Maintenance Fitter - Day Shift

NGARE EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD; Barnawartha; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal Australasia is seeking a Maintenance Fitter for the Day Shift at its Barnawartha site. You will perform repairs, installations and preventive maintenance on machinery, with shifts Tue-Fri 5am–3pm and responsibilities across breakdowns and planned maintenance.

The role requires fault finding, strong communication, and the ability to work with production teams, follow safe work practices, and provide support after hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Trade qualified fitter or equivalent.
• Experience on high speed production lines is advantageous.
• Reliable, self-motivated and able to work unsupervised in a team.
• Team player with strong work ethic and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Breakdowns: perform running repairs and troubleshoot issues as they occur.
• Shutdowns: carry out planned servicing of machines and equipment.
• Complete timely repair actions and restore production quickly.
• Support continuous improvement of preventative maintenance practices.
• Provide technical support to Maintenance and Production teams.
• Follow safe work practices and Opal policies at all times.
• Assist with ordering components from external suppliers with approval.
• Respond to repair/maintenance queries with technical detail.
• Provide after-hours support as needed (overtime).

Skills

High speed production lines experience

Reliable self-motivated team player

Communication skills

Education

Trade qualified fitter or equivalent

Job description

Maintenance Fitter - Day Shift

Discover Opal....

Opal is one of Australasia’s leading packaging and paper companies, we manufacture goods that you see, touch and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.

Discover the Opportunity....

The Maintenance fitters are responsible for all repairs, installations and maintenance of machinery and equipment across our Barnawartha site. Working on the Day shift, the Maintenance fitter will have shift times of Tuesday to Friday 5am to 3pm.

The maintenance fitters work on:

• Breakdowns: running repairs and trouble-shooting of issues as they occur throughout the day
• Shutdowns: planned shutdowns of machines and equipment for servicing.

This will include;

• The timely action and satisfactory completion of machine breakdowns
• Play a key role within a team focused on the development and execution of efficient preventative maintenance practices on the site
• Provide technical support to the Maintenance and Production teams
• Following safe work practices at all times and adhering to Opal’s values, procedures and policies
• Assist with ordering components from external suppliers as necessary with appropriate approval
• Respond to specific requests regarding the details of repair and/or maintenance to equipment on a technical basis
• Provide reasonable support outside of normal working hours if required (reasonable overtime)

The successful candidate will have the ability to demonstrate strong fault finding and communication skills and have the ability to problem solve and show initiative.

Discover Yourself....

We are able to offer a varied career journey with experiential learning gained from cross-functional and lateral moves. We embrace diversity in all its forms and we look for curious individuals who thrive in an environment of change. Specifically for this role, we expect you will have;

• Trade qualified fitter or equivalent
• Experience in high speed production lines and environment will be advantageous
• Reliable, self-motivated and able to work unsupervised in a team environment
• Team Player, trustworthy and great work ethic
• Willingness and desire to learn

Discover more… by visiting our website at www.opalanz.com