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October 18, 2024

Viterra

Port Lincoln


Maintenance Officer - Mechanical


Eyre Peninsula


Closing date: 10/11/2024

  • Opportunity in a leading agribusiness
  • Diverse and dynamic career opportunity
  • Located at Port Lincoln on the beautiful Eyre Peninsula


About us
We are Viterra, we connect Australian growers with domestic and international consumers through our world-leading, fully integrated agriculture network.
Viterra operates a storage and handling network of strategically located sites and port terminals spanning key growing regions in South Australia and western Victoria. We receive growers’ grain into our network, store it and move it to international and domestic markets.
Our unique culture empowers our employees to think innovatively and develop their careers in an exciting and supportive environment.

About the role
We are currently seeking a Maintenance Fitter to join our maintenance team in a well-established role at our Port Lincoln terminal, located on the beautiful Eyre Peninsula. You will manage operational requirements to ensure plant and equipment is maintained to the highest standard while focusing on safety. Maximising uptime is critical to ensuring we can deliver an efficient and reliable service to our customers.
This role will also provide you with day-to-day variety and problem solving, while also incorporating long term planning projects as part of our preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
The role would be primarily working Monday – Friday, additional requirements, on call work during our upcoming harvest, shipping, internal transfers, shutdown, and contractor permits which may happen on weekends.

Duties
  • Work with the maintenance team to identify and implement plant improvements and future capital projects.
  • Execute the preventative maintenance program in line with site operations.
  • Complete mechanical upgrades and improvements on fixed and mobile plant.
  • Fault finding and repairs for mechanical, hydraulic, diesel and pneumatic systems.
  • Take part in the maintenance on call roster.


About you
  • Trade Certificate – mechanical, fitting and fabrication all considered.
  • Bearing technology and lubrication techniques
  • Competent in interpreting hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams
  • Knowledge and experience with installation, commissioning and fault finding of diesel, hydraulic and pneumatic installations an advantage.
  • Ability to work at heights and within confined and restricted spaces.
  • Previous experience with power transmission maintenance and fault finding.
  • Current drivers’ licence is essential.
  • A forklift license, desirable.


Our benefits
Join an established world-leading global agriculture company which has been operating in South Australia for more than 70 years, and benefit from:
  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Sign on bonus.
  • Tools of trade provided.
  • On the job and external training
  • Employee assistance program – access to confidential and free support
  • Corporate health insurance funds, financial services, and computer offers.
  • Novated leasing
  • Birthday leave
  • Years of service recognition
  • Rigorous safety practices
  • Gender-inclusive paid parental leave


How to apply
To apply for the position for further information please contact Maintenance Manager, Larry Scott on 0477 316 578.
Applications close 11:45pm Sunday 10 November 2024.
Please note we are not accepting recruitment agency applications at this time.

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