Dual Trade Fitter - Afternoon Shift

Food Manufacturing | Permanent Afternoon Shift | Dandenong
$50 – $55 per hour

What’s On Offer

• Competitive hourly rate of $60/$63 per hour
• Permanent, stable employment with a large and growing organisation
• Significant investment in plant upgrades and modernisation
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities
• Opportunity to utilise and further develop both mechanical and electrical skills
• Supportive team environment within a well-established food manufacturing business
• Work across a major Victorian operation with multiple sites

An established and rapidly expanding food manufacturing business is seeking a Dual Trade Fitter to join their team in Dandenong.

With major plant upgrades underway and continued growth across multiple Victorian locations, this is an excellent opportunity for a dual trade tradesperson looking for long-term stability and the opportunity to work across both mechanical and electrical maintenance.

This role will be hands-on, covering preventative and reactive maintenance, fault finding, installation, commissioning and upgrades across a modern production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Preventative and reactive maintenance across production and processing equipment
• Mechanical fault finding and repairs across conveyors, packaging lines, motors and production machinery
• Electrical fault finding, testing and repairs
• Installation, commissioning and upgrading of plant and machinery
• Working across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Welding and fabrication work as required
• Interpreting electrical schematics, mechanical drawings and technical documentation
• Supporting planned maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives
• Working safely at heights when required
• Using maintenance management systems and basic computer applications
• Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed safely and in accordance with site procedures

Skills & Experience

• Trade qualification in Mechanical Fitting
• Electrical trade qualification / relevant electrical licence
• Previous experience in maintenance within food manufacturing or a similar production environment
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and maintenance skills
• Strong electrical fault-finding and troubleshooting ability
• Experience with conveyors, motors, packaging machinery and production equipment
• Welding and fabrication experience
• Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics
• Comfortable working at heights
• Computer literacy and experience using maintenance systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to maintenance
• Commitment to workplace safety

If you're a dual trade Fitter looking for a stable, long-term opportunity with a business investing heavily in its people, plant and equipment, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Cameron at Engineering People:
[email protected]