Maintenance Manager
Location: Smithfield, NSW
About the Opportunity
At Visy, we’re dedicated to innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence. We are seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance operations at our corrugated board manufacturing facility in Smithfield.
This is a leadership role where you’ll manage a team of Electrical and Mechanical Supervisors, driving safety, reliability, and continuous improvement across the site. You’ll play a key part in coaching, developing, and empowering your team to deliver business objectives and exceed key performance targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage site maintenance operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient plant performance.
- Drive compliance with Visy’s safety systems, including PPE, environmental standards, inspections, and certifications.
- Develop and implement preventative maintenance schedules, ensuring 85%+ PM compliance.
- Partner with manufacturing and engineering teams to improve plant reliability, reduce downtime, and increase productivity.
- Manage repairs, spares, and maintenance budgets effectively.
- Lead risk assessments, root cause analysis (RCA), and drive loss elimination initiatives.
- Build and develop a skilled, engaged team through workforce planning, training, and performance management.
What You Will Bring
- Proven leadership and engineering management experience, ideally in corrugated board manufacturing or FMCG.
- Strong technical capability with a background in engineering, maintenance, or reliability.
- Ability to lead teams, manage supervisors, and foster a results-driven culture.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and continuous improvement mindset (Lean / CI experience desirable).
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all levels.
- Experience managing budgets, planning, and compliance.
Why Join Visy?
At Visy, we want our people to thrive. You’ll be part of a collaborative, results-driven environment, with opportunities to shape the performance of a key manufacturing site. We offer genuine career growth opportunities across one of Australia’s largest privately-owned companies, where innovation, safety, and sustainability are at the core of everything we do.
