Maintenance & Reliability Lead for Production Uptime

Sunset Sleepers; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunset Sleepers is an Australian manufacturer of concrete sleepers, seeking an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to own reliability, performance and continuous improvement of our production lines. You will lead a technical team, plan and implement preventive maintenance, and drive asset improvements to minimise downtime.

You will manage workshops, spares, and maintenance records, troubleshoot faults across mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and control systems, and coordinate contractors to keep

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in industrial maintenance and machinery fault-finding.
• Experience creating preventive maintenance systems and managing spare parts and records.
• Demonstrated leadership of technicians, engineers or fabricators and delivering practical improvements.
• Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and automation; safety-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own the maintenance programs and equipment reliability across production lines.
• Lead and develop a team of maintenance staff and engineers.
• Plan, organise and execute preventive maintenance with proper documentation.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and control-system faults; engage licensed specialists when needed.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement cost-effective improvements to uptime and throughput.
• Coordinate contractors and manage spare parts, stock levels and records.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Machinery fault-finding

Preventive maintenance

Leadership, team management

PLC/automation familiarity

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent qualification

Tools

CMMS

PLCs/HMIs

Job description

Sunset Sleepers is an Australian manufacturer of concrete sleepers, seeking an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to own reliability, performance and continuous improvement of our production lines. You will lead a technical team, plan and implement preventive maintenance, and drive asset improvements to minimise downtime.

You will manage workshops, spares, and maintenance records, troubleshoot faults across mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and control systems, and coordinate contractors to keep