Role: Maintenance Technician – Night Shift (10pm-6am)
Location: Virginia, Brisbane
Reporting to: Engineering & Maintenance Team Leader
You've built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As a Maintenance Technician – Night Shift , you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.
About the job:
As a Maintenance Technician – Night Shift, you will play a critical role in maintaining the performance, reliability and compliance of equipment across our manufacturing site. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will be the primary mechanical support on night shift, responding to equipment issues, carrying out preventative maintenance and helping ensure uninterrupted operations within a GMP-regulated environment. Your work will directly support the production of trusted self-care products that reach millions of consumers worldwide.
- Lead initiatives that advance our brands and strengthen our reputation worldwide.
- Mentor and uplift emerging talent while pushing your own growth and influence.
- Put purpose into practice, embedding sustainability, access and social impact into every decision.
- Model the challenger mindset: question complexity, act with integrity and make things radically simple.
- Help shape a culture that’s ambitious, collaborative and serious about recognition and belonging.
Main responsibilities:
- Perform preventative, corrective and breakdown maintenance on manufacturing and packaging equipment to support safe and reliable operations.
- Troubleshoot mechanical equipment issues, identify root causes and implement effective repairs to minimise downtime.
- Act as the primary mechanical response across the site during night shift, managing maintenance priorities with a high level of independence.
- Complete maintenance activities in accordance with GMP requirements, site procedures and quality standards.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and ensure all work is documented in a timely manner.
- Work closely with production teams to identify equipment improvement opportunities and support operational performance.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance equipment reliability, safety and efficiency.
About you:
- Trade qualification as a Mechanical Fitter or equivalent mechanical maintenance certification.
- Experience maintaining and repairing equipment in a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food, consumer healthcare or similarly regulated environment.
- Strong troubleshooting and fault-finding skills with the ability to assess issues and implement practical solutions.
- Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks and respond effectively to changing operational needs during night shift.
- Commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, quality and compliance.
- Experience working within GMP environments is highly regarded.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across functions.
This is more than the next step in your career, it’s a chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. If you’re ready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters, we’re ready for you. We are challengers. We are Opella.
Opella values diversity in all its forms and is committed to fostering a workplace where everyone can belong and excel. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
About Us:
Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide and counting.
At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.
