Job Description

Join our Mechanical Maintenance team, where you'll play a key role in maintaining and improving plant reliability across fixed and rotating equipment.

You will:

- Diagnose faults and perform breakdown and preventative maintenance
- Maintain and repair conveyors, fans, blowers and agitators
- Contribute to plant improvements and equipment modifications
- Interpret technical drawings and record work in CMMS (JDE)
- Support continuous improvement (TPM, 5S) and team safety initiatives

About the Employer

Located 15km from the Townsville CBD, Sun Metals is one of the world's most advanced zinc refineries, supplying high-quality products to global markets.

We're driven to be the safest, most environmentally responsible and most competitive refinery, and as a member of RE100, we're leading the way in renewable-powered operations.





About the Candidate

- Trade qualified Mechanical Fitter (Cert III Engineering)
- Experience in heavy industry or mineral processing
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capability
- Able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Safety-focused with a proactive, team-oriented mindset

Desirable:

- Forklift, EWP, Dogging, Rigging, Gantry Crane
- Welding and basic fabrication skills
- CMMS experience (JDE, SAP, Oracle)
- Alignment and tracking experience
- Solid hydraulic fault-finding and repair skills
- Ability to interpret hydraulic schematics and mechanical drawings

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📌 Mechanical Tradesperson - Fitter (Townsville City)
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