Mechanical Maintenance Technician – Kooragang Island Manufacturing Facility, Orica
At Orica, the power of our people leads change and shapes the future. Our team works worldwide to mobilise vital resources essential to progress. Established in 1874, we have grown to become the world leader in mining and civil blasting, with a diverse team of more than 13,000 employees globally.
About the Role
Join a supportive, team-focused environment as a Mechanical Maintenance Technician at our Kooragang Island manufacturing facility. In this role, you will deliver frontline mechanical maintenance to ensure reliability and uptime across our Nitrates operations, including Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate plants, storage and dispatch facilities. You will play a key role in strategic maintenance planning and balance capital projects with ongoing operations in a energetic setting. Flexible work structures, a strong safety culture and opportunities to coach and develop others are part of what we offer.
Responsibilities
- Ensure safety, health, environmental, and statutory compliance in all maintenance activities.
- Drive plant uptime through planned, preventive, and condition-based maintenance; identify root causes of failures and implement improvements.
- Maintain all mechanical equipment in the Nitrates Area, including rotating machinery, conveyors, valves, and piping.
- Contribute as an active member of the Nitrates Mechanical Maintenance Team to achieve business and team goals.
Qualifications
- Strong safety culture.
- Mechanical fitter/machinist trade qualification.
- Communication and coordination skills to work with engineering and operational teams.
- Experience with plant shutdowns and mechanical maintenance in chemical or heavy engineering fields within a continuously operating environment.
- Experience with high-speed rotating machinery, condition monitoring, valves, and piping in high‑pressure environments, equipment overhauls, and a CMMS such as SAP.
What We Offer
You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.
Equal Opportunity
Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and equal chance employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.
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