Maintenance Fitter

Real Dairy Australia (RDA) is an Australian owned business with cheese processing and manufacturing facilities in NSW and VIC. RDA is a world class supplier of dairy based products, services and solutions to the retail, foodservice and food ingredients markets.

We have an opportunity for a trade’s qualified Maintenance Fitter at our new state of the art facility at Greenacre. You will provide a range of maintenance services for the site and responsibilities will include working on breakdowns, planned and preventative maintenance, installations and general maintenance as required. 

In this crucial role, you’ll be a key member of our Maintenance Team responsible for primarily mechanical maintenance across our manufacturing lines and on-site utilities. You will provide mechanical support to the production teams and will use your solid problem-solving skills to efficiently fault find and repair breakdowns with confidence.

Key requirements:

• The key to your success will be your ability to work across a high risk manufacturing facility. Your attention to detail and problem solving ability and a ‘can do’ attitude. 

Qualifications

• Trades qualified fitter, with a restricted electrical ticket (disconnect and reconnect) an advantage but not essential

Knowledge & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience as an Maintenance Fitter in a high-speed packaging environment - preferably from a food production/packaging environment or other FMCG background.
• Welding and lathe experience a distinct advantage
• Factory/production background with a high level trouble shooting / fault finding capability.
• Flexibility within very tight time schedules and in accordance with variable workload demands
• Understanding of budgets and the requirements of working in a food processing plant including GMPs and maintenance housekeeping.