Maintenance Fitter - Leeton, Australia - Sunrice

Description

The SunRice Group is an Australian ASX-listed branded food group, comprising multiple businesses, assets and operations across Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, the United States, The Pacific Islands and Asia. SunRice was built by the Australian rice industry over many decades, and today is one of Australia's leading branded food exporters, with approximately 2,000 employees and operations in 11 countries. SunRice is a great place to work, providing a real opportunity for passionate people to make a difference.

Based in Leeton, the role of Fitter is an integral operational role. Working closely with all site teams and broader functional Maintenance and Engineering teams, this role enables a highly motivated mechanical expert to join a corporate company and take lead of their function.

The key day to day responsibilities of this role will be;

• Conducting planned maintenance activities across the site;
• Diagnosing faults and proactively managing breakdowns of equipment or process failures;
• Following safe work and good manufacturing practices and coaching Operators, supporting the PM schedule;
• Identifying and escalating opportunities and activities which improve plant and equipment, reliability and efficiency;
• Conduct and participate in root cause analysis of breakdowns and/or process improvement;
• Complete all required task notification, safety and quality computer based activities and paperwork;
• Liaise with functional Reliability teams in scheduling and coordinating PM and asset registration activities;
• Participating in Safety, Quality and Continuous Improvement activities to enhance workplace.

To be considered for this role, you will have the following;

• Trade Qualification for Mechanical Engineering or equivalent;
• Industrial diagnostic and fault finding experience;
• Good Computer Literacy with understanding of maintenance planning software;
• Understanding of and commitment to safe work techniques and practices;
• Good written and verbal communication skills;
• Be self-motivated and reliable;
• Be pro-active and safety focused, with a positive attitude;
• Able to adapt to changing production demands.

Given this is such a key role, an individual who is entirely self-motivated, driven to succeed and looking to progress their fulfilling career in Industrial Operations will be ideal.
Your demonstrated experience in operation milling and/or manufacturing, as well as Safety and Quality within a manufacturing environment, will be most highly regarded. Any experience using SAP software, would be an advantage.
You will have a personal commitment for your safety and can look forward to working with a close knit team of colleagues. Competitive remuneration, commensurate to qualifications and experience will be offered.
To be considered for this role, attach a cover letter as well as an up to date resume.

All correspondence will be dealt with in strict confidence.

SunRice is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SunRice will consider qualified applicants for employment based on their merit, individual skills, qualifications and other appropriate criteria relevant to the role for which they are applying.