Maintenance Technician
HWI Sydney, AustraliaMaintenance Technician
HWI Sydney, Australia
Maintenance Technician
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
Maintenance
Equipment Breakdown Troubleshooting & Vendor Coordination
Maintenance Planning & Execution
Equipment Inspection & Performance Monitoring
Building & External Yard Facility Maintenance
Documentation & Compliance
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Continuous Improvement
Ad-hoc tasks assigned by line manager
Qualifications and Experience
Skills and Competencies
Technical skills:
Problem solving & Communication:
EHS competencies:
6. Reporting Relationships
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:
- Bachelor's degree 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 moulds, mixing machinery and factory structural frames is highly advantageous.
- Strong EHS awareness, knowledge and experiences.
- Related experience in 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 moulds and bakeoven block frames
- Spare parts stock control and preventive maintenance scheduling
Problem solving & Communication:
- Independently resolve minor equipment faults; escalate and organise external support for major failures
- Analyse 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
6. Reporting Relationships
- This is an individual contributor position and directly report to the Production & Maintenance Manager
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