Mechanical Reliability Specialist

Real Pet Food Company has built a reputation for the freshest products you can find. Disrupting the market, we are serving real, locally sourced and made pet food - wet, dry, fresh, chilled and treats. No one knows pets quite the way we do.
We are a fast-growing, innovative FMCG Manufacturer with strong ethics and a love for keeping it real. Our success comes from having a great team of people behind some pet favourites with brands such as Billy & Margot, Farmers Market, Ivory Coat & Nature’s Gift!

This is where you come in… We are looking for an experienced, disciplined and innovative  Mechanical Engineer who is looking to join a rapidly growing Company.  This is a newly created role and it requires an individual who has prior food manufacturing experience and exposure to industrial mechanical equipment.  It is a technical hands-on role, requiring you to have knowledge of manufacturing best practise, maintenance planning and budget control.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure plant and equipment breakdowns are dealt with in a prompt, safe and efficient manner
• Assist in establishing and maintaining an optimum level of spares
• Maximise line efficiencies through the establishment of an effective, planned maintenance program
• Monitor and measure improvement in the mean time between failures (MTBF)
• Monitor and measure improvements in the mean time to rectify (MTTR)
• Reduce the total number of quarantine investigations through machinery faults
• Reduce rework generation through machinery faults
• Assist team members with problem solving
• Establish enhanced collaborative working culture across all shifts
• Assist in providing coaching to direct mechanical team to ensure they are developing and have clear growth pathways for their career development

The ideal candidate:

• Experience within the FMCG industry 
• Excellent communication skills, high level interpersonal skills and sound judgement
• Ability to deal with multiple stakeholders and handle competing priorities
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Able to influence, manage and challenge ideas and existing business processes
• Experience in implementing systems and process changes
• Experience in managing projects
• Sound knowledge across the Microsoft office suite
• Experience in managing maintenance operations utilising computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS)
• Comprehensive understanding of maintenance planning, including budget control  

This is a true career opportunity in a growing global company. We are looking for someone to be part of our ambitious growth journey by providing the opportunity to support mechanical reliability functions at our Ingleburn factory. When you join Real Pet Food Company you have an opportunity to make a significant contribution while developing your career within an expanding FMCG company. With the continued growth of our business, this is an exciting time to join The Pack.

Please note: NO agencies will be considered during this process. We advise you to refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles