Mechanical Trade Specialist

Producing some of Australia’s favourite beverages, Tooheys is a New South Wales institution!

Due to a recent internal movement, we are looking for a Permanent Full Time Mechanical Trade Specialist (Internal Job Title is Machine Specialist) to join us in Lidcombe!

You will be responsible for ensuring the ongoing reliability of our packaging assets across our Tooheys Brewery. Working with an iconic brand, this role will support the delivery of production rates through minimising waste events related to machine efficiency on site.

Our Brewery is also embarking on exciting new initiatives and projects. Some of these have already been brought to life including the use of automated vehicles to support the packaging process and harnessing new technologies to make our team’s life at work easier – our Brewery is more than just beer!

The working hours are Monday to Friday 6am to 2pm with additional paid overtime.

Some of the activities you’ll be doing in the role:

• Provide maintenance support to the equipment onsite
• Develop specialist technical skills in equipment and use those for troubleshooting and improvements with production teams
• Work on some of the latest robotic and packaging technologies or sophisticated brewing processes
• Supervising contractors attending the site for equipment maintenance
• Champion a safety-first culture across the Brewery

 Some of the skills you will bring:

• Mechanical trade qualification
• Any experience working on beverage, packaging, robotics or processing equipment would be highly regarded
• Decision-making in ambiguous situations
• Experience within brewing, manufacturing or FMCG desirable

What you get in return:

• Full training in the role and career development opportunities
• Experience and exposure to all departments on-site from one role
• Learn how to run the day-to-day business
• Empowerment and ownership of your role end to end

Here at Tooheys and Lion, we choose to be a leader in driving inclusion, diversity, and gender parity. We have an ambitious goal to reach at least 40% representation of both men and women in all teams in all areas of the business.

Are you hesitating to apply because you don’t think you meet all the criteria? If you believe you are aligned with our values at Lion, we’d encourage you to still click on that apply button so we can explore your unique skill set and the value you could add to one of our teams.