Mechanical Fitter

4 days ago


Adelaide Region SA, Australia Patties Foods Pty Ltd Full time

Iconic Australian Food brand
- Salisbury South, South Australia location (on-site)

Patties Foods is a true Australian success story. Our company values
**of courage, trust, integrity, and ownership** reflect our origin as a proudly local company and have helped form a strong foundation for growth.

As part of the Patties Group, our Adelaide business formerly Australian Whole Foods is a leading manufacturer of fine food products from the facility located in Salisbury South. Producing quality quiche, pies and ready meal products to the FMCG industry since 2010. Patties Foods' brands are household names across the nation, but to make our great brands happen, we need great people - and that's where you come in.

**_The role_**
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Fitter to join our maintenance team. Reporting to the Reliability Manager your role is responsible for providing high
- quality maintenance and repairs to equipment throughout the plant, with a strong emphasis on preventative maintenance to achieve acceptable production levels and a high standard in engineering support. This role is expected to carry out all general engineering maintenance functions within the factory, including mechanical breakdown repair on production lines, freezers, pumps, motors
- as well as ensuring ongoing, robust preventative maintenance work within the facility on a shift work basis.

You will also be responsible for:

- Experience in installations, repairs and maintenance of industrial manufacturing equipment, preferably primary food processing industry
- Experience in fault finding on hydraulic, pneumatic and complex mechanical systems
- Experience in breakdown as well preventative maintenance
- Ability to identify and introduce improvements in maintenance practices and plant performance
- Routine maintenance functions for the manufacturing facility
- Machine fault finding to ensure challenging production targets are met and equipment optimisation
- Integral role in an ongoing preventative maintenance program
- Production maintenance, fabrication, repair and close out work orders and use of maintenance software and general computer skills
- Proven skills in the areas of attention to detail, information processing and problem solving with the ability to multitask

**Key Qualifications and Essential Criteria**:

- A satisfactory National Police Check (no older than 12 months) must be provided prior to commencement to Patties.
- Valid South Australian Driver’s License
- Minimum Certificate III in a mechanical trade qualification
- WorkSafe SA Licence to perform high risk work and working at height permit (Desirable)
- Class B electrical licence/dual classification electrical/mechanical (Desirable)
- TIG and Arc Welding Knowledge (Desirable)
- A solid background in FMCG

**_What we offer you_**
As a member of the broader Patties Food Group business, you will have access to generous employee benefits, including salary packaging, hybrid/flexible working arrangements, Employee Assistant Program (EAP) services, supportive parental leave options and multiple social and engagement activities.
- We do not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. _
- Such resumes shall be deemed the sole property of Patties Foods_


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