Maintenance Planner
2 weeks ago
Posted 13th October 2025
About Us GWF is one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand, employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products, and animal feed. The business units include Tip Top, DON, MAURI, and Jasol. DON’s heritage goes back to the late 1800s – we craft great‑tasting meat products that Australians love, producing ham, bacon, salami, smallgoods, and fresh pork. As part of the GWF group, we grow from a family business to one of Australia’s largest food manufacturers and are a responsible employer with facilities nationwide.
About the Role The Maintenance Planner plays a vital role in supporting the Castlemaine site’s reliability program. You’ll plan all preventative and corrective work for internal and external resources, ensuring labour, parts, and time are coordinated to deliver safe, efficient and reliable outcomes. Working closely with trades, managers and contractors, you’ll issue weekly work order lists and schedules, chair planning meetings, maintain CMMS data integrity and provide regular KPI reporting to support maintenance performance.
Responsibilities
- Plan and collaborate with the site scheduler to deliver daily, weekly and annual maintenance work.
- Prepare work packs with parts, resources and timelines.
- Issue, review and approve weekly schedules and chair backlog/production planning meetings.
- Maintain accuracy of CMMS (MEX) data and asset records.
- Organise contractors and suppliers for planned works.
- Provide weekly KPI reporting on backlog and schedule attainment.
- Support maintenance document control, filing and compliance activities.
- Collaborate with trades, engineers and stores to ensure the reliability strategy is delivered.
About You
- Experience in maintenance planning or reliability support, ideally in food/FMCG manufacturing.
- Strong systems skills, with CMMS (MEX/SAP) and MS Excel expertise.
- Mechanical and/or electrical aptitude to understand parts and work requirements.
- High attention to detail, organisation and scheduling discipline.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work with trades, managers and suppliers.
- A proactive, solutions‑focused approach with a strong customer service mindset.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Community partnerships and initiatives, including 2 volunteer days per year
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Discounted products
- Training and development programs
- Global career opportunities
- Various recognition programs and rewards, including an end‑of‑year celebration
- Health and wellness initiatives
- Study Assistance
Applications
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button.
At DON and George Weston Foods we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. If you have accessibility needs, please let us know how we can support you. Applicants may be required to undertake pre‑employment screening tests, including a pre‑employment medical, drug and alcohol tests and a security/background check, and proof of eligibility to work is required for all successful applicants.
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