Maintenance Manager

Baiada is a privately owned Australian Company providing premium quality poultry products throughout Australia. We operate throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia with our Head Office based in Pendle Hill. Our brands include Lilydale Free Range and Steggles and we have a proud reputation for upholding traditional family-oriented values. At Baiada Poultry our primary objective is to provide our customers with the highest quality products and excellent service.

An excellent career opportunity exists for an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance operations at the Gilbert & Light Regional Council Farms.

Key responsibilities:

• The position of Maintenance Manager, is primarily responsible for the budgeting, planning and implementation and allocation of jobs for all preventative and emergency maintenance and involvement in the procurement and installation of plant, equipment, buildings and infrastructure associated with the operation of breeder farms whilst ensuring that all work on the site is carried out in a safe manner to adhere to company budgets, standards and systems.
• The position is also responsible for supervision of work in various farm site. All maintenance work should be completed working to Baiada standards including Minimum Operating Standards, ISO System, HACCP, Good Manufacturing Policy, Workplace Injury Management.

Required skills (Must have):

• Trade qualifications in a related discipline
• Legally permitted to work in Australia without limitations (Australian Citizen or permanent resident)
• Knowledge of poultry farming and its associated operations
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to make quick and correct decisions “on the job” and throughout a production day
• Ability to set-up plant and equipment to achieve efficiency targets set for plant and equipment operation
• Ability to use hard copy and computer-based maintenance schedules on a weekly, daily and hourly basis and other computer related maintenance data that is required to be entered.
• Excellent planning and project management skills particularly in relation to control of a maintenance workforce through a daily production.
• Well-developed problem-solving skills with the ability to arrive at and implement long term preventative actions

**Please note:**Due to our strict biosecurity requirements, you must not have anybirds, pigs or poultryat home and be willing to maintain our quarantine policy and procedures.

To be eligible for this role, you must have legal right to work full-time (without restrictions) in Australia at the time of application. As part of the recruitment process and on-going employment, you may be required to undergo background checks to assess your suitability for the position. These checks may include verification of work rights, police check, medical assessments and/or drug and alcohol testing.

**No agencies please