Maintenance Fitter: Continuous Improvement & Reliability

Chobani; Greater Dandenong; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Free Chobani products onsite

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Rewards & recognition

Job summary

Chobani Australia is seeking a Maintenance Fitter to maintain, improve and optimise production equipment at our Dandenong South site. You will troubleshoot faults, improve reliability and support site projects with cross-functional teams.

With a recognised Fitter and Turner trade and 5–8 years’ experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you’ll contribute to safe, efficient operations and capital improvements in a food manufacturing context.

Qualifications

• Recognised Fitter and Turner trade qualification.
• 5 to 8 years’ maintenance and commissioning experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding, troubleshooting and plant maintenance capabilities.
• Experience within food and beverage, dairy or pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of GMP, HACCP, food safety and quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment reliability, safety and efficiency.
• Support production and equipment trials, including implementation and validation of new processes.
• Fabricate, modify, install and adjust equipment to support operational improvements, projects and trials.
• Perform fault-finding, troubleshooting, planned maintenance and mechanical repairs across production equipment.
• Monitor equipment performance and OEE results, identify root causes of losses and recommend practical corrective actions.
• Maintain high safety standards, including compliance with risk management, lockout/tagout, hot work and confined-space requirements.

Skills

Fault-finding

Troubleshooting

Plant maintenance

GMP/HACCP knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Fitter and Turner trade qualification

Tools

Maintenance management systems

Microsoft Office

Welding/fabrication

Job description

Chobani Australia is seeking a Maintenance Fitter to maintain, improve and optimise production equipment at our Dandenong South site. You will troubleshoot faults, improve reliability and support site projects with cross-functional teams.

With a recognised Fitter and Turner trade and 5–8 years’ experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you’ll contribute to safe, efficient operations and capital improvements in a food manufacturing context.