Maintenance Manager | Melbourne
| Category: | Manufacturing |
| Position Type: | Full Time |
| Attachments: | No File Attached |
| Application Close Date: | 17-Apr-2026 |
Job Description
The Opportunity
We're seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager who will lead reliability, maintenance and continuous improvement across the Pampas site. This is a key site leadership role, accountable for equipment performance, team capability and embedding best-practice maintenance systems that support safety, quality, cost and production outcomes.
You'll lead a skilled maintenance team, partner closely with Operations, and play a critical role in delivering site and regional performance targets.
What You Will Do
- Lead the maintenance function to deliver high equipment reliability (<4% downtime), strong process control and continuous improvement
- Ensure all maintenance and reliability activities support production, safety, quality and financial objectives
- Embed predictive and planned maintenance systems, including labour planning and spend management
- Establish consistent, data-driven RCA and problem-solving disciplines aligned to production priorities
- Build technical capability across the maintenance team and broader production teams, including upskilling non-trade stakeholders
- Foster a strong continuous improvement and waste elimination culture
- Lead by example on safety, environmental, quality and behavioural standards
What You Will Bring
- Electrical or Mechanical Trade Qualification (essential)
- 5+ years' experience in a maintenance leadership role within FMCG or industrial manufacturing
- Strong experience with predictive maintenance, reliability systems and continuous improvement
- Background in high-speed processing and packaging equipment, ideally within food manufacturing or a similar industrial environment
- Proven ability to lead teams, set clear expectations and deliver results through others
- Strong commercial awareness with experience delivering site and regional financial objectives
Preferred:
- Post-trade qualifications in business management, reliability, planning or condition monitoring
- Engineering Diploma or Degree (Mechanical or Electrical)
Who we are
At Goodman Fielder, our purpose is making everyday food better for everyone. We're proud custodians of many of Australia's most loved food brands and are committed to innovation, quality and continuous improvement across our end-to-end value chain.
Why This Role
- Play a pivotal leadership role in a high-profile manufacturing site
- Drive meaningful improvements in reliability, performance and capability
- Work closely with site and regional leadership to shape long-term maintenance strategy
- Opportunity to influence culture, systems and ways of working
If you're ready to step into a visible, high-impact maintenance leadership role and help drive the Pampas site forward, we'd love to hear from you.
Who we are
At Goodman Fielder, our purpose is making everyday food better for everyone. We're proud custodians of many of Australia's most loved food brands and are committed to innovation, quality and continuous improvement across our end-to-end value chain.
