Maintenance - Stores Co Ordinator

With over 80 years of proud history, Hazeldenes is more than just a name in poultry — we're a trusted household brand driven by innovation, quality, and community. From our humble beginnings in Kangaroo Flat to our world-class operations across regional Victoria, we've built a legacy powered by passionate people.
At Hazeldenes, you'll be part of a diverse team doing extraordinary things — whether it's on the farm, in production, or behind the scenes in engineering, logistics, and beyond. We value every background, every skillset, and every individual who contributes to our success.
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**PRIMARY OBJECTIVE**:
The Maintenance/Engineering Stores Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the Maintenance/Engineering Department has an effective goods receivable, purchasing and control system.
By planning, administering and reviewing the holistic parts and equipment processes and associated activities for the Engineering Department at the Lockwood site the Maintenance/Engineering Stores Coordinator is to manage resource use with the view to minimise costs and maintain OH&S and quality standards.
The Maintenance/Engineering Stores Coordinator is to ensure that the Standard Operating Procedures and systems which are used to monitor stock levels are efficiently developed and controlled to meet the specifications of internal customers. A sound preventative maintenance program will promote the maximum amount of uptime and reliability of the processing plant.
Hazeldene's is committed to providing appropriate training and support to all of its employees. The Maintenance/Engineering Stores Coordinator will actively participate in all training to reach performance objectives as outlined in this Position Description.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
The Maintenance/Engineering Stores Coordinator has overall responsibility of all goods ordered and delivered to the Maintenance/Engineering Department. It is expected that the incumbent will drive productivity and proactively seek guidance and assistance on any of the below items as required.
Goods Receiving and Purchasing Systems
1. Write Purchase Orders, process all invoices/delivery dockets and prepare work orders within required timeframes, paying particular attention to accuracy
2. Authorise invoices for payment, or pass on to the Department Manager for authorisation where required as well as manage the credit process for invoices as required, in accordance with the Maintenance Purchasing Policy
3. In collaboration with the Engineering Manager, monitor, review, identify and implement processes to drive continuous improvement opportunities through the execution of best practice.
4. Conduct regular reviews on stock quantities (including stocktakes as required), stock prices and material utilization to maximize usage, minimize wastage and ensure the most competitive prices are gained
5. Negotiate well priced products and timely deliveries to ensure that parts/equipment are available to meet operational needs
6. Ensure there is adequate stocking levels for critical spare parts associated goods for the Processing Plant
7. General support of the Engineering Team with general data entry.
8. Quality Auditing within the Engineering Group, and with the QA team.
Part and Equipment Management Systems
- Develop and/or Maintain stock database for storing spare parts and materials relevant to plant reliability
- Manage parts and equipment references to ensure storage types (i.e. bins, drawers, boxes) are identifiable and easily located in the onsite storage facilities
- Identify and stage proactive job packs/parts and contribute to the planning of significant plant repairs, via the preventative maintenance schedule (PMS) system.
- Manage satellite stores around the Lockwood site and ensure adequate parts and equipment are available and easily accessible / locatable at all times

Quality & OHS Systems
- Understand and implement SOP's consistent with OH&S Policies and Hazeldene's policies and procedures
- Assist the OH&S function to implement Occupational Health and Safety, aiming to eliminate injuries, and report any incidents and hazards that may occur
- Provide advice and guidance to all staff, Supervisors and Managers in the interpretation of the Quality System and requirements as it applies to the stores environment
- Assist in developing and maintaining Quality documentation to ensure current and up to date information is available upon request
- Work autonomously to ensure targets are met and delegate to other work groups or colleagues as required to meet efficiency requirements

**Disclaimer**: The duties and responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may change from time to time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform additional tasks as directed by management.
If you're ready to be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team and contribute to a proudly Australian success story, we'd love to hear