Maintenance & Reliability Manager

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced and enthusiastic Maintenance & Reliability Manager to join the team at our busy milk manufacturing company in Raleigh! 

As the Maintenance & Reliability Manager, you will be responsible for leading a skilled maintenance team of 11 fitters, electricians and affiliated staff and ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of all of plant, equipment and services for the site.

Your focus will be on preventive maintenance, timely response to equipment issues, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Your prime responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining safe and efficient operation of plant, equipment and services for the site
• Leading, coaching, developing and resourcing the maintenance team and ensuring their performance meets the sites needs
• Developing and implementing data driven maintenance strategies to ensure asset reliability and safety
• Creating and managing budgets for asset maintenance and replacement
• Evaluating the need for asset replacement or upgrades and associated management systems
• Installing, design and construct new plant and equipment to the necessary standards as required
• Implementing best practices and innovative technologies
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory authorities and Norco’s own food, safety and quality systems, policies and procedures.
• Back-up SQF Practitioner for the Raleigh site
• Display behaviours that are consistent with Norco Co-operative’s values of Authenticity, Agility, Diversity and Connection.
• Successful candidates must pass a pre-employment medical, including a Drug & Alcohol test

What you will bring to the role:

• 5+ years experience in leading maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment with tight deadlines
• Trade, asset and reliability or engineering qualifications considered favourably
• Demonstrated skills in use of Root Cause Analysis tools.
• Project management experience in generating business cases, sourcing and delivery of maintenance projects
• Experience in delivering safe work systems and monitoring adherence
• Exposure to food manufacturing and the related food quality systems
• A positive, consultative and engaging leadership style

With parking on site and commitment to developing our people, we offer a friendly work environment and the opportunity to work with household brand names Australian families have come to know and trust.

If this fits your current aspirations and future career trajectory, we’d love to hear from you. 

About us:

Norco is a 100% Australian, Farmer Owned Dairy Co-Operative that supports our communities and customers through a ground up approach. This starts with producing quality nutritional and agri solutions for our farmers, continues through our quality controlled production facilities and ends up delivering Australia’s best tasting dairy to our customers and communities we are proud to serve.  Since 1895, every product and breakthrough has been powered by generations of employees who are inspired to make a real difference. 

At Norco, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce to create better outcomes for all.