Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent

Advance your career and enjoy an 8/6 roster with a world class fertilizer manufacturer in North Queensland. Embrace the challenge!

Provide Mechanical Maintenance support solutions to a world class ammonia manufacturing plant. Enjoy a rewarding career with 8/6 FIFO roster.
The Company

Join a pioneering force in the global fertiliser landscape! Our client stands at the forefront as an integrated manufacturing and distribution powerhouse, across Australia and three continents. Picture this:
a cutting-edge, 24/7/365 plant dedicated to crafting top-tier fertiliser for the agricultural industry both in Australia and abroad.
What sets them apart? A relentless dedication to safety, a people-centric approach, a mindful eye on environmental impact, an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement, and an ingenious focus on cost-effective engineering.
They are all about shaping a sustainable and de-carbonised future. This is more than a career move;
it's a chance to contribute to a meaningful shift toward a greener, more sustainable world.

Job Summary

Provide Mechanical Maintenance support solutions and leadership to a world class ammonia manufacturing plant. Enjoy a rewarding career with an 8/6 FIFO roster from Brisbane or Townsville. This role has 4 direct and 20 indirect reports tasked with ensuring peak plant performance and strategic maintenance across the mechanical equipment, both static and rotating which will drive the plant reliability into the future.

Benefits to you

• Enjoy a family-friendly 8/6 (Wednesday to Wednesday) FIFO roster - North Queensland (travel from Townsville)
• Enjoy weekends back home in Brisbane or Townsville
• Paid travel time during work hours
• Enjoy the luxury of your own air-conditioned room
• Expenses covered - airfares, accommodation, travel
• Join a team of 250 employees across 5 plant areas in various disciplines
• Experience leadership that prioritises people
• Long average employee tenure beyond 5 years +
• Career progression opportunities at the plant, head office, and globally
• Access excellent sporting facilities:
  golf simulator, MTB and walking trails
• Unwind with entertainment facilities including swimming pool
• Indulge in high-quality on-site catering
• This is a permanent role
• Excellent salary on offer

Day to Day Responsibilities

• To deliver target equipment availability and maintenance
• Maintain cost effective equipment maintenance strategies
• Deliver peak process plant performance (upwards of 91%)
• Allocate and execute maintenance work
• Manage reactive and planned maintenance
• Support Major Turnaround Projects of up to $90M
• Coordinate collaboration between departments and steak holders
• Implement continuous improvement actions and optimisation of assets
• Be able to handle a high degree of stress and competing priorities

Skills Required

• Significant experience in mechanical maintenance management.
• Experience with ammonia, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, and granulation production essential.
• Previous major turnaround experience in a similar sized facility
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and teams
• History if improving plant maintenance and reliability
• High level of technical knowledge across rotating and static equipment
• Solid tenure track record
• Managing maintenance budgets
• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering or similar
• Thorough knowledge of Queensland and National codes and standards
• SAP, CMMS and MS Office experience

All successful candidates must be willing to undergo a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol test, and have a clear criminal history.

If this sounds like your next career move then please apply online or reach out at or call .