Maintenance Fitter - Permanent Full Time Position

• Monday to Friday 
• Must be able to work overtime.
• Weekend Work
• Experience in the food industry 
• Great team environment 

An excellent opportunity has arisen for the position of Maintenance Fitter to join a well-established and growing food industry company based in Reservoir & North Coburg. 

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager your key responsibilities will be varied and include:

• Extensive experience in the food industry to assist with various duties including new equipment installs and commissioning plus general maintenance and repairs.
• Working in clean, modern facilities on various types of meat processing, forming, packing machines, plus conveyor systems
• Mechanical work must have good understanding of food and packaging machines.
• Assist with machine set ups, fine tuning and maintenance of new and existing machines.
• Mentoring and supervise a mature age fitter apprentice who is part of the maintenance team.

• Must be flexible and available for weekend work and public holidays (will be required to work on Saturdays approximately once or twice a month)
• Maintenance experience with food packaging machines (must)
• Hydraulic and pneumatic experience
• TIG, welding stainless steel experience (preferable)
• PLC knowledge and experience (preferable)
• Able to communicate effectively to gain the cooperation of others
• Excellent team player, progressive, innovative, flexible and reliable
• Willing to learn and develop new skills
• Willing to mentor others, share knowledge and skills across the company

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager your key responsibilities will be varied and shall require experience in the food industry to assist with various duties including new equipment installs and commissioning plus general maintenance and repairs.

You will be working in clean modern facilities working on various types of meat processing, forming, packing machines, plus conveyor systems.

Work will be mechanical and electrical and at times you may assist with PLC and machine set ups, depending on skills and experience.

You will be involved in new machine fine tuning and maintenance.

This will involve various duties from using your mechanical fitting skills to your electrical assistance skills, plus at times Tig welding.

Must have a good of understanding of the food industry.

TO APPLY YOU SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:

• Trade qualifications
• Maintenance experience
• Hydraulic and pneumatic experience 
• TIG, welding stainless steel experience
• PLC experience
• S Licence ideal
• Excellent communications skills (verbal and written)

Excellent remuneration and conditions on offer.

This is a permanent day shift role with some weekend shift requirements.

Great opportunity for driven individuals who are looking for a rewarding role with a strong stable company.

For further information please give me a call directly - Miles Vasilevski 0424 470 ***.