Maintenance Technician

HWI; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HWI is seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across the precast production line. The role includes fabricating bake oven block frames, refurbishing precast moulds, and maintaining mixer blades and related equipment to ensure continuous supply of precast components.

The successful candidate will liaise with contractors, plan shutdown activities, monitor equipment, and implement safety procedures to prevent incidents and improve

Formación

• Diploma in mechanical engineering or equivalent preferred.
• Trade background in mechanical maintenance, welding, hydraulics or pneumatics.
• Formal training in industrial machinery troubleshooting preferred.
• Completed certified safety training covering Take 5, LOTOTO and site isolation procedures.

Responsabilidades

• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on mechanical equipment and plant assets.
• Manufacture fabricated bake oven block frames and refurbish moulds as required.
• Maintain precast equipment and ensure stock supply across production lines.
• Coordinate with service providers for complex failures and arrange third-party technicians for major issues.
• Plan maintenance activities including shutdowns and overhauls.
• Inspect equipment, identify spare parts, and maintain stock levels.
• Create maintenance checklists and ensure safety protocols are followed.
• Maintain site buildings and external yards, addressing safety observations.
• Document maintenance records and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Collaborate with Production and external teams on upgrades and continuous improvement.

Conocimientos

Welding

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Mechanical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Measurement tools

Documentation

Educación

Diploma in mechanical engineering

Trade background in mechanical maintenance

Formal industrial machinery troubleshooting training

Take 5 risk assessment training

Herramientas

Word/Excel

Descripción del empleo

• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on mechanical equipment and plant assets to ensure reliable and efficient operations.
• Manufacture fabricated bake oven block frames, refurbish existing precast moulds and construct brand-new moulds as required.
• Perform routine maintenance on precast mixer blades and all equipment across the entire precast production line to guarantee continuous manufacturing stock supply of precast components.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Maintenance

• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on mechanical equipment and plant assets to ensure reliable and efficient operations.

• Manufacture fabricated bake oven block frames, refurbish existing precast moulds and construct brand-new moulds as required.

• Perform routine maintenance on precast mixer blades and all equipment across the entire precast production line to guarantee continuous manufacturing stock supply of precast components.

Equipment Breakdown Troubleshooting & Vendor Coordination

• Liaise and coordinate with mechanical and electrical service providers for complex equipment failures.

• Independently diagnose and fix minor equipment malfunctions on-site;

• Arrange third-party technicians to resolve major technical issues to reduce unplanned production breakdown time.

Maintenance Planning & Execution

• Define maintenance planning and ensure the support on shutdown activities, equipment overhauls, and maintenance projects while ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and within schedule.

Equipment Inspection & Performance Monitoring

• Conduct routine inspections, identify all critical machine spare parts, and maintain sufficient stock levels.

• Develop planned replacement schedules for worn components to replace parts before equipment failure occurs.

• Create, distribute, and review daily & weekly equipment maintenance checklists completed by production operators to ensure all inspection tasks are fully executed.

Building & External Yard Facility Maintenance

• Carry out full maintenance for factory buildings, office areas and external yards, including regular weed control and structural repairs.

• Conduct timely corrective actions for all safety observations (SOFI) raised on site to rectify unsafe working conditions and improve overall site safety standards.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain maintenance records, inspection reports, and technical documentation while ensuring compliance with engineering standards, statutory regulations, and safety requirements.

• Comply with mandatory PPE requirements, Take 5 risk assessments, LOTOTO isolation procedures and all site safety protocols at all times.

• Follow S7 site safety standards, implement all safety improvement actions, and strive to achieve zero safety incidents within the production area.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Production and external service providers to support equipment upgrades, maintenance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to reliability improvement programs and maintenance optimization initiatives to enhance equipment performance, reduce maintenance costs, and improve operational efficiency.

Ad-hoc tasks assigned by line manager

Qualifications and Experience

Education:

• Diploma in mechanical engineering is preferred

• Trade background in mechanical maintenance, welding, hydraulics or pneumatics;

• Formal training in industrial machinery troubleshooting is preferred.

• Completed certified safety training covering Take 5, LOTOTO and site isolation procedures.

Experience & Industry Exposure

• Practical hands-on experience maintaining heavy manufacturing or precast production line equipment;

• Prior experience repairing molds, mixing machinery and factory structural frames is highly advantageous.

• Strong EHS awareness, knowledge, and experiences.

• Related experience in the refractory industry is preferred.

Technical Knowledge & Systems

• Competent in daily, quarterly and annual planned maintenance inspection management;

• Able to develop equipment adjustment and parts replacement schedules.

• Proficient in fault diagnosis for all types of mechanical production equipment.

Skills and Competencies

Technical skills:

• Skilled in welding, hydraulic & pneumatic system maintenance, and industrial cutting tool operation

• Strong mechanical troubleshooting capability for production line machinery

• Proficient use of all standard hand tools: pliers, screwdrivers, drills, wrenches

• Ability to fabricate, refurbish and repair precast mold and bake oven block frames

• Spare parts stock control and preventive maintenance scheduling

• Basic Word/Excel skill to update and manage maintenance documentation

Problem solving & Communication:

• Independently resolve minor equipment faults; elevate and organize external support for major failures

EHS competencies:

• Full understanding and strict execution of S7 safety rules, Take 5 risk assessment, LOTOTO lockout-tagout procedures

• Strict adherence to mandatory PPE and all site work safety standards