Packaging Improvement Technician

Programmed; Geelong; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits.

Career growth opportunities.

Safe, supportive workplace.

Training and upskilling.

Job summary

Programmed is seeking a Packaging Improvement Technician to join our brewery operations in Geelong. The role focuses on driving process improvements, supporting production teams, and ensuring packaging systems run safely and efficiently.

You will deliver improvements, support targets, implement change management, and help with reliability issues while maintaining safe engineering practices. This hands-on role suits trades with mechanical or electrical qualifications and knowledge of CMMS and

Qualifications

• Trade qualification (Mech or Elec) required.
• Experience with CMMS and maintenance processes preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proficient in change management and communicating change.
• Lean manufacturing experience is desirable.
• Knowledge of packaging machinery in FMCG is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Process improvements in Packaging as defined by the departmental strategy.
• Support site and the production teams in achieving brewery scorecard targets via implementation of best practice improvement initiatives.
• Implement best practice change management and technical optimization of systems.
• Supporting structured problem solving on plant or reliability issues.
• Provide hands on support to shift reliability teams if required.
• Ensure standards are carried out in line with safe engineering work practices.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Lean manufacturing

Technical capability

Education

Trade qualification (Mechanical or Electrical)

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

We are seeking a Packaging Improvement Technician to join our brewery operations in Geelong. This role is focused on driving process improvements, supporting production teams, and ensuring packaging systems run safely and efficiently.

We are seeking a Packaging Improvement Technician to join our brewery operations in Geelong. This role is focused on driving process improvements, supporting production teams, and ensuring packaging systems run safely and efficiently.

Role Overview

• Deliver Process improvements in Packaging as defined by the departmental strategy.
• Support site and the production teams in achieving brewery scorecard targets via implementation of best practice improvement initiatives.
• Implement best practice change management and technical optimization of systems.
• Supporting structured problem solving on plant or reliability issues.
• Provide hands on support to shift reliability teams if required.
• Ensure standards are carried out in line with safe engineering work practices.

Requirements

• Trade qualification (Mech or Elec)
• Good interpersonal skills and stakeholder management.
• Change management - ability to think, communicate and influence change.
• Strong functional/technical capability
• Microsoft suite computer skills.
• Knowledge of maintenance systems and processes, including CMMS.
• Ideal - Experience in the use of a lean manufacturing framework to drive performance improvement.
• Ideal - A good understanding of packaging Machinery in FMCG.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Safe, supportive workplace.
• Training and upskilling.