Maintenance Planner - Ginning

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

We are now seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to join our team in Wee Waa, NSW. This role is the responsible for day-to-day planning and scheduling of maintenance and repairs of our LDC cotton ginning production machinery and equipment to ensure the efficient, effective and safe operations. This position is critical for reducing unplanned downtimes, ensuring annual bale output targets are achieved, and ensuring all cotton ginning production machinery and equipment operate at capacity.

Key responsibilities will be but not limited to:

• Develop an industry best practice maintenance program
• Develop technical maintenance competency of Site Operator Maintainers
• Create a maintenance plan for ginning machinery
• Support cost control for Site Managers Maintenance Budget
• Promote a safe working culture
• Ongoing support for Maintenance Management System
• Create plan for reducing downtime at Cotton Ginning Facilities
• Facilitate Root Cause Analysis on major failures
• Conduct analysis of repair data to improve operational performance
• Support team members.
• Provide training initiatives in consultation with EGM.
• Provide strong safety culture within the team.

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience in managing and maintaining a Maintenance Management System
• Demonstrate expertise in working with remote teams.
• Maintenance planning in a manufacturing environment
• Developing a skilled and diverse group of personnel in a regional process/manufacturing industry 
• Facilitative approach to implementing change
• Strong communication skills
• Sound leadership and management skills
• High level of commitment to Safety
• Develop and work within a budget
• Work with capex and opex
• Ability to identify health and safety risks within and engineering workshop
• Compliance checks and reporting
• Lead safety initiatives

• Tertiary Qualification BEng, Mechanical or Electrical and/or relevant Trade Qualification with minimum 5 years Industry experience in a similar role.
• Maintenance planning experience
• Corrective breakdown analysis - RCA, FMEA

To apply for the position:

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In accordance with Louis Dreyfus Company Australia's policies, you are required to undergo a background check and a pre-employment medical. We commit to providing a safe workplace for our employees and customers. 

Please note that you must be an Australian Citizen or have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job.

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

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We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us