What does a maintenance Manager at Warakirri Cropping do?
- Oversee the maintenance of a fleet of light vehicles, trucks, tractors, sprayers, harvesters, and a range of farm support equipment.
- Ensure all maintenance is carried out in a timely and professional manner in accordance with manufacturers’ requirements. This would include:
- Conducting diagnostic tests and analysing/actioning results.
- Keeping accurate maintenance records.
- Ensure all vehicles and equipment are serviced in a timely manner.
- Provide technical advice to the Farm Management team.
- Management of on farm workshop and ensuring that parts are in stock.
- Ensure pre-season maintenance is completed ahead of time.
- Attend call outs as required.
- Assist with the spraying, seeding and harvest operations as required.
- Identifying and reporting any health and safety hazards, incidents or issues.
- Other general farm duties as required.
Do you recognise yourself in the following statements?
- Previous experience as, Maintenance Manager, Mechanic or similar. You can come from an agricultural background, but we are definitely open to other industries as well.
- Experience in the operation of large-scale plant and equipment.
- A willingness to learn and work safely, adopt new practices, further develop skills, and work in a team environment.
- The ability to demonstrate a high level of initiative and self-motivation.
- Good communication and organisational skills.
- Class MC Driver’s License (Would be a bonus, not essential).
What makes Warakirri unique?
- We offer a comfortable family home and attractive salary packages based on experience.
- Access to the award winning Regional Psychologist Program that provides a fully trained, dedicated psychologist who visits every farm each quarter to facilitate both group and individual sessions.
- A true safety focus across the entire company. Safety first, what’s the rush.
- A strong focus on fatigue management and work hours. We pride ourselves on work life balance.
- The opportunity to meet with other farm teams from across Australia to exchange ideas learn about new equipment and have some fun along the way. These open and honest collaboration events are unique to Warakirri.
- Opportunities to grow your career both on the farm or with broader horizons. Learning and development of our people is a strong focus at all levels of the organisation.
- An organisation that has made commitments to sustainability and is putting that into action.
- Industry leading parental leave for both primary and secondary caregiver.
You probably want to hit “apply” now, but if you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out to Niki Bosman at [email protected]
