Maintenance Engineer | Darwin

Job Description

Our Opportunity

We are currently looking for a Maintenance Fitter / Engineer to join our dedicated team at GF Darwin.  Reporting to the Reliability Team Leader, you will provide high quality maintenance and repairs to equipment throughout the plant, with a strong emphasis on improving the operational effectiveness of the site.

Shift pattern: Day Shift 

Tues 10:00am - 6:00pm, Wed 8:00am-4:00pm, Thurs 8:00am-4:00pm,  Fri 10:00am-6:00pm, Sat 6:00am-2:00pm

Key accountabilities of the role include:

• Undertake scheduled planned maintenance tasks including planned activities
• Attend and resolve unplanned maintenance tasks including breakdowns
• Ensure machinery and plant is maintained to ensure optimum performance
• Perform general mechanical, motor and conveyor repairs
• Maintain all site engineering documentation and plant logs, ensuring accuracy and up to date information is available at all times.
• Drive factory quality and SHE standards to ensure and demonstrate continued and sustainable improvement in safety for the site
• Assist in preparing site when required for external and regulatory audits
• Assist the Engineering Manager to manage all mechanical and electrical control hazards on the hazard register to ensure they are closed out within agreed timeframes
• Ensure all breakdowns are communicated to the Engineering Manager
• Ensure all PM work is completed and compliant in the CMMS
• Provide timely and complete reports to the Engineering Manager as required

The successful applicant will have:

• Tertiary Qualification in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Machine/Welding
• GMP and food safety understanding
• Strong root cause analysis for timely breakdown resolutions
• HS&E knowledge, including machinery guarding
• Experience in Food and FMCG manufacturing (desirable)
• Experienced fitter (Conveyor belts, motors, sprockets, bearing, gears and pneumatics)

What we offer

You will be joining a driven team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together resulting in a highly collaborative and flexible work environment. In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development.

At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer long-term careers filled with opportunities for personal growth.