Mechanical Maintenance Technician — Drive Reliability & CI

Suntory Oceania; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Parental leave

On-site facilities

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Suntory Oceania is seeking an experienced Mechanical Technician to join our Asset Care team at our state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility in Swanbank, Queensland. You will deliver planned maintenance, respond to breakdowns, and drive equipment performance across highly automated lines.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality and Operational Excellence teams to ensure world-class manufacturing performance while championing safety and continuous improvement across all

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in a Mechanical discipline is required.
• Experience with high-speed processing and packaging equipment is desirable.
• Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned, preventive and breakdown maintenance across the site.
• Troubleshoot complex mechanical and process-related equipment issues.
• Analyse failures and implement corrective actions to improve reliability.
• Support maintenance planning, shutdowns and scheduling of work.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and productivity gains.
• Lead RCA investigations and share learnings across teams.
• Support and deploy Suntory’s operational excellence system, Monozukuri.
• Coach team members on machine operation, fault-finding and setup.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Safety awareness

Education

Trade qualification in Mechanical discipline

Job description

Suntory Oceania is seeking an experienced Mechanical Technician to join our Asset Care team at our state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility in Swanbank, Queensland. You will deliver planned maintenance, respond to breakdowns, and drive equipment performance across highly automated lines.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality and Operational Excellence teams to ensure world-class manufacturing performance while championing safety and continuous improvement across all