Maintenance Manager

Rgit Australia; Tongala; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

RGIT Australia is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Tongala site in northern Victoria. You will lead a multi-skilled maintenance team across plant, equipment, irrigation, and facilities, drive preventative maintenance, and manage safety standards to protect production continuity.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will oversee gas boilers, water/irrigation systems, and capital budgets, while embedding a strong safety culture and supplier alignment to keep a complex glasshouse operation

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance management experience in high-tech agricultural or industrial setting.
• Minimum five years' experience managing staff in engineering or maintenance.
• Knowledge of maintenance procedures incl. welding, fitting, turning, and packing machinery.
• Strong people management, negotiation and project management skills.
• Computer literate (Word/Excel) with time management and planning.
• First Aid qualified.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor a multi-skilled maintenance team covering maintenance technicians, irrigation and fertigation, general hands and facilities.
• Own the preventative maintenance schedule across all plant, equipment and infrastructure on site.
• Oversee the operation and maintenance of heating and CO2 systems, including gas boilers.
• Ensure reliable water, irrigation and fertiliser delivery to the glasshouse through planned maintenance of irrigation and fertigation systems.
• Manage breakdown assessment and repair across the site to prevent or minimise production downtime, supported by a critical spares inventory.
• Maintain the picking trolley fleet to a minimum 96% serviceability target.
• Develop annual maintenance budgets and manage capital expenditure with the General Manager.
• Build and maintain critical breakdown pathways with the Senior Grower and key suppliers, with a backup plan for every key process failure.
• Manage structural repairs and upgrades, including work at height and in confined spaces, to the highest engineering and safety standards.
• Drive a strong safety culture across the team and contractors: inductions, test and tag, PPE, and supervised high-risk work.

Skills

Maintenance management

Leadership

Maintenance procedures

People management

Computer literacy

First Aid

Tools

ERP systems

Maintenance management software

Job description

Maintenance Manager RGIT Australia Tongala, VIC, AU

Job Description

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

Posted 10 Aug 2026

Description

About Goodness Grown

Goodness Grown is a high-tech controlled environment agriculture business producing premium tomatoes in a 20-hectare glasshouse and packhouse facility at Tongala, in northern Victoria. The site brings together climate control, automation, heating and CO2 systems, irrigation and fertigation, and a full packing operation, and operates under Freshcare, HARPS and Fair Farms certification.

The opportunity

Reporting directly to the General Manager, the Maintenance Manager is accountable for all maintenance operations, engineering standards and the performance of the maintenance team across the site. The role protects production continuity: keeping plant, equipment, infrastructure and grounds maintained to the highest engineering and safety standards, managing breakdown risk before it becomes downtime, and leading a multi-skilled team that keeps a complex facility running. The role works closely with the Senior Grower and key external suppliers.

What you'll do

• Lead, develop and mentor a multi-skilled maintenance team covering maintenance technicians, irrigation and fertigation, general hands and facilities
• Own the preventative maintenance schedule across all plant, equipment and infrastructure on site
• Oversee the operation and maintenance of heating and CO2 systems, including gas boilers
• Ensure reliable water, irrigation and fertiliser delivery to the glasshouse through planned maintenance of irrigation and fertigation systems
• Manage breakdown assessment and repair across the site to prevent or minimise production downtime, supported by a critical spares inventory
• Maintain the picking trolley fleet to a minimum 96% serviceability target
• Develop annual maintenance budgets and manage capital expenditure with the General Manager
• Build and maintain critical breakdown pathways with the Senior Grower and key suppliers, with a backup plan for every key process failure
• Manage structural repairs and upgrades, including work at height and in confined spaces, to the highest engineering and safety standards
• Drive a strong safety culture across the team and contractors: inductions, test and tag, PPE, and supervised high-risk work

What you'll bring

• Proven maintenance management experience in a high-tech agricultural, food processing or industrial environment
• Minimum five years' experience managing staff in an engineering or maintenance environment
• Sound knowledge of maintenance procedures and practices, including welding, fitting and turning, farm production equipment and packing machinery
• Demonstrated people management, negotiation and project management skills
• Computer literate (minimum intermediate Word and Excel), with strong time management and workforce planning skills
• First Aid Qualified

Highly regarded

• Experience in a technical role within high-tech glasshouses
• Knowledge of climate control systems, automation and inventory management
• Familiarity with ERP systems and maintenance management software
• OHS training, confined space certification and working at heights certification
• HR and/or machinery licence

What's on offer

• Salary range [$110,000 - $130,000] plus superannuation
• Permanent, full-time senior leadership role reporting directly to the General Manager
• Genuine ownership of the site's engineering and maintenance function, including budget and capital expenditure responsibility
• A technically complex site: climate control, automation, boilers, irrigation and fertigation, and packing machinery