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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering and maintenance teams within manufacturing environments, focusing on preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, budget management, and continuous improvement initiatives. Proven ability to enhance factory performance through reliability engineering and effective stakeholder collaboration.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Engineering DegreeMaintenance LeadershipReliability EngineeringPreventive MaintenanceBudget Management
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Hard Skills
Maintenance SystemsAsset Management PrinciplesTechnical Problem-SolvingTPMReliability-Centred MaintenancePlanned Maintenance SystemsData AnalysisPerformance Improvement StrategiesContinuous Improvement ProgramsSpare Parts Management
Soft Skills
Collaborative LeadershipCoachingMentoringInfluencingTeam Development
Industry Keywords
ManufacturingFood ManufacturingFMCGIndustrial ServicesPermit to Work Processes
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead the planning, scheduling, reliability, and technical stores functions supporting safe, efficient, and reliable factory performance
- Lead and develop the Site Engineering Services team, including planners, schedulers, reliability specialists and technical stores personnel
- Drive maintenance excellence through preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, planning and scheduling processes, and spare parts management
- Improve factory performance through reliability initiatives, technical problem-solving and continuous improvement programs
- Manage maintenance and industrial services budgets and identify optimisation opportunities while maintaining asset integrity and operational reliability
- Oversee site engineering service contracts and external service provider performance
- Champion engineering, safety and quality standards, including ownership and improvement of Permit to Work processes
- Manage the technical store, training centre and workshop facilities
- Coach, mentor and develop technical capability across engineering and operations teams
- Report to the Engineering Manager and collaborate with other factory teams
Requirements
What you’ll need- 3+ years’ experience relevant to this role
- Engineering degree or advanced trade qualifications
- Proven experience in engineering and maintenance leadership within a manufacturing, food manufacturing, FMCG, industrial or similar operational environment
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, contractors and cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability engineering, preventive maintenance and asset management principles
- Experience managing maintenance budgets, identifying efficiency opportunities and balancing cost optimisation with operational reliability
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to use data and technical insights to drive performance improvements
- Experience with TPM, continuous improvement, planned maintenance systems or reliability-centred maintenance methodologies will be highly regarded
- A collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence, coach and develop high-performing teams
- Full Australian working rights
- Successful completion of pre-employment checks, including health checks
Benefits
Comp & perks- Varied career experiences and personalised development support
- Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts
- Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
- Paid parental and partner leave
- Purchase Leave Scheme
- Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave
- Discounted Nestlé products
- Inclusive workplace culture
- Pre-employment health checks