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Work Close to Home at YATALA- Stable and Growing FMCG Hands-on Role working with a terrific Leadership Team 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 some pet favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Farmers Market, Nature’s Gift, Trilogy & Fussy Cat! This is where you come in: We are looking for an experienced, disciplined and innovative Electrical Engineer who is looking to join a rapidly growing Company. The focus of this business-critical role is to ensure the reliability of the plant to meet the required KPI’s in a safe and cost-effective manner . This role will also establish and drive maintenance practices in accordance with the corporate procedures to ensure standardisation of site maintenance and reporting. Ensuring compliance with processes and procedures to ensure identification of business improvements and RCA practices to eliminate repeated issues is a major focus. Responsibilities include: Ensure plant and equipment breakdowns are dealt with in a prompt, safe and efficient manner Assist in establishing and maintaining an optimum level of spares Maximise line efficiencies through the establishment of an effective planned maintenance program Monitor equipment failure rate, analyse data, and drive root cause analysis & initiatives to continuously improve performance Reduce the total number of quarantine investigations through machinery faults Reduce rework generation through machinery faults Lead cross functional problem solving & root cause analysis to improve equipment efficiency Establish enhanced collaborative working culture across all shifts Assist in providing coaching to direct electrical team to ensure they are developing and have clear growth pathways for their career development The ideal candidate: MUST HAVE Experience within the FMCG industry MUST HAVE RCA Experience - 5 Whys/Fishbone Excellent communication skills, high level interpersonal skills and sound judgement Ability to deal with multiple stakeholders and handle competing priorities Excellent organisation and time management skills Able to influence, manage and challenge ideas and existing business processes Experience in implementing systems and process changes Experience in managing projects Sound knowledge across the Microsoft office suite Experience in managing maintenance operations utilising computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS) Comprehensive understanding of maintenance planning, including budget control Electrical trade or engineering qualifications or equivalent professional experience in the field of engineering is essential 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 fr