Join a leading Australian food manufacturing business with an established national footprint and a strong reputation for quality and innovation.

Operating from a complex manufacturing facility in Sydney's south-west, the business is focused on improving operational performance, equipment reliability and maintenance capability.

Company

Join a leading Australian food manufacturing business with an established national footprint and a strong reputation for quality and innovation.

Operating from a complex manufacturing facility in Sydney's south-west, the business is focused on improving operational performance, equipment reliability and maintenance capability.

The Role

You’ll lead the site’s maintenance function, managing a team of four tradespeople across mechanical and electrical disciplines.

Your initial focus will be on improving equipment reliability, reducing recurring breakdowns and strengthening preventative maintenance practices. Longer term, you’ll drive improvements in maintenance systems, planning and asset management.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Lead and develop a team of four maintenance tradespeople.
- Improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime and drive OEE improvements.
- Strengthen preventative maintenance planning, scheduling and execution.
- Optimise MEX to improve maintenance visibility, work orders and reporting.
- Improve spare parts management and critical inventory control.




- Partner with Production to identify and resolve recurring equipment issues.
- Manage maintenance budgets, external contractors and site facilities.
- Support capital projects, equipment upgrades and asset replacement initiatives.
- Establish maintenance KPIs and drive continuous improvement.

Your Background

You’ll be an experienced maintenance professional with a strong technical foundation and a hands‑on approach to leadership, ideally gained within food, FMCG or a similar manufacturing environment.

You will bring:

- Maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing setting.
- A mechanical or electrical trade qualification, or engineering degree.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical and electrical equipment.
- Experience managing preventative maintenance programs and CMMS.
- Understanding of maintenance planning, spare parts and inventory management.
- Ability to identify root causes and implement sustainable reliability improvements.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly across Production and Engineering.
- A proactive, hands‑on leadership style with a continuous improvement mindset.

What’s On Offer

An opportunity to take ownership of a site maintenance function, drive meaningful reliability improvements and influence future maintenance practices within an established manufacturing business.

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