Join the Snapfresh team, one of Australia’s leading ready-made meal manufacturers, delivering high-quality meals to customers across diverse industries, including aviation and retail.

Join our onsite Maintenance team as a full-time Electrician.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Maintenance Electrician to join our team at our modern manufacturing facility in Crestmead, Queensland.

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on qualified electrician who enjoys working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment and takes pride in keeping electrical systems, production equipment and plant operating safely, efficiently and reliably.

What does a typical day look like?

As a Maintenance Electrician, you will be covering the day shift across our busy manufacturing plant and commercial facilities. You’re responsible for our preventative maintenance program and service breakdowns, ensuring our plant and equipment are functional at all times. 

In a nutshell, your main responsibilities are:

• Respond to equipment and services breakdowns.
• Ensure all services and equipment are in working condition at the start of each day.
• Accurately record maintenance and breakdown times.
• Ensure equipment and services availability for production.
• Provide maintenance support to the entire site
• Daily and weekly maintenance schedule updates to our Operations Manager and GM
• Complies with company and legislative requirements with respect to OHS
• Assists management to comply with OH&S duty of care.
• Supervises work activities to ensure safe working practices are adopted.
• Assists in HIRAC hazard identification, risk and control.
• Authority and responsibility for aspects of the Food Safety and Environmental systems as documented in the relevant section of the Quality Assurance Program.
• Share information and ideas, and actively encourage participation from others.
• Carry out preventative maintenance on all plant, equipment and services.
• Complete work orders using the MEX CMMS system.
• Liaise with accredited third party contractors who provide approved specified and specialist works and services, monitor competence and completion of works and be responsible for their attendance whilst onsite. 
• Ensure preventative maintenance is completed on schedule and work requests completed within required time.
• Support the onsite Maintenance team, and regular check-ins with our National Facilities Manager (MEL based). 

What do you need to be successful in securing this role?

• Demonstrated success in a similar role.
• Minimum Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician.
• Welding or fabrication experience (desired but not essential).
• Experience using maintenance management CMMS software (ideally MEX) 
• Experience with PLC`s and programming.
• Proven track record in achieving KPIs.
• Demonstrated experience as a trades person within a manufacturing facility.
• Detailed understanding of food production processes and equipment.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills is desirable.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work within strict time scales is desirable.
• Ability to clearly communicate with operational staff.
• Proven track record in achieving KPIs is desirable.
• Ability to identify process improvements and provide feedback is desirable.

 What’s in it for you?

• Be part of a close knit & dedicated team that is committed to safety.
• Competitive pay rate and penalties.
• Free onsite parking, daily staff meals, and uniforms.
• Career development and progression.
• 5 weeks Annual Leave.
• Tailored Novated Car Lease option available.
• Discounts at hundreds of retailers, discounted health insurance and wellbeing resources including online exercise classes.

We provide you with training and support to set you up for success in your new role.

About Us:

We are Australia’s leading readymade meal manufacturer, providing full-service large volume catering solutions for a diverse range of customers across aviation, retail, health & aged care, correctional facilities, and export markets. Based in Crestmead, Queensland, we produce more than 240 million meals every year.

Sister brand of dnata catering & retail, together we deliver extensive service capabilities across inflight catering and retail, food manufacturing, and airport lounge management.

Parent company dnata – part of the Emirates Group – is one of the world’s largest air services providers. Offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and inflight catering and retail services, dnata ensures the aviation industry operates smoothly and efficiently.

Want to know more about snapfresh?
Visit our website https://snapfresh.com.au/