Maintenance Technician Fitter

Permanent Full-Time Opportunity
- Brand New Facility
- Career Development Opportunities

**For over 105 years, G.James Glass and Aluminium has grown and adapted, rising to the top of a competitive and dynamic market. Today, we employ over 2300 staff and we’re Australia’s leading integrated glass and aluminium manufacturer and contractor.**

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**G.James is a great place to work. A member of the Australian Glass and Window Association, we routinely win industry awards for our innovation. It’s easy to see that G.James takes care of its workforce and wins loyalty with the average length of tenure over 13 years. As one of the largest manufacturers in Australia, we are always searching for talent to support our corporate mandate.**

With branches across Australia, we take on an exciting, diverse range of projects. G.James does everything from high-quality, high-quantity fabrication to monumental construction. As a workplace, the G.James group of companies offers an impressive scope of employment opportunities from entry-level vocational opportunities to executive roles. When you’re working with G.James, you can look forward to taking part in interesting work and contributing to some of Australia’s largest and most impressive glass and aluminium projects.

**The Role**:
This position is a Full Time - Permanent Position, working day shift with possible overtime as required. There may also be some after hours or weekend work when necessary.

In this role, you will be integral in supporting the team in a combination of duties related to maintenance, including but not limited to:

- Undertaking a proactive role in fault finding and coordinating preventative maintenance activities.
- General fitting, welding, fabricating, machining, and equipment maintenance/installation.
- Inspection of plant and equipment to ensure optimum performance is maintained.
- Review planned works coming up and assist with scheduling and coordinating works accordingly.
- Assist production staff with troubleshooting and testing machinery issues.
- Perform periodic and condition-based inspections, maintenance and servicing of equipment as required.
- Improve operations by recommending, supporting, and implementing activities to optimise results and efficiency of delivery in line with quality standards and Company requirements.
- Assist with equipment spare parts management and BOM development.
- Assist management of MEX work orders, spare parts management, task list development and updates to PM plans.
- Support contractors for site and facility maintenance.
- Support the site in achieving key DIFOT and Quality targets.
- Assist with housekeeping and management of all workshop and maintenance spare parts stores areas.
- Assist with on-site installations and minor project work, as necessary.

**The Person**:
We are looking for a dynamic thinker who is committed to continuously improving and striving for excellence. You will be a self-starter who can work unsupervised within a team environment with a can-do attitude. This is the perfect opportunity for a skilled technician to develop and flourish with opportunities for growth in our increasingly growing Australian owned business. The role requires a level of autonomy and a strong ability to communicate with production operators, team leaders and OEM equipment suppliers. If this sounds like you and you meet the below experience criteria, we would like to hear from you.
- Mechanical current trade qualifications or Advanced diploma mechanical engineering.
- Experience in general maintenance functions such as equipment repair, failure analysis to root cause and preventative maintenance in an industrial manufacturing environment (Essential).
- A commitment to your own and others safety and wellbeing with a strong focus on adherence to Health, Safety and Environmental site and regulatory standards.
- Strong diagnostic and fault-finding skills to work through machinery breakdowns or quality issues.
- Ability to interpret OEM manuals, drawings, plans and PID’s to understand equipment service needs, spare parts, and technical requirements.
- Ability to understand and work with water systems, lubrication systems, pneumatics, and basic hydraulics.
- Knowledge and experience working with a CMMS ideally MEX.
- Strong ability to work and communicate alongside the Leadership groups and Operations teams across the Factory.
- Experience with LiSEC, Glaston and FORVET Glass Processing Machinery (Desirable)
- EWP Yellow Card (Desirable)
- Current drivers’ licence (Essential)
- Your own tools

**The Benefits**:

- This is a full time / permanent position
- Day Shift 40 hours per week
- Offers an excellent weekly wage

**To Apply**:
If you believe you possess the skills and attributes mentioned above, please send your resume and cover letter detailing your experience and suitability.

**Please note: the successful applicant will be required to undertake a full pre-employment medical including drug an