenance scheduling, budgets, CAPEX, inventory and contractor management.

Choose Agri Talent
Agri Talent provides permanent recruitment and executive search services exclusively for Australian agribusiness. Our extensive digital network connects quality candidates to diverse and exciting roles with respected clients across Australia’s agriculture sector.

For more information, please contact Ben Frazer, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Agri Talent on 0439 093 ***.
Additional information

- Lead the shift to planned maintenance with senior business support
- Annual Bonus | Relocation assistance | Housing-search support
- Highly attractive remuneration package

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