Maintenance Technician

Location: Pinkenba

Hourly Rate: $60 an hour + penalities + overtime

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for the identification, planning, execution and reporting of maintenance activities across operational facilities. This role offers a diverse mix of mechanical maintenance, equipment reliability, shutdown work, fault finding and continuous improvement projects.

Key Responsibilities

Planned & Breakdown Maintenance

• Perform preventative, corrective and reactive maintenance on site equipment and infrastructure
• Conduct inspections, repairs and scheduled maintenance activities
• Support annual shutdown and maintenance programs
• Diagnose and repair production-critical equipment breakdowns
• Complete work orders and maintenance records within the CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
• Identify defects and scope parts, materials and resources for future maintenance works
• Overhaul and refurbish major plant components
• Participate in an on-call roster for after-hours breakdown support

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for defect elimination and equipment reliability improvements
• Conduct root cause analysis and failure investigations
• Support engineering improvement projects and asset reliability initiatives
• Manage critical spares, tools and consumables
• Contribute to continuous improvement programs across the site

Safety & Compliance

• Work in accordance with all Workplace Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Management requirements
• Participate in risk assessments, permit-to-work systems and safe work procedures
• Promote a strong safety culture and maintain high housekeeping standards
• Participate in safety meetings, toolbox talks and hazard identification activities
• Support training and mentoring activities where authorised

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Essential Requirements

• Trade qualification in Fitting / Turning or Boilermaking
• Current Forklift Licence (LF)
• Current manual driver's licence
• Minimum 3 years' experience in an industrial maintenance environment
• Experience with preventative and breakdown maintenance
• Experience conducting risk assessments and working within safe work systems
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting skills
• Permit to Work writing and / or using

Highly Regarded

• Experience in bitumen, oil & gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, mining, terminals or heavy industrial facilities
• Experience maintaining equipment controlled by PLC or distributed control systems (DCS)
• Experience using CMMS or maintenance management software
• Permit to Work preparation and issuing experience
• Elevated Work Platform (EWP) Licence
• Confined Space Entry certification
• First Aid certification
• MR Licence

Why Join Us?

• Attractive pay rate with weekly pay cycle 
• Diverse and challenging industrial maintenance environment
• Opportunity to work on critical infrastructure and production assets
• Supportive team culture focused on safety and operational excellence
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Exposure to reliability, asset management and continuous improvement projects

If you're a qualified Mechanical Fitter / Boilermaker / Maintenance Technician seeking your next opportunity in Brisbane, we'd love to hear from you! Please apply now.