Maintenance Technician (Electrical or Mechanical)

About this Opportunity

Reporting to the Maintenance Coordinator, your primary responsibilities will be to carry out preventative, continuous improvement and breakdown maintenance, across a fast-paced production facility. Initially this will be a Monday to Friday role (with some weekend work) however with increased production on the horizon this role will transition to 12hr shifts over a 7-day fortnight.

Your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Carrying out Preventative Maintenance programs for the processing, packaging, cooling & heating systems
• Contribute to the preventative maintenance system development.
• Responding to breakdowns in a timely manner to minimise downtime.
• Performing scheduled and ad-hoc safety checks as per instructions;
• Investigating failures and making recommendations to reduce risk and improve systems/processes; 
• General maintenance within a factory environment, filling machines, packaging equipment, boilers, blow moulding machines, refrigeration systems and Building/facilities.
• Actively be involved in safety and continuous improvement activities

About You

To succeed in this role the following knowledge and skills are required:

• Trade Qualification in either Electrical or Mechanical
• South Australian A Class Electrical Licence or equivalent essential for Electrician role
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Previous Dairy or Beverage experience highly regarded

Our story:

Ours is a STORY of a family business created by the Besnier Family in 1933 and is today the worlds’ No. 1 dairy company. We are 85,000 loyal team members working across 100 countries and together we create the #LactalisExperience.​

Lactalis Australia’s iconic and heritage brands are our PASSION, providing quality and nutritious products for all Australians. We are humble, proud and resilient. We care for our employees, land, farmers and consumers, which is our driving purpose to ensure a responsible and sustainable dairy industry. ​

We take pride in developing our internal talent and encourage entrepreneurship by bringing together pragmatic and tenacious personalities. Our accountability ensures we have ownership within our roles and with our EXPERTISE and dairy “know how”, sets us apart.

If you are ready to join the #LactalisExperience Apply now!