Real Pet Food Company (RPF) is passionate about feeding our pets the real food they deserve – filled with nutrients, free from harmful substances and full of flavour. At RPF we believe in staying real and doing the right thing by our pets, our fellow pet parents, and our planet. We strive to lead the industry through thoughtful innovation with real and recognisable ingredients, ethical and sustainable sourcing, and limiting processed food our pets consume. We want pets to live their best lives – helping them to grow up strong, healthy, and happy. 

We are a fast-growing, innovative FMCG Manufacturer with strong ethics and a love for keeping it real. Our success comes from having a great team of people behind your pet favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Farmers Market, Nature’s Gift, Trilogy & Fussy Cat!

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Leader to work closely with the Operational and Maintenance teams based at our Yatala Manufacturing Site. This role will take full ownership and responsibility in delivering the overall site Maintenance strategy set out by the site Engineering & Reliability Manager. 

It is a busy, fast-paced site that will suit a well-organised professional who is committed to innovation, meeting agreed-to deadlines and working with a team that loves good banter!

What you’ll do

• Direct management and coordination of all planned and unplanned maintenance activities executed by shift maintenance trades on site as well as any external contractors/service providers for breakdown maintenance.
• Execution of maintenance work, whilst maintaining compliance to Safety and Quality standards.
• Partnering with the on-site Maintenance Planner, Reliability Specialists, Automation and the Stores Procurement Officer, to ensure site trades scope of any potential corrective maintenance activities. Upon finalisation of scoped work that is then planned, is critical in the delivery or execution of the weekly maintenance schedule.
• Identify methods to reduce reactive maintenance and unplanned downtime recurrence by leading, coaching and mentoring Maintenance trades in best-in-class maintenance and continuous improvement practices.
• Propose changes to the PM strategy by working in with Reliability Specialists and the Maintenance Planner, to transition to a proactive/preventative/predict mindset.
• Ownership and responsibility in delivering the overall site Maintenance strategy set out by the site Engineering & Reliability Manager. Monitoring and adherence to the R&M budget.

What will help you succeed

• Proven ability in creating a step change in reliability results.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Excellent communication as this role will require constant escalation to site leadership and consultation with site trades and external expertise/service providers.
• Ability to coach and develop, monitor and measure performance and provide direct feedback to multi-disciplinary trades teams.
• Ability to Balance reliability improvements and site output, whilst still maintaining adherence to R&M budget expenditure.
• Experience in Maintenance/Reliability/Engineering leadership within a high-speed manufacturing environment (FMCG or logistics highly desirable)
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary trades teams of greater than 5 per shift.
• Experience within meat processing, dairy or other similar environments preferred
• Engineering and/or post trade qualifications are preferred

What we’re about
Welcome to RPF, where we believe in keeping it Real.

Since 1994, we have been Australia and New Zealand’s pioneers in fresher dog and cat nutrition. Our story is one of passion for a better way to care for pets, a belief in fresher nutrition, and an unwavering commitment to delivering this to pet parents and pets worldwide.

We're dedicated to fostering authentic partnerships, encouraging real ambition, and providing real career opportunities for our employees to make a difference.

Real means fresher ingredients and fresher methods. We'll never stop expanding, innovating, and trying new things. We compete in every pet category and channel, creating favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Nature’s Gift, V.I.P. Petfoods, Love ‘Em, & Fussy Cat!

Since the establishment of RPF, we have grown to over 900 people across Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia and Europe.

With the pet industry growing rapidly (a $15 billion industry!) and pets becoming increasingly important in our lives and homes, this is a unique opportunity to be a part of our remarkable growth story and advance your career.

RPF Benefits:

Working for our Pack provides you unique advantages including:

• Career development that is only as limited as your thinking
• Unlimited Access to our Digital Learning Platforms (UKG Learning, LinkedIn Learning)
• Pet Parents leave for those times when need to care for your fur-babies
• RPF Me Days - to celebrate each service anniversary you will get one day off all to yourself!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional Employee Benefits through our valued partner Flare HR. This gives you access to perks from brands such as Adore Beauty, Hello Fresh, AIA Vitality and hundreds of discounts at a variety of retailers so there is something of value for everyone.

What’s next?
If you're ready to unleash your potential and make a real difference in the booming pet industry, then we want to hear from you! You will be required to:

• Attend up to 2 interviews on site
• Agree to allowing RPF to contact up to two references.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity’s not a buzzword here, it’s in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That’s why we’re committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at: careers@realpetfoodco.com.au