Maintenance Technician
Materials Recovery Facility
This is not a reactive maintenance role.
We are looking for a technician who understands that a modern MRF is a living system.
The right person doesn't wait for breakdowns. They prevent them.
The Role
Our MRF Maintenance Technician treats the plant as a working ecosystem. Conveyors, optical sorters, balers, screens, motors, bearings, hydraulics and sensors are not just assets on a register. They have behaviours, patterns and early warning signs.
Before a tool is lifted, you will already have walked the line. You will have listened to machines warming up, watched for belt drift and tension changes, checked hydraulics by smell and sound, and spotted the subtle hesitations that most people miss. This is how downtime stays low and throughput stays stable.
You will carry out planned and reactive maintenance across mechanical, electrical and control systems. That includes fault-finding through panels, calibrating sensors, replacing bearings and wear parts, aligning belts, servicing hydraulics and pneumatics, and restoring equipment safely under production pressure.
You understand that every failure has a consequence. Lost tonnes per hour, missed quality targets, compliance exposure and safety risk all flow from poor maintenance. You work with that awareness every day.
Safety and Compliance
You follow the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 because it is the right way to work. Lockout and tagout is non-negotiable. Guards go back on. Permits are done properly. Interlocks are never bypassed for convenience, and you are confident in challenging unsafe behaviour when you see it.
You know shortcuts always cost more in the long run.
How You Work
You work closely with operations and supervisors, keeping communication clear and honest. If a line is drifting from optimal performance, you raise it early. If production pressure is likely to push a component beyond its limits, you say so before it fails.
Planned maintenance matters to you. Lubrication, tensioning, cleaning optics, alignment, flushing systems and inspections are done with discipline. You know that missed checks today become long breakdowns tomorrow.
When failures happen, you stay calm. You isolate, diagnose methodically and fix with precision. You work quickly but never carelessly. You understand that rushed repairs always come back.
You are resourceful. If a part is unavailable, you can propose safe, compliant temporary solutions that protect integrity while keeping the plant running. You understand the commercial value of every recovered hour.
You document your work properly because records matter. Good notes prevent repeat faults, support trend analysis and make the next shift stronger than the last.
The Person
The ideal MRF Maintenance Technician is steady, reliable and self-aware. You take ownership of plant reliability and understand the direct link between engineering discipline, safety, compliance and commercial performance.
You care about standards. You care about outcomes. And you take pride in keeping a complex operation stable, predictable and performing every day.