Mechanical Control Technician

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Goodman Fielder Full time

Leading FMCG organisation
- A Hands on an operational role
- Long-term career opportunity in our West Footscray site

Goodman Fielder is a leading regional food company across Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. We have a portfolio of iconic and trusted brands Australians have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys weekly, including Helga's, Wonder White, Praise, White Wings, MeadowLea, and many more. Our vision is to be the leading and most innovative local food company, creating food that people love.
We value our people at Goodman Fielder and recognise that our success depends on our ability to attract and retain talented people.

**About the Opportunity**:
We are currently looking for a Maintenance Mechanical Control Technician to join our tight-knit team in our manufacturing site located at West Footscray. The Mechanical Control Technician is central to the improvement of plant OEE generally across the three plants at WF, with primary responsibilities and requirements to ensure that the plant is operational; safe and with mínimal downtime and waste.
The Mechanical Control Technician will work closely with maintenance fitters/electricians and operators to ensure that reliability and safety issues are dealt with in an effective and timely manner enabling the achievement of operational outcomes for the site. Have the flexibility to work Monday to Friday between 7 am - 5 pm

**Responsibilities include**:

- Identifying and resolving equipment reliability and improvement opportunities Assessing and prioritising breakdown service requirements
- Build on the preventative maintenance strategy, planning and scheduling maintenance of equipment before a problem occurs.
- Demonstrate and promote safe work practices.
- Show a great deal of initiative and be a strong advocate of teamwork.
- Demonstrate competency in the areas of planning, organization, and customer focus.
- Have a strong commitment to document handling procedures, to ensure that all paperwork is completed accurately in a timely manner.
- Support a culture of continuous improvement in maintenance across the site
- Contribute to work order planning, capacity planning and work prioritization

**To be successful in this role you will need**:

- High level of technical and diagnostic skills including fault-finding and problem solving
- Experience with preventative maintenance
- Ability to resolve issues on Pneumatic and Hydraulics systems
- PLC & HMI exposure
- Identify and introduce improvements in maintenance practices and plant performance
- Computing skills MS Office Suite, CMMS, Lotus Notes -experience SAP or Mainplan is highly desirable
- Understanding of the Machine guarding and Safety Standards & Regulations. (i.e. AS 60204.1 AS4024) is highly advantageous
- Trade Certified
- Computer skills

What can we offer you?
With operations sites spanning across Australia, working as part of a highly driven team at Goodman Fielder, you can expect the opportunity to build your own home-grown career across functions, locations and brands. This role offers valuable insight into daily fresh, made-to-order production which will challenge and develop you professionally and personally.
At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer long-term careers.
For more information about us or to learn about other roles available at Goodman Fielder, please visit our careers page and register your details so that we can notify you of jobs that interest you.

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