Mechanical Technician

About the role

BlueScope is seeking a Mechanical Technician to join the Paint and Finishing Maintenance team at its Springhill – Port Kembla manufacturing facility. In this hands‑on position you will maintain mechanical equipment to the highest safety, quality and reliability standards.

Key responsibilities

• Isolate equipment and perform preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Inspect production and quality‑critical equipment, conduct fault finding and resolve non‑conformances.
• Continuously improve maintenance practices and strategies.
• Generate supply, stock and purchase requisitions, schedules, work orders and parts listings using SAP.
• Act as acting supervisor when the maintenance coordinator is on leave.

Required profile

• Motivated with a strong technical background.
• Fitting/machining trade qualification.
• Experience in a manufacturing or heavy‑industrial environment performing maintenance.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to learn computerised maintenance systems.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to safety.

Required skills

• Mechanical fitting
• Preventative maintenance
• Corrective maintenance
• Fault finding
• SAP (CMMS)