Maintenance Manager

Location: melbourne
Salary: $$$
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Robert Scacco
About the business 

Six Degrees Executive is please to partner on a critical maintenance leadership appointment for a leading privately owned FMCG manufacturer in Melbourne's western suburbs. This business has a long and storied history of success, built on a backbone of entrepreneurial excellence and has become a market category leader across frozen and ambient product, supplying into leading retail and food service markets. 

About the role 

The Maintenance Manager is a critical leadership hire for the business, working closely with key functional leaders in the business to ensure effective asset care and production capability across their sizeable production setting. This role inherits a team of circa 8 heads on-site, with additional contractor resources on top of their in-house capability. With a mix of purpose-build assets and brand new state of the art kit, the site is well placed for current needs, but looking to the future for what the next phase of growth looks like by way of investment, capital and commissioning. Core aspects of this role include: 

  • Leadership of the maintenance function - full budgetary and management accountability across labour, stores and spares
  • Driving the asset management agenda - setting the standard for preventative maintenance as well as short, medium and long term asset care
  • Team capability building - a diverse team of fresh faces and longer-tenured heads
  • Support across commissioning and validation - the business has seen strong investment in both R&M and the implementation of new kit

What we are looking for 

Whilst a strategic role, this appointment will be best suited to an individual with a mechanical or electrical trades background as there will be an element of hands-on nature to the role so that you can "lead from the front". 
  • Maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing setting (essential) - food, consumer goods, industrial manufacturing environments 
  • Demonstrated capability to lead a site through change management - you will be inheriting a mix of long tenured and new team, working towards best practice is a focus for the new incumbent 
  • Strong commercial acumen - not just a good head for numbers, you'll be able to assess current needs against future critical investment and adjust accordingly - what is the solution for the now vs. what is the solution as they invest in new kit for the future. 

Why this role 
  • Strong remuneration package 
  • Highly engaged business, strong senior leadership buy-in and good stability within the workforce 
  • Autonomy over the maintenance function - working closely with commercial and senior leadership to plan, budget and execute for success 
  • Medium turn planning for a state of the art automated site 


For more information and a confidential discussion, reach out to Robbie Scacco at Six Degrees Executive via 0419 754 442 or roberts@sde.com.au 
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