At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a maintenance team to enhance equipment reliability and drive continuous improvement.
- Company: Join PMFresh, a proud Australian-owned fresh food manufacturer.
- Benefits: Competitive salary package and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with strong career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on plant performance and operational efficiency.
- Qualifications: Trade qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline required.
The predicted salary is between 62100 - 75900 $ per year.
Lead maintenance. Drive reliability. Make an impact.
Competitive salary package | Salary commensurate with experience
PMFresh is a proudly Australian-owned fresh food manufacturer with 1,000+ employees and four manufacturing facilities across Australia.
We supply fresh ingredients, ready-to-eat salads and convenience foods to retail, foodservice and QSR customers nationally.
We're looking for an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to lead our maintenance team and drive equipment reliability, preventative maintenance and continuous improvement at our Lidcombe site.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you'll play a key role in moving our maintenance function from reactive to proactive, improving equipment performance and reducing unplanned downtime.
We offer a competitive salary package that reflects your skills, experience and leadership capability.
The successful candidate will be offered a package aligned with the market and the value they bring to the role.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop maintenance tradespeople and contractors.
- Drive preventative, predictive and reliability-centred maintenance.
- Improve equipment reliability, availability and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Lead root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Plan and coordinate maintenance activities to minimise production disruption.
- Manage maintenance work orders through the CMMS.
- Drive continuous improvement across plant and equipment.
- Monitor OEE, downtime, MTBF, MTTR and planned maintenance compliance.
- Partner with Production, Quality and Engineering teams.
- Ensure compliance with WHS, food safety, quality, GMP and HACCP requirements.
- Support capital projects, equipment upgrades and commissioning.
About you
You are a hands-on, solutions-focused leader who enjoys developing people and solving problems at their source.
- Trade qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline.
- Previous maintenance supervision experience within food, beverage, dairy, FMCG or manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of preventative, predictive and reliability-centred maintenance.
- Experience using CMMS for maintenance planning and scheduling.
- Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Understanding of GMP, HACCP and WHS requirements.
- Reliability Engineering or Asset Management experience/qualifications.
- Experience with TPM, Lean Manufacturing or continuous improvement.
- Predictive maintenance experience, including vibration analysis, thermography or oil analysis.
- Exposure to automation, PLCs and modern manufacturing technologies.
Why PMFresh?
- Lead and develop a skilled maintenance team.
- Drive meaningful reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Make a direct impact on plant performance and operational efficiency.
- Join a growing Australian-owned manufacturing business.
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
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