Mechanical Leading Hand

About the role

Saputo is looking for a Mechanical Leading Hand to join its Reliability team at Allansford. The role combines hands-on maintenance with frontline leadership: coordinating the mechanical team, leading breakdown response and helping drive safer, more reliable plant performance.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership, direction and technical support to the mechanical maintenance team.
• Coordinate daily maintenance priorities, work allocation, breakdown response, call-outs and shutdown activities.
• Take a hands-on role during equipment breakdowns, complex repairs and critical maintenance activities.
• Coach and mentor tradespeople through technical guidance, knowledge sharing and on-the-job development.
• Drive preventative and predictive maintenance improvements to reduce recurring failures, equipment risks and operational losses.
• Maintain accurate records in SAP PM while ensuring work meets safety, food safety, quality, hygiene and GMP requirements.

Required profile

• Certificate III or IV in Engineering - Mechanical Trade is essential.
• Previous maintenance experience in manufacturing, food processing, dairy or a similar operational environment.
• Previous leadership, work coordination or acting-supervisor experience is highly regarded but not essential.
• Full Australian working rights; applicants must hold them.

Required skills

• Strong mechanical fault-finding, analytical thinking and practical problem-solving.
• Ability to prioritise competing demands, coordinate work and stay calm during breakdowns.
• Collaborative leadership style, able to coach tradespeople and work across operational teams.