Job Manufacturing Service Technician, Adelaide

REDARC is a market leader in the field of power electronics with its primary focus on power management, safety, voltage converters and mobile solar solutions for the recreation & leisure, transport, emergency vehicles, marine and defence markets. REDARC is for those that like to push boundaries.

REDARC is looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to be based in Lonsdale. Join us and you will work with a dynamic, talented team who respect and support each other, have a passion for what they do and work together to achieve great results.

Purpose of Job

To support Manufacturing Engineering to maintain and improve equipment efficiency in production, maximising uptime through planned preventative maintenance and prompt corrective maintenance. This role will be eventually cover our afternoon shift, working from 2pm until 10:30pm.

General duties

• Ensure production breakdowns and equipment failures are addressed in a timely and effective manner.

• Initiate Root Cause Analysis when higher level process problems and breakdowns occur, engaging with the other members of Manufacturing Engineering to escalate where required.

• Create/contribute to supporting documentation related to the maintenance of production equipment.

• Support and train production team in maintenance and operation of equipment to increase knowledge where applicable.

• Repair and upgrade equipment as required with a fix it forever attitude

• Some contractor management including assisting with maintenance of the building

• Undertake other reasonable tasks delegated by one of the manufacturing engineering leadership team.

Safety

• Ensure all tasks are consistently undertaken with safe working practices and adherence with REDARC WHS policies

• Line Manager must be contacted immediately for any WHS concerns and machines isolated

Quality

• Highlight any part quality issues to the Quality Department as a result of production support activities

• Highlight any supplier quality issues to Procurement Department as a result of production support activities

Maintenance

• Ensure preventative maintenance is conducted and recorded on all equipment as per schedules.

• Plan and schedule preventative maintenance into daily duties.

• Plan and schedule calibrations into daily duties.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience (Essential)

• Certificate 3 qualification (or studying) or higher - REDARC would consider supporting with any further relevant study.

• Substantial hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated problem solving ability.

• Ability to communicate and support the broader team.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience (Desirable):

• Automotive manufacturing experience highly regarded.

• Knowledge of Pneumatics, sensors and actuators.