Maintenance Planner

Position Title:
Maintenance Planner (Electrical & Utilities)

Position Type:
Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:
39472

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About The Role.
Join McCain Foods at our renowned Ballarat Potato Plant as a Maintenance Planner and play a pivotal role in maintaining our world-class standards for safety, reliability, and operational excellence. As a key member of our Maintenance team, you will be responsible for developing and executing well-structured work packages, collaborating with cross-functional experts to deliver a robust preventive maintenance program under the MDI (McCain Driving Impact) framework. In this critical position, you will champion a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and teamwork, while ensuring strict compliance with local, international, and McCain regulations for food safety and operational standards. If you are passionate about driving results, partnering with diverse teams, and optimising maintenance activities using the latest methodologies and technology, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact in a vibrant FMCG environment.

What You'll Be Doing.

• Plan and optimise complete maintenance work packages for electrical, utilities, and building equipment.
• Lead and foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement within the maintenance department.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance activities across departments in line with the MDI (McCain Driving Impact) strategy.
• Manage and prioritise new maintenance work requests daily.
• Identify, source, and ensure availability of necessary parts and materials for maintenance tasks.
• Develop and manage service agreements with third-party contractors and oversee onsite contractor compliance.
• Maintain accurate records of all maintenance activities, including work orders, manuals, services, and inventory, using SAP as the CMMS.
• Support Inventory Controller by optimising spare parts and materials.
• Collaborate with Engineering on new installations and equipment upgrades.
• Ensure compliance with McCain food safety, OH&S, and all relevant internal policies and procedures.

What You'll Need To Be Successful.

• Minimum 5+ years' experience in a FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) environment; ideally 7+ years.
• Proven experience managing contractors and high-risk work in an industrial setting.
• Confident collaborator able to work effectively at all organisational levels.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics) or related field.
• Strong computer literacy, data analysis capability, and experience using SAP (CMMS).
• Demonstrated Lean manufacturing knowledge (e.g., TPM, Six Sigma, MDI frameworks).
• Proficient in root cause analysis, condition inspection techniques, and problem-solving.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and take initiative.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft 365 (Sharepoint, Teams), Excel, and AutoCAD (desirable).
• Familiarity with the operation and maintenance of industrial services such as Boilers, Compressed Air, Waste Treatment, and Refrigeration (desirable).

About The Team.
You'll be joining a high-performing and collaborative team that prides itself on delivering results while maintaining a supportive and enjoyable work environment. We work hard, tackle challenges together, and make sure to have fun along the way.

About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain Experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family:
Manufacturing

Location(s):
AU - Australia : Victoria : Ballarat

Company:
McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.