Site Maintenance Electrician

Thinking Careers… Discover Opal! 

We manufacture goods that you see, touch and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.  

We stand for innovation, smart solutions and sustainability and this is an exciting time to join us as we build our own unique culture fuelled by confidence, energy and passion.   

Discover the Opportunity…

An opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Electrician (day shift) to join the Opal team at our site in Barnawartha North.

On a 4-day work week, with the potential of available (optional) overtime on the 5th day, the objective of the role is to ensure all site maintenance and corrective tasks are carried out to ensure reliability of plant and equipment. The person will also be required to support and undertake maintenance and engineering projects to continuously improve the both the capability and reliability of the business. 

The Maintenance Electrician role includes but is not limited to:

• Understanding, supporting, promoting and complying with Production Management Systems.
• Maintaining equipment condition and reliability so that company quality and safety targets can be achieved.
• Experienced in the use of CMMS and other maintenance/reliability tools and practices.
• Provide reasonable site support outside of normal working hours as required.
• Ensuring timely action and satisfactory completion of PM work as specified by OEMs.
• Provide technical support to the Maintenance and Production teams.
• Assist with ordering components and liaise with external suppliers and OEMs as necessary with appropriate approval.

Discover Yourself…

We are able to offer a varied career journey with experiential learning gained from cross-functional and lateral moves. We embrace diversity in all its forms and we look for curious individuals who thrive in an environment of change. Specifically for this role, we expect you will;

• Be a licenced Victorian qualified electrician (this is a requirement)
• Forklift ticket preferred
• Experience in Paper/Packaging or a highly automated plant industry highly desirable.
• Understanding of basic to intermediate mechanical system principles will also be highly considered.

We are now accepting applications from internal and external candidates, so if this sounds like the role for you apply now!

Discover more… by visiting our website at www.opalanz.com