Maintenance Manager

Introducing Suntory Oceania

Craft your future with Suntory Oceania, a new $3b multi-beverage partnership between Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food. Underpinned by quality, craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose, our exciting new partnership will be powered by two manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians across Australia and New Zealand.

Our market-leading portfolio will have over 40 brands, including Jim Beam® and Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Hibiki® Japanese Whisky, Canadian Club® Whisky, -196, V Energy, Maximus, and Suntory BOSS Coffee. As One Suntory, we will be positioned as the fourth largest beverage player in the region, ready to ignite the category, creating more beverage moments from sunrise to sunset. Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania.

The Opportunity

Our engineering maintenance managers are critical in ensuring our plant is running efficiently and is able to meet the needs of our customers.

What you'll be doing

• Manage the preventative, reactive and corrective maintenance for our PET lines
• Lead and develop a team of 8 engineers (mechanical fitters)
• Lead the team to drive line efficiency and OEE
• Work closely with the with the maintenance planners to ensure work is executed
• Participate in the maintenance shut down program to ensure execution to plan
• Drive continuous improvement to ensure we are operating efficiently

What's in your toolkit?

• Previous experience managing a team
• Previous experience in manufacturing maintenance – experience with aseptic or carbonated fillers is highly desired
• Experience managing a team through significant change
• Electrical qualification/degree or process engineering degree
•  Experience with automation would be highly desired
• A continuous improvement mindset
• Experience with lean manufacturing

If you’re not an expert in all of these areas, don’t worry! A lot of what we look for is how you would align with our values and your ability to utilise your unique skills and experience.

Apart from free drinks to keep you energized, here’s what else we have to offer:

• Grow your career – we like to promote from within and have incredible learning and development opportunities around the world  
• Generous incentive to reward your hard work
• An inclusive parental leave policy for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Gradual return to work to help you transition back from parental leave
• Flexible hours  
• Free on site parking
• Free life insurance and discounted health insurance
• We are committed to giving back to our communities so we provide you with volunteer leaver to do so
• We recognise your commitment to us by awarding additional leave

What's Next?

As Suntorians we believe in Dreaming Big and Growing for Good. We take pride in our sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, striving to grow responsibly and inclusively. If you are ready to unleash your spirit with Suntory Oceania then please apply today.

We want our interview process to be as inclusive as possible. If you require any adjustments as part of the process, do not hesitate to let us know.