Maintenance Technician - External Farm Maintenance

Woodlands Enterprises; Beerwah; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Woodlands Enterprises in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast is seeking a Maintenance Technician – External Farm Maintenance to provide practical maintenance across our poultry farms. This hands-on role suits someone with strong mechanical aptitude who enjoys fault finding, repairing equipment and working across different farm locations.

You'll work with the External Farm Maintenance Manager and farm teams to keep farms operating safely and reliably.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical aptitude and practical hands-on maintenance ability.
• Experience in maintenance, farming, agriculture, or similar environment preferred.
• Welding experience would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance inspections of farm infrastructure, plant and equipment.
• Diagnose faults and carry out repairs within your skills and authorisations.
• Maintain mechanical equipment, pumps, water systems, plumbing, fencing, buildings and related farm infrastructure.
• Respond to breakdowns and urgent maintenance requirements.
• Assist with installation, modification and upgrade of farm equipment and facilities.
• Complete maintenance records and timesheets using Woodlands systems and mobile apps.
• Identify recurring equipment issues and opportunities to improve reliability and reduce costs.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Fault finding

Maintenance experience

Outdoor work

Team communication

Tools

Welding

Job description

Maintenance Technician - External Farm Maintenance

Woodlands Enterprises is a long-standing, family-owned poultry business based in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. For more than 100 years, Woodlands has been growing chickens and eggs locally while maintaining a strong focus on quality, freshness and reliability.

We are seeking a Maintenance Technician – External Farm Maintenance to join our team, providing practical maintenance support across our poultry farms.

This is a varied, hands‑on role suited to someone with strong mechanical aptitude who enjoys fault finding, repairing equipment and infrastructure, and working across different farm locations. You will work closely with our External Farm Maintenance Manager, farm managers and other Woodlands team members to help keep our farms operating safely and reliably.

Why this role is appealing

This is a great opportunity to join a stable and established local business in a practical maintenance role where no two days are exactly the same.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Work across a variety of Woodlands farms and facilities
• Undertake preventative maintenance as well as fault finding and repairs
• Work on pumps, water systems, mechanical equipment, fencing, buildings and general farm infrastructure
• Assist with equipment installations, modifications and upgrades
• Respond to breakdowns and help keep critical farm equipment operating
• Develop broad practical maintenance experience across a diverse agricultural operation

About the role

Working as part of our External Farm Maintenance team, you will undertake scheduled and unscheduled maintenance across Woodlands farms.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Completing preventative maintenance inspections of farm infrastructure, plant and equipment
• Diagnosing faults and undertaking repairs within your skills and authorisations
• Maintaining mechanical equipment, pumps, water supply systems, plumbing, fencing, buildings and other farm infrastructure
• Responding to breakdowns and urgent maintenance requirements
• Assisting with the installation, modification and upgrade of farm equipment and facilities
• Completing maintenance records, timesheets and job information using Woodlands systems and mobile applications
• Identifying recurring equipment issues and opportunities to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs

The role also participates in the on‑call roster, currently approximately one week in every five.

About you

We are looking for someone who is practical, reliable and comfortable working independently across a range of farm environments.

Ideally, you will bring:

• Strong mechanical aptitude and practical maintenance skills
• Previous experience in maintenance, farming, agriculture, mechanical trades or a similar hands‑on environment
• Experience with mechanical repairs and welding would be highly regarded
• Confidence undertaking fault finding and problem solving
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Strong attention to detail
• A reliable and professional approach to work
• Confidence using mobile phone applications to record completed work and timesheets
• Physical fitness and the ability to undertake active work outdoors in varying weather conditions

Why join Woodlands?

At Woodlands, you will join a proud local business with deep roots in the Sunshine Coast community and a strong future ahead.

We offer:

• A stable position within a long-established, family-owned business
• A varied role working across multiple farm locations
• A practical role with plenty of variety and problem solving
• The opportunity to broaden your maintenance experience across agricultural plant, equipment and infrastructure
• A supportive and down-to‑earth team environment
• A workplace based on the Sunshine Coast

Important biosecurity requirement

As this position works across our poultry farms, strict biosecurity requirements apply. Applicants must be able to comply with all farm biosecurity, hygiene and site-entry requirements, including cleaning and disinfecting vehicles, tools and equipment when required.

For biosecurity purposes, the successful applicant cannot have any bird species or pigs at home, including chickens, ducks, budgies or other birds.