Maintenance Planner & Purchasing Officer

About Us
 

For over six decades, Vinidex has been leading the way – setting the industry benchmark for pipeline systems and solutions. Our legacy spans across building, infrastructure, agriculture, and civil sectors. 
 

We make life flow with groundbreaking, high-quality products, connecting everything from water, gas, and energy throughout Australia. 

With the Aliaxis group as our parent company, we are part of one of the world's largest global networks to bring solutions to the world's water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy.

We are proud of our focus on operating on 100% renewable energy by 2025 and our recycling programs across our sites. 

About the role
 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Planner and Purchasing Officer, to join our supportive team at our Sunshine Vinidex manufacturing operation.

Ideally you will come from a similar role and enjoy working in a fast paced and innovative manufacturing environment, experience in managing the spare parts inventory and purchasing requirements for maintenance and production.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, your day will also include working hands on where needed and rolling up your sleeves to plan, schedule, and coordinate the day-to-day maintenance activities, ensuring the maintenance team, contractors have everything they need including resources, to get the job done safely and efficiently to optimise performance and reliability.

What will you do?

• Plan and co-ordinate all preventative, corrective and breakdown maintenance activities including preparation of JSEA and issuing High risk Work Permits to ensure safety is at the forefront of everything we do.

• Supervise and oversee the work of the maintenance team to ensure minimal interruptions to manufacturing operations.

• Utilise MEX to plan preventative maintenance works, document all completed maintenance activities and maintain critical spare register and stock level.

• Optimise the preventative maintenance program to improve equipment reliability and production OEE performance

• Manage inventory of critical spare parts and maintenance/production consumables, ensuring correct allocation of purchase orders and invoicing to the appropriate accounts

• Facilitate root cause analysis for major breakdown to improve equipment availability and efficiency

About you 

• You will have an Engineering degree (preferably mechanical or electrical) or trade qualification with 2-3 years’ experience working in a similar role within a Manufacturing, FMCG or Mining environment.

• Be hands on and flexible to be on call when needed to coordinate and organise contractors and assist the maintenance team when needed.

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

• Demonstrated experience in planning & supervising maintenance activities including annual shutdowns and preventative maintenance

• Proficient in using systems including CMMS (MEX or equivalent), ERP (SAP advantageous)

• Experience raising purchase orders, invoice management and running spare parts inventory

• Exceptional time management and coordination skills, able to prioritise and be agile with a high level of attention to detail.

• Team player with a positive outlook, have strong relationship building skills, results driven and enjoys trouble shooting to find the best solution.

• Understands equipment maintenance management (extrusion process advantageous).

• Be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident

Why join us? We care …

• You will enjoy working for a business that is conscious about what we do, how it operates and our impact on the environment.

• Industry leading paid parental leave - 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer and 4 weeks paid secondary carer.

• Free onsite parking.

• Employee Assistance Program access for you & your immediate family.

• We take it further with our Employee Recognition Programs and Service Awards, STI program and Annual Pay reviews to reward you for a job well done.

• Opportunity to join our women mentoring programs.

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion is close to our heart as a global business, you will have the opportunity to join the DEI council.

• A tailored career development opportunities at home and abroad.

• A safe work environment with a strong focus on "Go for Zero"

Who we are
 

With the Aliaxis group as our parent company, we are a global leader in high-quality piping & fitting solutions for use in building, infrastructure, industrial and agricultural applications across the globe. Over 15,000 people work for us in more than 40 countries with 80 manufacturing sites.

Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its “Growth with Purpose” strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation.

We are looking for passionate people that want to be part of our journey and embrace the behaviours that we stand for:

• We Dare to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to learn fast

• We Care for the environment, our customers and each other

• We Deliver by taking accountability for our decisions and actions