Maintenance Electrician – Food Manufacturing

Join a large, fully integrated agribusiness and food manufacturing operation supplying premium food products to domestic and export markets. This is a high‑throughput, complex automated site with genuine variety and technical challenge.

You’ll work in a safety‑focused, supportive maintenance team across a 40‑hectare processing facility in Brisbane.

What’s on offer

Electricians: $52 – $58.51/hr + super
Dual Trade: up to $62.00/hr + super
Overtime: 150% & 200% + standby allowance
Roster 1: Rotating days & afternoons (10-hr shifts)
- Days: 4:00am – 2:30pm
- Afternoons: 2:30pm – 1:00am
- Working 2 weekends a month
Roster 2: Mon-Fri, rotating days (1st week) & afternoons (2nd week), 8-hr shifts
- Days: 6am – 2:30pm
- Afternoons: 2pm – 10:30pm

Other Benefits

- Annual pay increases

- 17.5% leave loading

- Sick leave cash‑out (up to 5 days)

- Relocation support (AU/NZ, case‑by‑case)

- Discounted products

- Ongoing professional development

The role

- Breakdown response, fault‑finding and repairs

- Preventative/corrective maintenance on production lines & services

- Support installations, upgrades and improvement projects

- Work closely with trades and production to maximise uptime

- Fully utilise your PLC, SCADA, HMI, AI skills

About you

- Current Electrical License (QLD or transferable)

- Must have Industrial experience as a Maintenance Electrician (food,



FMCG or manufacturing is ideal)

- Exposure to conveyors, motors, drives, refrigeration, packaging and general plant in a high‑speed food environment would be an advantage

- Strong fault‑finding skills and safety focus

- Reliable, positive and eager to develop

How To Apply

Either submit your resume or contact us for a confidential discussion.

Only successful applicants will be contacted for initial screening.

Who Is New World Consulting?

We are a Specialist Technical Recruitment Agency focused on Industrial Automation, primarily across the Australia and New Zealand markets.

We search for and identify specialist engineering talent for placement within our clients’ businesses.

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📌 Maintenance Electrician (Brisbane)
🏢 New World Consulting
📍 Brisbane