Maintenance Fitter
Rotating Shift (Permanent) | Dairy Manufacturing Chelgrave Contracting is looking for an experienced Maintenance Fitter to join a well-known dairy manufacturing site in Melbourne's South East. 02nd November, 2026

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
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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 fast
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 setting. Dairy, food or beverage experience is highly regarded, and experience with separators, homogenisers or CIP systems is a robust advantage.
Solid 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

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