Fitter and Turner

Type:
Contract , Casual, Full Time
Salary:
$55 per hour
Published:
August 3rd, 2025
Location:
Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, Australia
Reference:
BH-310564-1
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About the company/role:
  • Plastics manufacturing company
  • Based in the Southeast suburbs of Melbourne
  • Seeking a trades qualified Toolmaker/Fitter
  • Ongoing contract
Duties, but are not limited to:
  • Oversee continuous & thorough upkeep of all production machinery across the manufacturing facility
  • Work with the Maintanance Manager to ensure any potential risk to plant and equipment are realised, captured & actioned
  • Give valuable feedback regarding all aspects of plant improvements, preventative maintenance and potential efficiency gains whilst maintaining time management around the weekly production schedule
  • Ensure all safety issues are given high priority and are addressed with a sense of urgency
  • Preventative maintenance, overhauls, small project work & fabrication work with a strong emphasis on machine up-time & reliability
Skills/experience:
  • Trade certified Toolmaker certificate
  • Strong experience in maintenance/reliability within plastics, pharmaceutical, FMCG or other highly regulated industries
  • Proven experience in maintenance, fabrication and troubleshooting within a high-pressured environment
  • Must have experience with Injection Moulding machines
  • Knowledge of MEX (Computer Maintenance Management systems) or similar
  • Electrical D-license (nice to have)
  • Ability to work unsupervised
  • Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
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If you think this could be the role for you then please apply now! Please send us a cover letter AND a detailed resume in WORD format (PDFs can be corrupted / not processed).  
Or, if you have any questions, please contact Chantelle on 9040 1630

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