Maintenance Lead (OPEX)
Be the driving force behind operational excellence - step into a hands-on Maintenance Lead role today!
Join Noumi: Imagining a Healthier Tomorrow 🌱
At Noumi Limited (ASX: NOU), we’re blending the power of nature and science to create nourishing products that support healthier lives, communities, and the planet. With leading brands like MilkLab, Australia’s Own, Vital Strength, Crankt, and Uprotein, our products are enjoyed across 24 countries - and we’re just getting started.
With 500+ team members worldwide, two manufacturing sites in Australia, and offices in Australia, Singapore, and China, we’re proud to be a leader in plant-based and dairy beverages, sports nutrition, and lactoferrin both locally and globally.
Every day at Noumi brings new opportunities to grow, make an impact, and be part of something bigger. Our Healthier Tomorrow plan puts sustainability and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, from the products we create to the way we support our people.
The Opportunity
Join our high-performing Shepparton Operations team as a Maintenance Lead, where you’ll take a hands-on role in driving operational excellence and continuous improvement across our manufacturing facility.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for planning and executing all corrective and preventive maintenance activities for your production line(s). You’ll lead and support your team to eliminate maintenance-related losses, fix defects, analyse breakdowns, and build technical capability within the team.
This role is key to delivering the objectives of our Operations Strategy, ensuring equipment reliability, product quality, and safety standards are achieved every day.
- Own the Preventative Maintenance (PM) systems for assigned production lines.
- Lead the elimination of maintenance and breakdown losses through root-cause problem solving.
- Apply strong technical expertise in equipment operation and maintenance best practices.
- Drive line performance across safety, quality, reliability, schedule, productivity, and cost targets.
- Plan daily priorities, allocate resources, and develop 24-hour action plans to meet operational goals.
- Build team capability through training and mentoring to enable self-sufficient line times.
- Support Maintenance Technicians and collaborate across functions to achieve optimal performance.
- Demonstrate hands-on mechanical understanding and technical mastery, sharing knowledge to grow others.
What you’ll bring
- Experience in FMCG manufacturing, ideally in management, quality or engineering roles.
- Strong people and business leadership skills, with the ability to build an accountable and collaborative culture.
- Proven experience leading plant reliability and optimisation programs.
- Sharp analytical and reasoning skills with sound judgement under pressure.
- Solid understanding of technology, systems thinking, and process improvement methodologies.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and problem abilities.
- Knowledge of food manufacturing processes and Lean Manufacturing principles.
- A proactive mindset with openness to change and a commitment to driving improvement.
Why Noumi?
This year, we achieved 90% participation in our Gallup Employee Engagement Survey – a world-class result - and recorded year-on-year improvement in overall engagement scores. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where every team member can thrive. Here’s a taste of what you can expect when you join our team:
- Paid Parental Leave – supporting you through life’s big moments.
- Quarterly Product Allowance – enjoy our leading brands like MilkLab, Uprotein, and Vital Strength.
- Wellbeing Support – access to Sonder, our EAP, and other wellbeing programs.
- Salary Packaging Options – including novated leases through SG Fleet.
Curious to learn more about what we do? Explore our range of products at noumi.com.au.
Ready to be part of a company that’s imagining a healthier tomorrow? Apply now and grow your career with Noumi.
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- Shepparton
About Noumi
Join Noumi: Imagining a Healthier Tomorrow 🌱
At Noumi Limited (ASX: NOU), we’re blending the power of nature and science to create nourishing products that support healthier lives, communities, and the planet. With leading brands like MilkLab, Australia’s Own, Vital Strength, Crankt, and Uprotein, our products are enjoyed across 24 countries - and we’re just getting started.
With 500+ team members worldwide, two manufacturing sites in Australia, and offices in Australia, Singapore, and China, we’re proud to be a leader in plant-based and dairy beverages, sports nutrition, and lactoferrin both locally and globally.
Can’t find your perfect role right now? No problem – connect with us to stay in touch for future vacancies. We’d love to hear from you.