Maintenance Engineeer

About us

Headquartered in Melbourne CBD, Hanwha Defense Australia was established in 2019 with an initial focus on Land Systems. The company has been selected as the contractor to supply Land 8116, and now Land 400 Phase 3, the latter of which is the Australian Army’s largest ever acquisition program to date.

Hanwha Defense Australia is a subsidiary of Hanwha Corporation which has grown to be the largest and the most influential defence corporation in South Korea.

Your new role:

In the Facilities and Maintenace Team, you will be responsible for risk management and mitigation, planning, implementation of corrective and preventative maintenance for critical infrastructure and vendor management within our H-ACE environment. The FM Team are responsible for day-to-day operational excellence, maintenance of the critical infrastructure, supervising specialist vendors, acting as first responders to incidents, and becoming subject matter experts for the facility.

• Review and plan the management of both routine maintenance and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as: switch gear, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, computer room air conditioners, building monitoring systems, etc. 
• Establish the site’s CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management Systems) to plan proactive maintenance and record reactive tasks. 
• Responsible for the on-site coordination of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed, is in accordance with established practices, procedures and local legislation.
• Management and tracking of the Facility assets and the provision of infrastructure & inventory asset management.
• Participate in performance and availability metric reporting.
• Coordinate and complete all facility audits requested by various HDA stakeholders.
• Contractual work order compliance to ensure all contractual SLAs are achieved. 

Your primary areas of responsibilities:

• Establish documentation relevant to business & facility operations, including Standard Operating procedures and/or Emergency Operating procedures. 
• Assist in the diagnosis and resolution of any infrastructure engineering or services issue.
• Remediation or recovery of physical building power, mechanical and hydraulic systems
• Maintain a high level of system reliability by prioritizing and resolving trouble tickets efficiently.
• Escalation point and technical troubleshooting for all production and facility issues. 
• Drive and implement projects to increase current facility capacity, efficiency, sustainability and reliability. 
• Assist in the design, implementation, commissioning and build out of new facilities.
• Work with Production managers and other business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize infrastructure safety, performance, reliability, sustainability and efficiency.
• Other duties as directed by the Facility Group Leaders & Production Manager, commensurate with knowledge and training.

About you

As an ideal candidate you will have:

• Degree qualified in an engineering discipline or a relevant Trade and post trade qualifications
• Previous experience in a similar role (Defence environment ideal not essential).
• Ideally has experience in an Electrical/Mechanical Facilities and Maintenance operation or medium sized batch manufacturer.
• Experience driving a safety culture through safe work practices.
• Experience with modern quality assurance systems.
• Experience interpreting electrical/Mechanical schematic drawings and data packs correctly.
• Ability to coordinate with Stores, Planning and Engineering to resolve issues.
• Lean manufacturing, 5S and Continuous Improvement knowledge.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Software.
• Exposure to CMMS systems. (MEX) 
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to routinely give feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Respect and understanding of differences in cultures. 
• Time management.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Organisation and planning.
• Initiative-taking.
• Process orientated.

Eligibility

• To be successful in this role, you will need to be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security clearance (must be Australian Citizen). Eligibility criteria can be found at http://www.defence.gov.au/agsva

What we can offer you

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Health Insurance funded – coverage for singles up to $2600 and family up to $4,500.
• Competitive salaries
• Flexible Working arrangements
• Paid Parental Leave
• Defence Reservist Leave
• Professional Development 
• Health & Wellbeing Platform including an Employee Assistance Program

Hanwha Defense Australia looks for people who can embrace our three core values of ‘Challenge, Dedication, and Integrity’ that were established in the spirit of Trust and Loyalty. If you want to work with us on this exciting journey, now is the time to join.   

Hanwha Defense Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to apply. We also welcome applications from individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds.

We are a proud supporter of the Veterans' Employment Program and welcomes the interest of ex-service members, veterans and their families.