At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead maintenance activities, troubleshoot equipment, and mentor trades personnel in a hands-on role.
- Company: Essity, a global leader in hygiene and health, committed to well-being.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 9-day fortnight, free parking, and skill development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on safety and reliability while advancing your leadership career.
- Qualifications: Mechanical trade qualification and previous leadership experience in manufacturing.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 $ per year.
Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Our expertise began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day. Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic.
We're seeking an experienced Maintenance Leading Hand to join our Springvale manufacturing site. In this key role, you'll support equipment reliability, coordinate maintenance activities, mentor trades personnel, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the site. This is an exciting opportunity for a mechanically qualified maintenance professional who enjoys leading from the front while remaining hands-on.
You'll play an important role in maintaining high-performing manufacturing assets, driving reliability improvements, and supporting a strong safety culture across the site. At Essity, you'll work alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative environment where your expertise is valued, your development is supported, and your career aspirations are encouraged. This position offers a genuine pathway into broader leadership responsibilities and future Maintenance Leader opportunities.
Enjoy competitive EBA rates, a 9-day fortnight with 1 RDO, free on-site parking, and the opportunity to further develop your skills through exposure to TPM, reliability and continuous improvement programs within a global manufacturing organization.
About the Role
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will support the safe, reliable and efficient operation of manufacturing assets across the Springvale site. Working closely with production and maintenance teams, you'll coordinate daily maintenance activities, provide technical guidance to trades personnel, and contribute to improving equipment reliability and operational performance. This is a predominantly hands-on position, with approximately 80% of your time spent on the factory floor troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining production equipment, and 20% focused on leadership, planning, coordination and maintenance system administration.
What You Will Do
- Coordinate daily maintenance activities and prioritize resources to support production requirements.
- Lead by example in safety, environmental and housekeeping standards.
- Provide technical coaching, mentoring and support to maintenance of trades personnel.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve equipment faults to minimize downtime.
- Support preventative, predictive, and breakdown maintenance programs.
- Coordinate maintenance, shutdown planning, and execution activities.
- Champion root cause analysis and equipment reliability improvements.
- Monitor maintenance work orders, backlog management and SAP PM records.
- Work collaboratively with production teams to improve asset performance.
- Support TPM and continuous improvement initiatives across the site.
- Maintain accurate maintenance documentation and equipment history records.
Who You Are
You are a mechanically qualified maintenance professional who enjoys solving technical challenges, supporting others to succeed, and leading by example. You bring a proactive approach to safety, reliability and continuous improvement, and you're motivated to further develop your leadership capability.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Mechanical Trade Qualification (Fitter & Turner or equivalent).
- Previous Leading Hand, supervisory or team leadership experience.
- Proven maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience working with high-speed or fast-moving production equipment.
- Strong fault-finding, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A commitment to safety, reliability and continuous improvement.
Experience with SAP PM, project work, equipment rebuilds and overhauls, general machining, pneumatic systems, and reliability improvement programs such as TPM or Lean Manufacturing will be highly regarded. Relevant licenses including forklift, rigging, EWP or Working at Heights certifications would also be advantageous.
What We Can Offer You
Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.
Maintenance Leading Hand employer: Essity
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