Maintenance Fitter

Maintenance Fitter

Location: Bundamba, QLD
Company: Refresco Australia
Shifts: 6am–6pm & 6pm–6am (Rotating)

$90,000 – $110,000 per year

Be part of something refreshing.

Join Refresco, the world’s largest independent beverage manufacturer. With over 12 billion litres produced across 75 global sites—and growing—our Australian team plays a key role in crafting high-quality juices and soft drinks for some of the biggest brands in retail.

At Refresco, we’re more than just bottling drinks—we’re shaping the future of sustainable and innovative beverage production. If you're passionate about making an impact and love solving problems, this might be the role for you.

The Opportunity

We’re seeking a Maintenance Fitter with strong mechanical aptitude and a proactive attitude. In this hands-on role, you’ll help keep our production lines running efficiently and safely, working on cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Maintenance & Repairs: Installs, services, and repairs mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems, with a focus on beverage production lines.
• Machinery Operation: Handles high-speed packaging gear, carries out overhauls, shutdowns, and changeovers to cut downtime and boost efficiency.
• Hands-On Skills: Uses hand and power tools, precision instruments, and welding gear for machinery fabrication and maintenance.
• Safety & Compliance: Follows strict safety protocols, HACCP guidelines, and SOPs, promoting a strong safety-first culture.
• Teamwork & Communication: Works closely with other fitters and sparkies to sort out faults and ensure smooth shift handovers.
• Systems Knowledge: Keeps across key production and utility systems to support safe and efficient operations.
• Collaborating with a supportive team, rotating across day and night shifts, including weekends

What You’ll Bring

• Completed Mechanical/Fitter Machinist Apprenticeship and holds relevant Australian-recognised trade qualifications or Craft Certificate.
• Skilled in pneumatics, hydraulics, tape measurement, and blueprint reading.
• Experienced in welding (Stick, Tig, Gas) and heavy equipment manufacturing.
• Knowledge of high-speed packaging machinery (e.g., SMI, Ocme) and rotary labelling machines (e.g., PE, Krones, B&H) preferred.
• Familiar with high-speed bottling lines.
• Demonstrates strong work ethic, safety commitment, and flexibility for rotating shifts.

Your Next Step

If you’re looking to join a place where you can see the difference you make every day, that gives you a true sense of job satisfaction and that challenges your technical skills and knowledge so that you can apply what you know whilst learning more all the time, get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.

Prior to any offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment health assessment relevant to the inherent requirements of the position.