About the role

Chelgrave Contracting is looking for an experienced Maintenance Fitter to join a well-known dairy manufacturing site in Melbourne’s South East / Bayside area on a permanent basis.

This is a hands-on role keeping production running. You’ll be the fitter on shift when something goes down, and you’ll also handle planned service and preventative maintenance work. You’ll work as part of an established maintenance team on a site that values reliability and doing the job properly.

The roster

- Rotating shift roster across day, afternoon and night shift
- 5 days per week, 8-hour shifts
- A consistent, predictable pattern from Monday to Friday

Pay and conditions
You’ll be employed under the Chelgrave Metals EBA as a C8 Special Class Fitter:

- Day shift: $55.54 per hour
- Afternoon shift: $63.87 per hour (15% loading)
- Night shift: $72.20 per hour (30% loading)
- $30 per day travel allowance
- Employer contributions to Protect
- Employer contributions to Leave Plus
- Overtime available as required

What you’ll be doing

- Responding to breakdowns on dairy production and packaging equipment, including separators, homogenisers and CIP systems,



and getting lines back up rapid
- Carrying out routine service work across the plant
- Completing preventative maintenance tasks to schedule
- Working safely and in line with food safety standards, including HACCP and GMP
- Recording all work in the MEX CMMS system and handing over clearly between shifts

What we’re looking for

- Trade qualified Mechanical Fitter (Certificate III in Engineering – Mechanical Trade or equivalent)
- Post-trade qualifications (i.e. fluid power certificate / Cert IV Engineering / Diploma Engineering)
- Experience in a production maintenance environment. Dairy, food or beverage experience is highly regarded, and experience with separators, homogenisers or CIP systems is a strong advantage.
- Strong fault-finding skills on process equipment such as pumps, gearboxes, valves, conveyors and packaging machinery
- Experience using a CMMS, ideally MEX
- Comfortable working independently on afternoon and night shift
- Good safety habits and a common-sense approach
- Current driver’s licence and reliable transport to site

📌 Maintenance Fitter - Rotating Shift (Permanent) | Dairy Manufacturing (Chelsea Heights)
🏢 Chelgrave Contracting Australia
📍 Chelsea Heights