Industrial Maintenance & Breakdown Technician

Spring Grove; Casino; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Spring Grove in Casino, NSW, seeks a practical Group Maintenance and Breakdown Technician to support operations at the Spring Grove Fresh Food facility and across the group's sites. This hands-on role focuses on diagnosing problems, repairing equipment and completing maintenance tasks to ensure reliability.

The ideal candidate has strong fault-finding skills and experience with packaging machinery, conveyors and industrial plant.

Qualifications

• Strong practical fault-finding and problem-solving ability.
• Experience maintaining machinery, vehicles, packaging equipment or industrial plant.
• Understanding of 12V and 24V DC control systems and confidence using a multimeter to trace faults.
• Experience with sensors, relays, switches, solenoids, wiring repairs, pneumatics and general mechanical maintenance.
• Ability to read wiring diagrams, equipment manuals and technical information.
• Ability to identify, source and order parts accurately and deal confidently with equipment suppliers.
• Current driver’s licence.
• Hands-on, resourceful and willing to assist across a broad range of maintenance tasks.
• Calm and logical when responding to equipment breakdowns.
• Able to work independently, prioritise urgent work and follow tasks through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Respond to breakdowns involving processing and packaging equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, low-voltage control and pneumatic faults.
• Perform general mechanical repairs and replace bearings, belts, guards and fittings.
• Carry out routine inspections and planned preventative maintenance.
• Assist with maintenance of cold-store doors, docks and general facility equipment.
• Perform general building, workshop, yard, fleet and depot maintenance as required.
• Coordinate with contractors for licensed or specialist work.
• Onsite support to contractors and communicate fault symptoms and parts required.
• Identify replacement parts from manuals and supplier information.
• Contact manufacturers and suppliers to confirm part suitability and delivery times.

Skills

Fault finding

Maintenance experience

Electro-mechanical

DC control systems

Multimeter usage

Sensors

Relays

Solenoids

Pneumatics

Wiring diagrams

Parts sourcing

Driver's licence

Job description

Spring Grove in Casino, NSW, seeks a practical Group Maintenance and Breakdown Technician to support operations at the Spring Grove Fresh Food facility and across the group's sites. This hands-on role focuses on diagnosing problems, repairing equipment and completing maintenance tasks to ensure reliability.

The ideal candidate has strong fault-finding skills and experience with packaging machinery, conveyors and industrial plant.