Maintenance Fitter

Inghams Chickens; Adelaide; Hybride; AUD 52 000 - 73 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Rotating roster

Competitive pay

Leave entitlements

Fitness Passport

Employee discounts

Career development

Wellbeing program

Résumé du poste

Inghams Chickens is seeking a Maintenance Fitter to join our Burton Primary Processing Plant. You’ll keep production equipment running safely and efficiently, troubleshoot faults, and contribute to preventative maintenance in a hands-on, autonomous role.

The 4-on, 4-off rotating roster features 12-hour shifts with a 26.786% shift allowance. We value problem solvers who work well alone and in teams to support quality food production.

Qualifications

• Experience servicing, repairing and maintaining equipment in an industrial setting.
• Experience with automated machinery and conveyors.
• Fault-finding across hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems.
• Commitment to OH&S practices and safe working methods.

Responsabilités

• Attend to repairs and breakdowns of production machinery promptly.
• Perform preventative maintenance to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Plan and prioritise work with production to meet requirements.
• Develop and implement maintenance programs for internal stakeholders.
• Work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Uphold safety, quality and HACCP standards in all tasks.
• Identify improvement opportunities to reduce downtime and extend reliability.
• Plan projects for new installations or equipment modifications.

Connaissances

Industrial maintenance

Fault finding

Safety compliance

Team work / autonomy

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Outils

Maximo CMMS

Description du poste

We've been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we've been crafting for over 100 years.

A large part of our strong growth and success is because we're always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together.

Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand's first choice for poultry.

Job Description

Your opportunity to join our team:

Join our maintenance team at our Primary Processing Plant in Burton as a Maintenance Fitter, where you’ll play a key role in keeping our production equipment running safely, reliably and efficiently.

This is a hands-on, autonomous role where your mechanical expertise and fault-finding skills will make a genuine impact. You’ll work across preventative and reactive maintenance troubleshooting equipment issues and get to the root cause of faults, not simply patch them over.

Working a 4-on, 4-off rotating roster, you’ll enjoy the consistency of 12 hour shifts balanced with four days off, please 26.786% shift allowance applicable across the rotating roster. If you enjoy solving problems, taking ownership of your work and being part of a supportive maintenance team, this could be a great next step.

What you’ll do:

• Attending to repairs and breakdowns of production machinery in a timely manner
• Executing preventative and routine maintenance procedures to improve efficiency and reliability
• Liaising with the production team to effectively plan and prioritise work to accommodate production requirements and available resources
• Assisting in developing and introducing maintenance programs to support all internal stakeholders
• Working autonomously and within a team environment
• Upholding safety to the highest degree, for yourself and your colleagues
• Sustaining and driving quality solutions in an HACCP environment
• Actively seeking opportunities to improve operations performance, system reliability, and reduce overall downtime
• Planning and designing projects for new installations and equipment modification and redesign
• Ensuring the execution of safety standards and quality assurance practices in all repairs and maintenance activities
• Identifying and escalating Animal Welfare, Food Safety & Quality issues

What you’ll bring:

• Experience servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment including automated machinery, conveyors, and more, in an industrial manufacturing environment — preferably primary food processing or food and beverage
• Experience with gear-driven systems and conveyor belts
• Fault-finding experience across hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems
• A demonstrated commitment to occupational health and safety practices
• Basic fabrication skills
• Experience in both breakdown and preventive maintenance
• Sound interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with key stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the ability to multitask
• Experience with Maximo or similar CMMS (advantageous, not essential)
• The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team

What we’ll offer you:

• 4:4 rotating roster (12-hour shifts, 24-hour coverage) — consistency, recovery time, and a lifestyle that actually works
• Earn up to $45.33/hr + 26.786% shift allowances on the rotating roster
• 5 weeks annual leave for shift positions
• Access to Fitness Passport that gives you affordable access to gyms, pools and fitness facilities nationwide
• Employee benefits including product discounts and travel discounts
• Genuine opportunities to develop your career, supported by our performance and succession programs.
• The health, safety, and wellbeing of our people is our highest priority
• ASX-listed company with operations across Australia and New Zealand

We’re looking for people who arecurious, caring, courageous and committed to join us; people who want to contribute their best work every single dayand continue delivering deliciously good food that’s…Always Good!