Maintenance Fitter

This role comes with an attractive hourly rate and penalty rates for any early start times and weekends.

You Will Also Have Access To Fantastic Benefits Including

• All the baked goods you can ever dream of
• Ongoing learning and development
• Ample opportunities for you to grow your career within our business

For over a century, Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse has been creating food for people to fall in love with. Our brands exist to make people smile and we delight in serving up little moments of joy for all the family.

Remember, a way to someone’s heart is through their stomach (not really but you know what we mean)!

We have a team of hundreds of people covering every aspect of our business. Whether it’s at our bakery crafting our products, in our stores or at head office, each and every one of our people are part of our Plarre Foods family.

Importantly, we are committed to leaving this world as we found it and we always have future generations front of mind. Having built a world-class sustainable baking facility and made significant reductions in our overall environmental impact, our challenge now is to maintain this energy and drive to identify further opportunities to improve.

Our bakehouse is growing, and we now have an opportunity for a Maintenance Fitter to join our team of pie-loving individuals in Keilor Park, VIC and be part of baking history. As an integral member of the Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses Keilor Park maintenance team, the Maintenance Fitter will make a strong contribution to a high performing Operations team and team culture within our Keilor Park Manufacturing Site.

Core Duties

WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO BAKE

• Carry out preventative maintenance to plant and equipment within the facility
• Carry out service and repair of Mechanical plant and equipment within the facility
• Stock control of all relevant consumables
• In consultation with Production staff, identify equipment and areas requiring attention
• Constant review of production line to ensure optimal effectiveness
• Prioritise all types of given work
• Diagnose faults and carry out modifications to equipment
• Effective reporting of any issues relating to company OH&S & QA policies
• Point of contact when attending a breakdown
• Accurate and complete recording keeping
• Participate in all training as required by the company
• Comply with Occupational Health and Safety standards
• Comply with all food regulatory and QA requirements
• Comply with all HACCP requirements
• Observe good manufacturing practice and comply with all GMP requirements

THE INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED

To create a recipe for success, you will bring with you the following ingredients (attributes):

• Mechanical trade certificate – Fitter, Fitter and Turner or Fitter/Machinist Qualification
• High level of technical and diagnostic skills
• Processed based risk assessment skills
• Excellent communication and numeracy skills
• Food Manufacturing knowledge or relevant industry experience
• Minimum of two years of demonstrated experience in an industrial/production/facility maintenance environment
• Strong attention to detail with a proactive approach to maintenance issues
• Planning, organisation, and problem-solving skills
• Strong technical aptitude
• Reliable, motivated, and punctual
• Have a strong work ethic
• Be physically fit and healthy for work
• Proven ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work under limited supervision and independently
• Good communication skills and possess effective leadership qualities
• Ability to develop and maintain supportive cross functional relationships
• Understanding and practice of food hygiene and food handling concepts

BAKE THE OPPORTUNITY

As well as the opportunity to work for a leading and successful manufacturing and franchise brand; Ferguson Plarre offers a fun family friendly environment with competitive remuneration and well-being program. We will provide you with the tools you require and a great team to work with to set you up for success with Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses.

Are you ready to become a legend in the baking and be part of a sweet and delicious team? Apply now!

No Recruitment agencies please.