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Maintenance Technician

HWI Sydney, Australia
Posted 16 days ago Permanent Competitive

Maintenance Technician

HWI Sydney, Australia
Maintenance Technician
Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Maintenance

  • Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on mechanical equipment and plant assets to ensure reliable and efficient operations.

  • Manufacture fabricated bake oven block frames, refurbish existing precast moulds and construct brand-new moulds as required.

  • Perform routine maintenance on precast mixer blades and all equipment across the entire precast production line to guarantee continuous manufacturing stock supply of precast components.

Equipment Breakdown Troubleshooting & Vendor Coordination

  • Liaise and coordinate with mechanical and electrical service providers for complex equipment failures.

  • Independently diagnose and fix minor equipment malfunctions on-site;

  • Arrange third-party technicians to resolve major technical issues to reduce unplanned production breakdown time.

Maintenance Planning & Execution

  • Define maintenance planning and ensure the support on shutdown activities, equipment overhauls, and maintenance projects while ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and within schedule.

Equipment Inspection & Performance Monitoring

  • Conduct routine inspections, identify all critical machine spare parts, and maintain sufficient stock levels.

  • Develop planned replacement schedules for worn components to replace parts before equipment failure occurs.

  • Create, distribute, and review daily & weekly equipment maintenance checklists completed by production operators to ensure all inspection tasks are fully executed.

Building & External Yard Facility Maintenance

  • Carry out full maintenance for factory buildings, office areas and external yards, including regular weed control and structural repairs.

  • Conduct timely corrective actions for all safety observations (SOFI) raised on site to rectify unsafe working conditions and improve overall site safety standards.

Documentation & Compliance

  • Maintain maintenance records, inspection reports, and technical documentation while ensuring compliance with engineering standards, statutory regulations, and safety requirements.

  • Comply with mandatory PPE requirements, Take 5 risk assessments, LOTOTO isolation procedures and all site safety protocols at all times.

  • Follow S7 site safety standards, implement all safety improvement actions, and strive to achieve zero safety incidents within the production area.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Collaborate with Production and external service providers to support equipment upgrades, maintenance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Continuous Improvement

  • Contribute to reliability improvement programs and maintenance optimization initiatives to enhance equipment performance, reduce maintenance costs, and improve operational efficiency.

Ad-hoc tasks assigned by line manager

Qualifications and Experience

  • Education:

  • Diploma in mechanical engineering is preferred

  • Trade background in mechanical maintenance, welding, hydraulics or pneumatics;

  • Formal training in industrial machinery troubleshooting is preferred.

  • Completed certified safety training covering Take 5, LOTOTO and site isolation procedures.

  • Experience & Industry Exposure

  • Practical hands-on experience maintaining heavy manufacturing or precast production line equipment;

  • Prior experience repairing molds, mixing machinery and factory structural frames is highly advantageous.

  • Strong EHS awareness, knowledge, and experiences.

  • Related experience in the refractory industry is preferred.

  • Technical Knowledge & Systems

  • Competent in daily, quarterly and annual planned maintenance inspection management;

  • Able to develop equipment adjustment and parts replacement schedules.

  • Proficient in fault diagnosis for all types of mechanical production equipment.

Skills and Competencies

Technical skills:

  • Skilled in welding, hydraulic & pneumatic system maintenance, and industrial cutting tool operation

  • Strong mechanical troubleshooting capability for production line machinery

  • Proficient use of all standard hand tools: pliers, screwdrivers, drills, wrenches

  • Ability to fabricate, refurbish and repair precast mold and bake oven block frames

  • Spare parts stock control and preventive maintenance scheduling

  • Basic Word/Excel skill to update and manage maintenance documentation

Problem solving & Communication:

  • Independently resolve minor equipment faults; escalate and organize external support for major failures

  • Analyze maintenance checklist data to identify recurring equipment risks

  • Clear communication with Operation/Production Manager on maintenance status, spare part shortages and safety issues

EHS competencies:

  • Full understanding and strict execution of S7 safety rules, Take 5 risk assessment, LOTOTO lockout-tagout procedures

  • Strict adherence to mandatory PPE and all site work safety standards
Job ID  300001784278180
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