Maintenance Fitter (Mechanical)

Ours is a story of a family business created by the Besnier Family in 1933 and is today the worlds’ No. 1 dairy company with 85,000 loyal team members working across 100 countries.

Lactalis Australia’s iconic and heritage brands are our PASSION, providing quality and nutritious products for all Australians. Pillar brands such as Paul’s, OAK, Ice Break, Tamar Valley Dairy, Vaalia, Kraft, President and Galbani provide Lactalis Australia with a deep national footprint for growth and prosperity.

We care for our employees, land, farmers and consumers, which is our driving purpose to ensure a responsible and sustainable dairy industry. ​

We take pride in developing our internal talent and encourage entrepreneurship by bringing together pragmatic and tenacious personalities. Our accountability ensures we have ownership within our roles and with our EXPERTISE and dairy "know how", sets us apart.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs or ability.

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About the Role

We are now seeking a daytime Maintenance Fitter who is ready to make a positive impact to our Lidcombe site (NSW 2141). The position is full-time, permanent and with great opportunities for career progression.

 Responsibilities include:

• This position is responsible for performing mechanical work to ensure all plant remains in good working order.
• Ensuring mechanical maintenance functions including breakdown, preventative and project works are completed efficiently whilst maintaining a safe and hygienic working environment. 
• All work to be completed in line with food safety requirements.
• Partake in Preventative Maintenance program in order to achieve world class machine and line efficiency.
• Investigate failures and provide recommendation of improvements to reduce the risk of occurrence.
• Work unsupervised on shift and make decisions in order to promote efficiency.
• Complete all documentation to meet compliance and operational standards
• Shift work available 

About you:

• Demonstrate a strong mechanical aptitude and awareness
• Experience in a similar position.
• Trade qualifications are preferred
• Welding Skills (TIG, MIG, Stick, Oxy).
• Industrial experience including fault finding and root cause analysis .
• Breakdown maintenance and diagnostic experience is desirable.