Kinrise is a growing, privately owned powerhouse in Australian food manufacturing with some of Australia’s most loved and innovative brands. We describe ourselves as a ‘start up with scale’ and have a burning ambition to grow our business. Formed in 2018 the Kinrise portfolio covers Biscuits, Breakfast, Baking, Bakery, and Snackfood categories and has 40 years making iconic Australian food, with a rich Australian heritage that’s grounded in family origins. The Opportunity We are seeking a hands-on, forward-thinking Maintenance Supervisor or Junior Maintenance Manager to lead our site’s maintenance operations. In this pivotal role, you’ll take ownership of both planned and unplanned maintenance activities, working side by side with operational teams to minimise downtime, boost reliability, and drive a culture of continuous improvement. This is an excellent opportunity for an emerging leader, ideal for someone currently working as a Junior Maintenance Manager or is an experienced Maintenance Supervisor who is ready to thrive in a fast-paced environment and take on challenges. Key Accountabilities Lead and oversee day-to-day maintenance activities, ensuring safe and efficient operations. Champion the shift from reactive maintenance to preventive, predictive, and prescriptive approaches, ensuring work is completed and data accurately recorded. Partner with Manufacturing and trades teams to improve capability, utilisation, and overall performance. Contribute to the development and monitoring of the maintenance budget, ensuring cost control and compliance. Support implementation of capital projects as required. Drive systemic root cause analysis of downtime and embed effective solutions. Recommend and implement continuous improvement initiatives, innovation, tactics, and new projects to enhance sourcing tactics and maximise efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, customer responsiveness and compliance. Build, coach, and empower a high-performing maintenance team What you’ll bring 5 years of leadership experience Strong operational, team management, problem solving, and customer focused skills Well-honed stakeholder management, including partnering, influencing, facilitation and communication skills Ability to work as part of a team; lives the company values and leads for purpose Intimate knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, relevant regulations, health and safety requirements, auditing requirements and relevant legislation. SAP & FIIX experience highly desirable Understanding of general finance and budgeting Minimum trade qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Why Join Us? Kinrise is a fast paced, agile business that focuses on your talents and challenges you to perform at your best. An opportunity with us would mean: An opportunity to work with leading Australian-made brands and products An exciting role in a growing business with a great history and an ambitious growth agenda Supportive and collaborative team culture Kinrise is committed to creating an environment that welcomes all, celebrates our diversity in all its forms and fosters an environment of inclusion. We recognise that our unique differences are what sets us apart and how we succeed as a team. We are an equal opportunity employer.
