Head of Engineering – FMCG Plant Reliability & Projects

Vittoria Food and Beverage; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous staff discounts

Iconic Australian brands

Fast-paced FMCG environment

Job summary

Vittoria Food & Beverage is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the Silverwater site, oversee the engineering and maintenance team, and deliver reliable operations in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

This senior, hands-on role focuses on driving plant performance, safety, and capital projects, with strong leadership and a commercial mindset to support growth and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in FMCG or high-volume manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead engineering or maintenance teams.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing equipment, maintenance, and reliability.
• Track record delivering major capital projects from concept to commissioning.
• Solid understanding of automation, controls, and production infrastructure.
• Experience driving continuous improvement, reliability, and downtime reduction.
• Knowledge of WHS, compliance standards, and contractor management.
• Commercial acumen and ability to balance safety with production goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and maintenance function across the manufacturing operations.
• Drive preventative and predictive maintenance to improve plant availability.
• Troubleshoot breakdowns and support repairs on the production floor.
• Develop and manage engineering budgets and capex plans.
• Improve plant performance, throughput, efficiency and OEE.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, controls, and production infra.
• Collaborate with Production to resolve bottlenecks and enhance capability.
• Manage external engineers, contractors, equipment suppliers.
• Ensure engineering activities meet WHS, food safety, quality regs.
• Develop engineering capability through leadership and succession planning.

Skills

Leadership

FMCG experience

Maintenance management

Reliability engineering

Capital projects

Automation & controls

WHS compliance

Contractor management

Job description

Vittoria Food & Beverage is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead the Silverwater site, oversee the engineering and maintenance team, and deliver reliable operations in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

This senior, hands-on role focuses on driving plant performance, safety, and capital projects, with strong leadership and a commercial mindset to support growth and continuous improvement.