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Form of workWho we are?
Ridley has been an integral part of Australian agriculture for over 30 years. Our purpose is to lead animal nutrition by solving the production challenges of today and tomorrow.
We believe:
- Meaningful change happens through meaningful partnerships
- Feed needs to be viewed as part of an end-to-end ecosystem
- Animal nutrition is the key to more sustainable and profitable farming
What's on offer?
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified multi-skilled Maintenance Fitter to join Ridley AgriProducts based in Toowoomba. If you have hands-on experience maintenance activities in a high-volume manufacturing environment, then we are interested in hearing from you.
We offer a supportive team environment and a great opportunity for someone to make significant contribution to the Maintenance team. In return for your skills and commitment, Ridley offers a warm culture, a supportive team and great benefits including:
- Training and development opportunities, including study assistance
- Competitive wages and employment conditions
- Salary continuance insurance
- Employee Share Scheme
- Corporate health plan with BUPA Health Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
Things our employee's feel are great reasons to join the Toowoomba team include:
- A team that provides & supports plenty of future opportunity (training/promotion)
- The central location - right in the heart of Toowoomba
- Stable employment
- Social club
- Employee staff accounts (discounted feed)
The Role
Working closely with the Maintenance Supervisor and the Production team, the successful applicant will have experience working on a variety of manufacturing equipment, safety management practices and the ability to carry out both time critical breakdown repairs whilst ensuring scheduled maintenance work is carried out.
This hands-on role will also require you to schedule maintenance activities to ensure production targets and minimum down time targets are achieved on a daily basis. Experience with computer-based maintenance programs will be well regarded.
You will have
- A mechanical Trade qualification - essential (Relevant tickets to perform tasks)
- Demonstrated knowledge of OH&S and Environmental Policies and Legislation
- Experience working with production and maintenance KPIs (including planned preventative maintenance programs)
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to perform welding duties
- 5+years Industry Experience (History working with manufacturing and maintenance teams)
- BI boiler licence and forklift licence (HRW) preferred but not essential
If this is you, please click 'apply for this job' and provide both your resume and cover letter. Only fully completed applications will be reviewed and responded to. Position open to applicants with unrestricted work rights in Australia.
