Maintenance Leader - FMCG Plant & Safety

Inghams Enterprises; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-the-job training

Fitness Passport access

Employee discounts

Career development programs

Job summary

Inghams is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Thomastown processing facility in Victoria. You will oversee all maintenance operations to ensure continuous, safe, and efficient production.

The role requires managing preventive maintenance and driving improvements across maintenance performance and downtime. Responsibilities include leading a large engineering team, embedding safety and quality in repairs, and delivering capital plans to improve reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a large engineering and maintenance team in FMCG/manufacturing.
• Exposure to site services such as ammonia refrigeration, boilers, wastewater treatment.
• Proven TPM/ Lean/Six Sigma/ CMMS implementation experience.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and performance management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance team to optimise site reliability and efficiency.
• Ensure safety, quality and corrective actions are completed promptly.
• Drive asset management standards and capital planning for the site.
• Manage planned and breakdown maintenance and control costs within budget.
• Develop and monitor 5-year capital plans to replace end-of-life assets.

Job description

Inghams is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Thomastown processing facility in Victoria. You will oversee all maintenance operations to ensure continuous, safe, and efficient production.

The role requires managing preventive maintenance and driving improvements across maintenance performance and downtime. Responsibilities include leading a large engineering team, embedding safety and quality in repairs, and delivering capital plans to improve reliability.