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Maintenance Team Leader

Preston, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead the maintenance team in a food manufacturing facility to ensure timely completion of reactive and preventative maintenance duties, manage work orders, and coordinate contract tradespersons.

Role type

Maintenance Team Leader (IC)

Builds

Production continuity and asset reliability for food manufacturing customers

Domain

Food Manufacturing / Industrial Maintenance

Required skills

Team leadership, maintenance planning and scheduling, work order allocation, contract trade coordination, continuous improvement, cost reduction, safety compliance, food safety compliance, new machinery installation management, technical drawing interpretation, inventory store management

Preferred skills

FMCG leadership experience, project delivery in equipment/process improvement, trade qualification in Fitting and Turning

Technologies

Computer and software packages

Responsibilities

Coordinate planned and breakdown maintenance activities to reduce plant downtime, develop Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules, manage the introduction of new machinery and equipment, lead and develop a high-performing maintenance team, ensure compliance with OHS and Food Safety requirements, identify cost savings, and contribute to best practice maintenance strategies.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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