Maintenance Technician - Food Manufacturing

About us

Meredith Dairy is known for producing high‑quality, award‑winning goat and sheep dairy products supplied to national and international markets. Located approximately 11 km west of Meredith, Victoria, we operate in a rural setting and are committed to sustainable practices across operations.

A highly innovative solid, family-owned cheese manufacturing business, we take pride in our hands‑on approach, supportive team culture, and the quality of what we produce.

Meredith Dairy implement lean values, behaviours and standards that support a culture of continuous improvement.

We are seeking a practical and motivated Maintenance Technician to join our maintenance team and become part of our ongoing success.

Ideally the successful candidate will

1. live locally, want to and enjoy living and working in a regional environment
2. Share our values
3. Resonate with our CREED

• ·       Environmental Stewards- We will strive to protect, promote and restore our environment.
• ·         Quality and integrity – we are committed to a continuous focus on producing quality products with honesty and integrity.
• ·         Teamwork, Perseverance & Effort– we strive to enable exceptional performance from our people, by recognising potential, creating opportunities and challenging them.
• ·         Thought leadership, innovation and agility – we play an infinite game; we are forever striving to improve.
• ·         Relationships and Respect: Truth, transparency & integrity towards all stakeholders and our community always.
• We really would like someone who wants to work with us long term who will enjoy being part of an inclusive supportive working team environment.

About the Role

Provides a variety of work, that will fully utilise all your skills with the potential do develop more!.

Key Responsibilities

• To work in a safe and standard way, and provide support for safe and standard work
• Daily start‑up, shutdown and changeover of production lines to ensure stable production cycles
• Mechanical maintenance and repair of food production equipment
• Preventative maintenance tasks
• Breakdown response and fault-finding
• Support general site maintenance as required
• contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

About You

• Meredith Dairy will place high value on candidates that meet with points 1,2 and3 above.
• Happy to work a weekday rotation, that will include weekend work (shared roster)
• Trade qualified fitter, mechanical technician, electrician or equivalent hands‑on experience
• (training will be provided, across all equipment so please feel confident to apply if you meet the values criteria but require any additional training in other areas)
• Experience or exposure to manufacturing environments (food manufacturing desirable)
• Strong or developing mechanical fault‑finding skills
• Practical, reliable, and able to work independently and as part of a team
• Good communication across different roles and expectations supportive teamwork skills
• Current driver's licence essential due to location

Desirable (but not essential)

• Welding or fabrication skills

• Familiarity with preventative maintenance systems

• Forklift Licence

This is a hands‑on role that will fully utlise all skills providing a variety of work to support the safe and standard operation of production equipment and site facilities. As a member of a small high performing maintenance team,

If you would like some more information or wish to apply, please feel free to contact

Lyn for general information [email protected] M: [0439 286 074](tel:0439 286 074)

Richard for technical job specific questions [email protected] M [0415 035 184](tel:0415 035 184)