Maintenance and Reliability Lead
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Engineering · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Building dependable maintenance practices is the central task for a Maintenance and Reliability Lead at an expanding Perth manufacturer. This position combines practical industrial troubleshooting with establishing schedules, asset records, contractor coordination and maintenance processes.
You will work with production staff, equipment manufacturers and technical specialists to investigate recurring failures and improve plant availability. Mechanical and electrical work must stay within your qualifications and authorisation. The role suits someone comfortable developing maintenance systems while taking responsibility for equipment performance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead maintenance strategy and take responsibility for equipment availability, reliability and maintenance performance
- Create preventative and predictive programs aligned with production schedules and equipment criticality
- Diagnose instrumentation, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and mechanical breakdowns, undertaking hands-on work within qualifications and authorisation
- Troubleshoot automated controls, motors, instrumentation, sensors, variable-speed drives, HMIs and PLCs
- Investigate recurring failures and implement lasting corrective measures
- Maintain asset registers, work orders and equipment histories, improving CMMS use including MEX
- Establish inspection schedules, service intervals and standards supported by procedures, checklists and technical records
- Improve identification, availability and control of critical spares
- Manage specialist contractors, suppliers and manufacturers
- Assist equipment installation, commissioning, modification, upgrades and handover
- Help operators improve equipment care and recognise faults early
- Improve plant safety, response, uptime and efficiency
- Enforce isolation, lockout/tagout, permit-to-work and other safety procedures, with licensed or specialist tasks completed by appropriately qualified people
Requirements & Eligibility
- A recognised trade qualification in mechatronics, electromechanical engineering, fitting and turning, mechanical fitting, industrial electrical or a related technical discipline
- Industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing, processing or production
- Practical industrial equipment diagnosis and repair, with strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding capability
- Knowledge of industrial automation and controls covering motors, sensors, instrumentation, VSDs, HMIs and PLCs
- Understanding of corrective, predictive and preventative maintenance
- A record of raising plant reliability and reducing downtime
- Experience using a CMMS or computerised maintenance management system; MEX or comparable maintenance-system experience will be highly regarded
- Capacity to establish maintenance processes, systems and documents from the outset
- Strong analysis, troubleshooting and root-cause problem-solving
- Capacity to coordinate contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and conflicting maintenance demands
- Good organisation and communication
- Experience in food, FMCG, pet food, animal feed, grain, milling or comparable manufacturing would be advantageous
- Experience involving extrusion, conveying, batching, drying, cooling, mixing, coating or automated packing equipment would be advantageous
- Commissioning, upgrades, condition monitoring or reliability engineering exposure will be highly regarded
- Knowledge of GMP, HACCP or controlled manufacturing environments would be advantageous
- Safe working within applicable qualifications, licences and authorised scope
- Australian work rights or eligibility for employer-sponsored employment, and eligibility to satisfy Australian visa, qualification recognition, licensing and skills-assessment requirements
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