About us: 

The Costa Mushroom team is passionate about growing the best quality mushrooms. Our carefully managed crops are tendered by our highly skilled team of committed growers. With full ownership of our farm, we retain control of the entire growing and distribution process and can confidently deliver the freshest, highest standard of mushrooms.

About the role: 

An exciting opportunity for a qualified Mechanical Fitter to work on dayshift as part of a supportive team at our Mushroom growing facility in Mernda. Reporting directly to the Maintenance Supervisor, a key focus for this role will be to implement and maintain Pneumatic-Hydraulic equipment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure that site assets are routinely inspected, and failures caused by fatigue, neglect or normal wear are identified and repaired prior to a major breakdown.
• Perform maintenance, including tests, measurements, adjustments, parts replacement, lubricating, and cleaning of plant and equipment, to prevent faults occurring and to avoid any unscheduled breakdown and downtime.
• Pre-plan downtime for equipment replacement based on date, and equipment running hours, in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
• Schedule maintenance based on resourcing and facility availability.
• Conduct condition-based maintenance and fault reporting based on indicators that show equipment may fail or that the equipment performance is deteriorating.
• Assist with the disposal of obsolete machinery, plant, and equipment.
• Install new machinery, plant, and equipment.
• Fault find using technical manuals, diagrams and/or machine knowledge, and repair equipment before it causes multiple damage to other parts.
• Provide engineering solutions for continuous improvements
• Help produce and implement SWMS and Risk Assessment documents, as required.
• Minimum completion of Certificate 4 Engineering (Mechanical), to qualify as a Level C6 Maintenance Fitter.
• Restricted Electrical Licence is preferred but not required
• Forklift, EWP and Scissor-Lift Licences required.
• Experience using CMMS (MEX preferred).
• Food Manufacturing knowledge or relevant industry experience preferred.
• Competent at basic oxy acetylene gas, and welding repairs.

About you:

• Minimum completion of Certificate 4 Engineering (Mechanical), to qualify as a Level C6 Maintenance Fitter.
• Restricted Electrical Licence is preferred but not required
• Forklift, EWP and Scissor-Lift Licences required.
• Experience using CMMS (MEX preferred).
• Food Manufacturing knowledge or relevant industry experience preferred.
• Competent at basic oxy acetylene gas, and welding repairs.