Maintenance Fitter

The Farmer Group is an Australian family owned and operated diverse horticultural enterprise. Based in Virginia South Australia, we have recently completed a major upgrade to automate our production facility.

We are seeking to build on our team of Maintenance personnel, by adding a qualified maintenance fitter. The team will come together to achieve the companies’ overall goals of effectively managing preventative maintenance and successfully overcoming challenging breakdowns.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintain, fault find and repair:

Grading and weighing machines

Washing and waste water processing plants

Packaging machinery including vertical form filling machines, crate erectors and palletisers

Pneumatic and hydraulic systems

Other specalised equipment

Carry out preventative maintenance.

Conduct root cause analysis of any failures and develop improvements to prevent future occurrences. Reducing the number of unplanned stops.

Ensure that the workshop area is maintained in a clean and operational state.

Ensure that in the event of machinery breakdown, that machinery is repaired as effectively and efficiently as possible in line with WHS and Quality and Food Safety requirements and that the area is returned in a fit for production state.

Skills & Experience required:

Trade qualifies - Maintenance Fitter

Experience in a preventative maintenance in a FMCG environment.

Ability to collaborate effectively with other key members of the operations team including supervisors, machinery operators and the senior management team.

Experience in trouble shooting and fault finding on automated production lines.

Ability to work autonomously and safely under pressure.

Demonstrate a high degree of accuracy and technical aptitude.

In conjunction with the above, the successful applicant will possess strong communication skills, have a high level of initiative and a 'can do' attitude. Being able to work as part of a team as well as independently is imperative as is experience within a maintenance team environment.