Mechanical Fitter - Full Time Perm Position
Join our skilled team at Bega on the Sapphire Coast of NSW, where you'll play a key role in ensuring our production equipment is safe, reliable and ready to support daily manufacturing operations. Working in a collaborative and safety-focused environment, you'll contribute to continuous improvement, operational readiness and the overall performance of our site.
Our Ridge Street site in Bega NSW services many customers in a contract manufacturing capacity focused on packaged, natural and processed cheeses. These include the renowned Bega cheese blocks – mild, tasty, vintage, shredded and cubed cheese, natural slices, parmesan, colby, mozzarella and burger cheese slices.
Responsibilities
* Complete preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance to maximise equipment safety, quality and reliability.
* Provide breakdown support to production teams to minimise downtime and maintain output.
* Capture work history and raise work requests using the CMMS (MEX).
* Work safely within the Clearance to Work Framework, ensuring all tasks meet OH&S and quality expectations.
* Support new equipment installations, providing technical input as part of operational readiness teams.
About You
* Certificate III qualification in Fitting and Machining.
* Strong commitment to safety, quality and reliability in a manufacturing environment.
* Skilled in problem‑solving, fault‑finding and contributing to reliability improvement initiatives.
* Reliable, punctual and confident using maintenance systems such as CMMS (MEX).
* Experience in a food manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
* Willing to work Fri‑Mon – day shift.
Bega Group is home to many trusted and iconic food and beverage brands. Whether it's Cheese, VEGE… or a Zooper Dooper on a hot day – you've probably grown up enjoying the iconic products we proudly manufacture every day.
Our growth story of becoming a successful ASX 200 listed company with an annual turnover in excess of $3 billion and approximately 4,000 employees is made possible by our dedicated workforce who live and breathe our values every day. We have a strong regional focus and proudly support the communities where we work, live and play. At the Bega Group, we are proud of our heritage and will continue to build great opportunities to encourage our people to develop and thrive. Come and be a part of our success story as we continue to build The Great Australian Food Company through creating Great Food for a Better Future
Benefits
* Join a dedicated, forward‑thinking and innovative culture.
* Grow with us through opportunities for career development and progression.
* Contribute by giving back to your community through charities we partner with.
* Access to mental and physical health programmes through our wellbeing portal and programmes.
The successful applicant will be required to complete a pre‑employment medical.
At Bega Group, diversity and inclusion is a business priority – we want everyone to be themselves regardless of their background, religion, sexual orientation, age or gender so we can truly reflect the customers and communities that we serve. No matter how you identify, we encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to work at the Bega Group.
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