Maintenance Technician / Fitter
Visa sponsorship
Trade · Bundaberg, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $85,000 - $95,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Bundaberg's region in Queensland is the location for a packing facility run by a national, vertically integrated horticultural business, which is seeking a skilled and practical Maintenance Technician / Fitter. Mechanical fitters with a trade qualification will find a varied, hands-on post inside an established, growing agricultural company.
You report to the Maintenance Supervisor, in a small maintenance team. Your task is to keep packing line machinery and related mechanical equipment serviced and repaired, cutting breakdowns, lifting reliability and keeping production running efficiently. Expect to put in extra hours and an occasional Saturday at peak production times, and to travel now and then to support maintenance at another packing facility in the Northern Territory during harvest. Visa sponsorship is available for suitably qualified candidates.
Packing lines run on fitters who can find faults fast, so list your fitter trade qualification, the machinery you have maintained and your welding and fabrication skills. Then let Build AI CV format it.
Key Responsibilities
- Diagnose mechanical faults and complete servicing and repairs
- Look after and fix packing line machinery and equipment
- Find ways to make machinery more efficient and reliable
- Coach team members and contractors in operating machinery correctly
- Follow safety procedures and keep quality documentation, plus any other maintenance duties the Maintenance Supervisor directs
Requirements & Eligibility
- Mechanical trade qualifications that are relevant, ideally as a Fitter (General) or Maintenance Fitter
- Time spent on packing lines or food processing machinery
- Have maintained and repaired industrial machinery
- Sharp mechanical fault-finding and diagnostics
- Know-how with motors, pumps, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Welding and steel fabrication ability, and reading engineering drawings and specifications
- Proactive, with a firm commitment to safety
- Communicates well; works on your own or in a team; holds a current driver's licence
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