Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Company Description

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole of product lifecycle approach to sustainable packaging solutions.

Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

**Job Description**:
**About this opportunity**

A critical leadership role, the Maintenance and Reliability Manager will lead the engineering/maintenance function to ensure the highest standards of asset care, while transforming the team into an engineering powerhouse that will support Safety, Quality, and Production through condition and TPM functions that underpin OEE improvement.

With a strong commitment to accelerate safety and productivity performance, you will lead and coach your team to embed a culture of continuous improvement and best practice maintenance methodologies

**Your key responsibilities will be to**:

- Provide leadership, coaching and support to the maintenance, allocating & prioritising tasks to execute maintenance and reliability plans
- Work closely with Production and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues and maintain plant production capability
- Perform Root Cause Analysis on all critical failures of plant and ensure action items derived are implemented and sustained
- Enhance and expand the site preventative maintenance program to efficiently support Operations and innovation
- Set the overall strategy and standards for best to improve efficiency minimise production downtime
- Co-ordinate all contractor support, services, and maintenance activity (Inc. Financials)
- Actively support the implementation of capital projects

**Your skills and experience**
- Visible belief and demonstrated leadership in driving a Zero Harm culture
- Engineering Degree (Mechanical) or can demonstrate equivalent experience/training (Trade qualified)
- Result driven focus with strong mechanical aptitude
- Formal training in Lean manufacturing techniques and root cause analysis (desirable)
- Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop maintenance teams
- Related industry experience, preferably within the FMCG industry but not essential
- Experience in equipment criticality and failure mode analysis
- Exposure to lean principles for continuous improvement
- Understanding of OHS regulations and food safety practices
- Exceptional communication skills and strong rapport-building techniques
- Advanced skills in CMMS software/systems such as MEX or SAP
- A flexible, resilient approach that encourages a positive work/team environment

**About us**

Additional Information
**About us**

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

We’re the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest user of recycled materials. We have 6,000+ team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world’s largest brands that consumers know and trust.

As a global leader in circular and sustainable packaging solutions, we’ve committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan.

For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That’s our future Pact. Let’s lead the way together.