Reliability Planner
Job no: TBD
Work type: Full Time
Location: Melbourne - North
If you’re a hands-on reliability or maintenance planner, with a mechanical background, who enjoys solving problems, working closely with production and seeing the direct results of your work on the floor, this is a role where you’ll genuinely make your mark.
At Visy, reliability matters. You’ll be working in a complex paper manufacturing environment where your planning, judgement and collaboration directly influence machine availability, safety outcomes and production performance.
You won’t be starting from scratch – you’ll step into:
- A well-established CMMS
- A highly experienced maintenance and engineering team
- A site where your voice is heard, and continuous improvement is encouraged
Your work will be visible, valued and critical to keeping the plant running safely and efficiently.
What you'll do:
- Plan and schedule weekly preventative maintenance, major shutdowns and improvement work
- Analyse maintenance and asset data to identify reliability risks and improvement opportunities
- Work closely with production teams to coordinate maintenance activities
- Lead and coordinate maintenance contractors to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes
- Manage spare parts, repairs and maintenance planning to support cost control
- Support short- and medium- term reliability strategies to improve machine runability
- Champion health, safety and environmental standards across all maintenance activities
What You Will Bring:
- A mechanical engineering qualification, trade background, or solid maintenance planning experience
- Experience in pulp and paper or another heavy industrial / 24 – 7 manufacturing environments
- Strong planning, problem solving and organisation skills
- Confidence working with production, engineering and contractor teams
- Comfort using CMMS, SAP or similar ERP systems, plus Microsoft
- A practical ‘no job too small’ mindset and willingness to lead by example
- Flexibility to participate in an on-call roster
What you’ll love when you join us:
- Sustainability: Contribute to sustainability initiatives that make a difference.
- Supportive Environment: Be part of a team that values safety, respect, and collaboration.
- Career Growth: Opportunities for further training and career advancement within the company
- Additional Leave: Opportunity to take advantage of purchased leave and lifestyle leave
- Visy discounts: Take advantage of discounts with RSEA, Avis, Harvey Norman and other retailers
About Visy
Visy is powering the circular economy, closing the loop between packaging, remanufacturing and recycling. As Australia’s leading recycled and kraft paper manufacturer, Visy Pulp and Paper is a big part of our business. Our integrated recycling and manufacturing operations means we collect paper and cardboard from households and businesses and turn it into up to 100% recycled paper. We are also home to the world’s most environmentally friendly kraft paper mill in Tumut, providing high-quality kraft paper for domestic and international markets. The paper we produce supplies our board facilities across Australia and New Zealand, where it is remanufactured into cardboard packaging for the food and beverage industry.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be a key player in shaping our future!
You will be required to meet Visy’s employment criteria which will include a criminal history check and pre-employment medical (including drug & alcohol testing)
Visy is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.
These roles are only open to candidates currently residing in Australia with full working rights.
Advertised: AUS Eastern Daylight Time
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