Maintenance Planner and Engineer

InfraBuild; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Health cover at discounted rates

Employee discounts

Job summary

InfraBuild Mesh seeks a Maintenance Planner at the Newcastle Mesh Facility to maximise plant reliability by planning and coordinating maintenance activities. You will manage the backlog, ensure safe and efficient work preparation with materials, documentation and controls.

The role provides hands-on technical and reliability support to maintenance and operations, including breakdown troubleshooting, shutdown planning and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Relevant trade qualification and/or tertiary engineering qualification.
• Proven experience in maintenance planning within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of maintenance practices and asset management principles.
• Experience with risk assessment and contractor management will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage a proactive maintenance planning and scheduling system (Mechanical and Electrical).
• Build preventative maintenance schedules for all site equipment.
• Develop asset registers, job plans, BOMs and maintenance procedures.
• Schedule preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities.
• Coordinate with production teams to minimize disruption during maintenance windows.
• Collaborate with tradespeople, production and leadership to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance planning experience

Root-cause analysis

Education

Relevant trade qualification and/or tertiary engineering qualification

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Join a 2026 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work Gold Winner and 2026 Sustainability Champion recognised by the World Steel Association. Play a key role in shaping our performance across our InfraBuild business.

Reporting to the Process and Reliability Engineer and based at our Newcastle Mesh Facility you will play a key role in maximising plant reliability by planning, scheduling and coordinating maintenance activities across the Newcastle Mesh site. You'll manage the maintenance backlog and planning horizon, ensuring work is safely and efficiently prepared with the right materials, resources, documentation and controls in place.

The role also provides hands‑on technical and reliability support to maintenance and operations teams, including breakdown troubleshooting, shutdown planning and continuous improvement initiatives.

What you will be doing:

• Design, implement, and manage a proactive maintenance planning and scheduling systems, both Mechanical and Electrical
• Build preventative maintenance schedules for all equipment on site
• Develop asset registers, job plans, bill of materials and maintenance procedures
• Schedule preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities including proactive, scheduled asset downtime activities
• Coordinate with production teams to minimize disruption during maintenance windows
• Collaborate with tradespeople, production, and leadership to drive continuous improvement in maintenance planning

This is a permanent full-time role with some flexibility in start time at either 8am or earlier.

You will be rewarded with:

• A key role in improving plant reliability, maintenance performance and operational efficiency across the site.
• Gain broad exposure across engineering, maintenance, operations and continuous improvement, with opportunities to develop your technical and leadership capability.
• Participation in quarterly company Bonus
• Permanent, full-time hours with job security

Primary Benefits:

We offer a range of benefits designed to support you at work and beyond:

• Paid parental leave that goes further - 20 weeks paid Primary Carer Leave and 3 weeks Partner Leave, plus superannuation contributions during unpaid leave (eligibility applies)
• Health cover at discounted rates - Access corporate rates with nib Health Insurance to support you and your family
• Everyday savings - Access a wide range of employee discounts across major brands including retail, travel and lifestyle

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant trade qualification and/or tertiary engineering qualification (ideally mechanical, electrical or similar), with formal maintenance planning or reliability qualifications highly regarded.
• Proven experience in maintenance planning within an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of maintenance practices and asset management principles.
• SAP PM experience, or other preventative maintenance systems experience
• Experience with risk assessment, contractor management and supervision, and maintenance execution will be highly regarded.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience applying root-cause analysis, FMEA or other reliability improvement methodologies.

We offer more than just a job; we provide a dynamic environment built on three pillars that define our commitment to both our team and our industry.

Why join us?

• Work with a greater purpose - join us on our pursuit of a sustainable future and contribute to our nation's legacy.
• Work well, live better - experience a safe, supportive and inclusive environment which values you as a whole person and where wellbeing matters.
• Build your own future - grow and drive your own development to grow your skills. Everyday is an opportunity to grow.

About us

InfraBuild Mesh manufactures reinforcing mesh across multiple Australian facilities, supplying construction projects at scale.

With rod sourced from our own steelmaking operations, we offer a fully integrated, locally produced solution with consistent quality and supply.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Your diversity helps us create more sustainable and innovative steel solutions for Australia's future.

We are a 2026 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.