Maintenance Supervisor

Sharp & Carter; Geelong; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter Geelong is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a team of technicians and drive structured maintenance practices. You will develop planning, set clear accountability, and help shape broader maintenance leadership over time.

You should bring a mechanical trade qualification, proven supervisory experience in manufacturing, and a track record of improving reliability and preventive maintenance.

Qualifications

• Mechanical trade qualification; strong hands-on mechanical capability.
• Proven supervisory experience with people leadership and trades management.
• Experience in manufacturing, processing or similar industrial environment.
• Exposure to planned and preventative maintenance systems.
• Experience improving maintenance reliability, planning or work management.
• SAP experience.
• Ambition to progress into broader maintenance leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of maintenance technicians.
• Drive current operations towards planned and preventative maintenance.
• Improve maintenance planning, work order tracking and execution.
• Lead progress against the site's two year Maintenance Excellence programme.
• Improve equipment reliability and reduce recurring breakdowns.
• Build greater engagement across the maintenance team.
• Provide hands on technical support where required.
• Work closely with production and other site stakeholders.
• Utilise SAP to manage and track maintenance activity.

Skills

People leadership

Hands-on mechanical

Team coaching

Education

Mechanical trade qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Why should you apply? This is an opportunity to join a global manufacturing organisation at a point where the maintenance function has real scope for improvement and development. Rather than stepping into an already mature maintenance environment, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to introduce greater structure, planning and accountability across the function while developing the existing team. Importantly, the position has been designed with progression in mind, with the successful candidate expected to take on broader Maintenance Manager responsibilities over time.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of maintenance technicians
• Drive current operations towards planned and preventative maintenance
• Improve maintenance planning, work order tracking and execution
• Lead progress against the site's two year Maintenance Excellence programme
• Improve equipment reliability and reduce recurring breakdowns
• Build greater engagement across the maintenance team
• Provide hands on technical support where required
• Work closely with production and other site stakeholders
• Utilise SAP to manage and track maintenance activity

The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in the following:

• Mechanical trade qualification with a strong hands on mechanical capability
• Proven track record in a Supervisory role with strong people leadership and trades management capability
• Experience within manufacturing, processing or a comparable industrial environment
• Exposure to planned and preventative maintenance systems
• Experience improving maintenance reliability, planning or work management
• SAP experience
• The capability and ambition to progress into broader maintenance leadership