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Maintenance Technician

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Unanderra, New South Wales, Australia

  • Onsite
  • Full Time
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About the role

Key Accountabilities

Maintenance 

  • Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on mechanical equipment and plant assets to ensure reliable and efficient operations.  

  • Manufacture fabricated bake oven block frames, refurbish existing precast moulds and construct brand-new moulds as required.  

  • Perform routine maintenance on precast mixer blades and all equipment across the entire precast production line to guarantee continuous manufacturing stock supply of precast components. 

 

Equipment Breakdown Troubleshooting & Vendor Coordination 

  • Liaise and coordinate with mechanical and electrical service providers for complex equipment failures.  

  • Independently diagnose and fix minor equipment malfunctions on-site;  

  • Arrange third-party technicians to resolve major technical issues to reduce unplanned production breakdown time. 

Maintenance Planning & Execution 

  • Define maintenance planning and ensure the support on shutdown activities, equipment overhauls, and maintenance projects while ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and within schedule.  

 

Equipment Inspection & Performance Monitoring 

  • Conduct routine inspections, identify all critical machine spare parts, and maintain sufficient stock levels.  

  • Develop planned replacement schedules for worn components to replace parts before equipment failure occurs.  

  • Create, distribute, and review daily & weekly equipment maintenance checklists completed by production operators to ensure all inspection tasks are fully executed. 

 

Building & External Yard Facility Maintenance 

  • Carry out full maintenance for factory buildings, office areas and external yards, including regular weed control and structural repairs.  

  • Conduct timely corrective actions for all safety observations (SOFI) raised on site to rectify unsafe working conditions and improve overall site safety standards. 

 

Documentation & Compliance 

  • Maintain maintenance records, inspection reports, and technical documentation while ensuring compliance with engineering standards, statutory regulations, and safety requirements.  

  • Comply with mandatory PPE requirements, Take 5 risk assessments, LOTOTO isolation procedures and all site safety protocols at all times.  

  • Follow S7 site safety standards, implement all safety improvement actions, and strive to achieve zero safety incidents within the production area. 

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

  • Collaborate with Production and external service providers to support equipment upgrades, maintenance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.  

 

Continuous Improvement 

  • Contribute to reliability improvement programs and maintenance optimization initiatives to enhance equipment performance, reduce maintenance costs, and improve operational efficiency. 

 

Ad-hoc tasks assigned by line manager 

 

Qualifications and Experience 

  • Education:  

  • Diploma in mechanical engineering is preferred 

  • Trade background in mechanical maintenance, welding, hydraulics or pneumatics;  

  • Formal training in industrial machinery troubleshooting is preferred. 

  • Completed certified safety training covering Take 5, LOTOTO and site isolation procedures. 

 

  • Experience & Industry Exposure 

  • Practical hands-on experience maintaining heavy manufacturing or precast production line equipment;  

  • Prior experience repairing molds, mixing machinery and factory structural frames is highly advantageous. 

  • Strong EHS awareness, knowledge, and experiences.  

  • Related experience in the refractory industry is preferred.  

 

  • Technical Knowledge & Systems 

  • Competent in daily, quarterly and annual planned maintenance inspection management;  

  • Able to develop equipment adjustment and parts replacement schedules. 

  • Proficient in fault diagnosis for all types of mechanical production equipment. 

 

Skills and Competencies 

Technical skills: 

  • Skilled in welding, hydraulic & pneumatic system maintenance, and industrial cutting tool operation 

  • Strong mechanical troubleshooting capability for production line machinery 

  • Proficient use of all standard hand tools: pliers, screwdrivers, drills, wrenches 

  • Ability to fabricate, refurbish and repair precast mold and bake oven block frames 

  • Spare parts stock control and preventive maintenance scheduling 

  • Basic Word/Excel skill to update and manage maintenance documentation 

 

Problem solving & Communication: 

  • Independently resolve minor equipment faults; escalate and organize external support for major failures 

  • Analyze maintenance checklist data to identify recurring equipment risks 

  • Clear communication with Operation/Production Manager on maintenance status, spare part shortages and safety issues 

 

EHS competencies: 

  • Full understanding and strict execution of S7 safety rules, Take 5 risk assessment, LOTOTO lockout-tagout procedures 

  • Strict adherence to mandatory PPE and all site work safety standards