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Swickers Kingaroy Bacon Factory is an export meat processing facility, based in the South Burnett Region and is ideally located just 2 - 3 hours’ drive to Brisbane, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast and Fraser Coast. Swickers has been in operation in Kingaroy for over 50 years and today employs approximately 850 employees.
As part of the SunPork Group, Swickers is a state-of-the-art processing facility specialising solely in the production of fresh pork and distributing it widely across Australia and internationally. Swickers processes 95% of all Queensland’s pork production, including the production of various pork value-add products for consumers worldwide. Swickers is the largest Australian owned pork processor and continues to be a market leader in pork production.
What we offer:
By joining us, you will join a team – passionate about producing the best quality Aussie pork for Aussie plates.
At Swickers we provide:
1. Full time, competitive salaried role.
2. Excellent professional development opportunities.
3. Employee Wellbeing Benefits including discounts to 400+ retailers.
The opportunity:
Our drive is to continuously improve and increase our site's capacity, efficiencies and preventative maintenance systems and processes. To support these initiatives, we are investing resourcing into our Maintenance department, and we are currently seeking a Plant Engineer to join our team.
Reporting to the General Manager, this role is responsible for determining policy and objectives, oversees all continuous improvement, project management engineering and maintenance operations for the plant and where necessary, provides technical advice and assistance.
Main duties will include, but are not limited to:
1. Provide strong leadership as a member of the Senior Management Team, including working closely and in conjunction with the General Manager and the whole Senior Team.
2. Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with policy, standards and processes by the Maintenance manager and the wider Maintenance Team.
3. Provide support to the Maintenance Manager, including in their absence.
4. Motivate, lead and develop the Maintenance team in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager.
5. Co-ordinate the engineering function, prepare long range plans.
6. Ensure continuous Improvement Strategies, Plant Reliability & objectives are met.
7. Determine and implement a Plant Maintenance Strategy based on plant efficiency and cost effectiveness, and conduct feasibility studies on plant replacement when needed or requested.
8. When required in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager ensure timely and accurate Compliance Auditing across the facility (both internal and external) on any regulatory or company standards as needed.
9. Develop and implement systems to ensure minimal plant downtime and preventative plant maintenance.
10. In conjunction with the team ensure the plant complies with all regulatory requirements and provides for production of Safe Food in a Safe and environmentally sustainable Workplace.
11. In conjunction with the Maintenance Manager, review work reports and MEX Orders to identify sources of, and reasons for, plant and equipment failure.
12. Review all plant operating reports ensuring efficient control measures are implemented and maintained.
13. Manage all phases of Capital Work Projects as required.
14. Develop annual Capital Expenditure budget and Maintenance Budget and proposals for specific projects in conjunction with General Manager Operations and other team members.
15. Develop a 5-year Maintenance Schedule, identifying improvement.
16. Identify major R & M expenditure for the facility, researching and recommending technological advances.
17. Provide accurate advice to the HSE Manager on all matters pertaining to Environmental Compliance and/or Health and Safety Compliance or standards.
18. Attending meetings as requested and ensure monthly and quarterly board reporting.
19. Ensure trade Team Responsible for Plant Breakdown response in an efficient and timely manner, following up that all relevant and accurate detail recorded in MEX to allow asset analysis.
20. Ensure trade team providing a customer service and plant presence during plant operation.
21. Ensure Trade Team PM Completion rate to expected Trade Workmanship Standard.
22. Ensure work areas and standards are delivered for legislative/quality and reliability 5S work area standards.
What we’re looking for:
1. Highly desirable lean manufacturing experience, Lean Six SIGMA Green/Black belt.
2. Systematic approach, excellent project management, understand statistics and analysis.
3. Strong, proven and experienced team leader.
4. FMCG background priority (food manufacturing production highly regarded) – at least 5 years.
5. Experienced and demonstrated Safe Work practices.
6. Excellent communicator.
7. In-House or external Frontline Management Training.
8. Advanced MS Office, CAD, MEX - preferred.
9. Experience and exposure to Budget/CAPEX/Plant design and Continuous Improvement.
SunPork is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
How do your skills match this job?
Your application will include the following questions:
* Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
* How many years' experience do you have as a Plant Engineer?
* Have you worked in a role which requires a sound understanding of OH&S/WHS?
* What's your expected annual base salary?
* How much notice are you required to give your current employer?
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