At Tip Top Bakeries, we're proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pikelets, bagels and pies. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.

We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.

Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.

- Provide solid, visible leadership to an experienced technical team
- Shape the long-term asset health strategy and improve plant performance
- Drive reliability, performance and continuous improvement across two sites

We're looking for an experienced Reliability Manager to lead our maintenance activities across our Tip Top bakeries in Canning Vale and O'Connor.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for maximising plant availability, improving asset reliability and ensuring repairs, maintenance and agreed capital programs are delivered safely on time and within budget. You'll also lead the reliability team, building capability, accountability and engagement across the function.





This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll work closely with site operations and the broader WA leadership team to improve systems, reduce downtime and embed a strong culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Purpose of the Role

- Lead, coach and develop the reliability team, creating a culture of accountability, inclusion and continuous improvement
- Lead the development and delivery of the Asset Health Strategy across both sites
- Drive preventive maintenance, equipment reliability and long-term planning for critical assets
- Analyse downtime and lead improvement initiatives, root cause analysis and process development projects
- Ensure major breakdowns are appropriately resourced and provide technical support when required
- Identify opportunities to reduce repairs and maintenance costs while improving plant performance
- Deliver agreed maintenance and capital programs within budget and required timeframes
- Champion safe working practices, contractor management and compliance with HSE requirements
- Partner with operations, production, safety, supply chain, contractors and vendors to support effective site delivery.

About You

- Experience leading technical teams and improving team capability and performance
- A trade qualification in fitting, electrical or industrial electrical




- Demonstrated experience within manufacturing operations, ideally FMCG or food manufacturing
- Strong preventive maintenance and reliability-based asset management experience
- Financial management, capital planning and project management experience
- Knowledge of GMP and HACCP practices
- Experience with automated control systems and PLCs
- Strong safety, risk management and contractor management capability
- A tertiary qualification in engineering would be highly regarded

Working with Tip Top, we offer many benefits including:

- Family-friendly policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
- Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
- Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and in office physiotherapy services
- Flexible working options
- Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
- Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
- Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
- Novated Leasing Options

At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

📌 Reliability Manager (Perth)
🏢 Tip Top
📍 Perth