Maintenance Supervisor – Industrial Materials (Budget & Savings)

Worthwhile Recruiting; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Worthwhile Recruiting invites applications for a Maintenance Supervisor role at an industrial site in Sydney. You will own day‑to‑day maintenance coordination and budget performance, driving cost savings while safeguarding safety, reliability and production needs.

You will supervise maintenance teams, manage overtime, and lead prestarts, work orders and contractor coordination to deliver measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• A relevant mechanical or electrical trade qualification, or engineering qualification, backed by substantial industrial maintenance experience.
• Experience supervising maintenance teams in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Proven ownership of maintenance budgets and delivering measurable cost improvements.
• Strong knowledge of electrical/mechanical maintenance, asset reliability and shutdown coordination.
• Proficient in CMMS; able to manage work orders, preventive maintenance schedules and backlog.

Responsibilities

• Monitor maintenance expenditure against budget, investigate variances and implement corrective actions.
• Analyse overtime, call-outs, labour allocation and work orders to identify unnecessary expenditure.
• Introduce overtime pre-approval and verify timesheets against completed maintenance activities.
• Deliver a findings report and savings plan within four weeks.
• Provide weekly cost and performance updates with monthly budget and risk reporting.
• Agree weekly maintenance schedules with Production and coordinate trades and contractors.
• Improve preventive maintenance compliance and reduce reactive maintenance.
• Prioritise maintenance backlogs by equipment criticality.
• Lead daily maintenance prestarts, allocate work and set expectations.
• Maintain safe isolation, lockout/tagout, permits to work and contractor management.

Skills

Maintenance budgeting

Team supervision

CMMS

Cost analysis

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Education

Trade qualification (mechanical or electrical)

Engineering qualification

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Worthwhile Recruiting invites applications for a Maintenance Supervisor role at an industrial site in Sydney. You will own day‑to‑day maintenance coordination and budget performance, driving cost savings while safeguarding safety, reliability and production needs.

You will supervise maintenance teams, manage overtime, and lead prestarts, work orders and contractor coordination to deliver measurable improvements.