Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet
We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.
You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.
We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.
We’re currently looking for a Mechatronics Engineer in Preston, Victoria.
What you’ll be doing
- Support safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing operations.
- Drive continuous improvement of production processes and equipment performance.
- Deliver engineering projects and manage operational impacts.
- Enhance product quality, productivity, and compliance with standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.
- Provide technical expertise to optimise plant performance and reliability
Indicative tasks include (but not limited to)
- Ensure compliance with safety requirements, promote safe work practices, and support risk reduction across the site.
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and provide technical support across operations.
- Develop and improve procedures, project governance, documentation, and reporting processes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability, productivity, and operational efficiency.
- Conduct root cause analysis, troubleshoot issues, and implement corrective actions.
- Lead and support engineering projects, equipment upgrades, and commissioning activities.
- Provide technical expertise to optimise equipment performance and ensure products meet required specifications.
- Support consistent product quality through reliable processes, effective problem-solving, and compliance with quality standards.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation and contribute to ongoing quality and process improvement initiatives.
What you’ll bring to the role
- Tertiary qualification in engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
- PLC programming capabilities. Allen Bradley, Siemens, Beckoff.
- Excellent communication, strong analytical skills and a high level of initiative with the ability to work autonomously.
- Sound decision‑making skills with the ability to make timely and practical judgments.
- Willingness and ability to learn and absorb information and take accountability for tasks.
- Solid understanding of Occupational Health and Safety legislation and its application in the workplace.
- Good working knowledge of manufacturing operations, processes, and production environments.
Please note, only candidates with current Australian working rights will be considered for this role.
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Skills Required
- Tertiary qualification in engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 3 years' experience in a manufacturing environment
- PLC programming capabilities (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Beckhoff)
- Excellent communication, strong analytical skills, and ability to work autonomously
- Sound decision-making skills with ability to make timely practical judgments
- Willingness and ability to learn, absorb information, and take accountability for tasks
- Solid understanding of Occupational Health and Safety legislation and its application in the workplace
- Good working knowledge of manufacturing operations, processes, and production environments
Huhtamaki Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huhtamaki and has not been reviewed or approved by Huhtamaki.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive with dental and vision options, and employer contributions toward premiums are portrayed as generous. Feedback suggests this breadth makes the overall package feel competitive for many roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with pre‑tax and Roth options, with certain groups also having access to a pension and even deferred compensation. Feedback suggests these features stand out positively in a manufacturing context.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, and generous parental leave are emphasized alongside meaningful PTO accruals. Feedback suggests this leave structure strengthens perceived total rewards even where base pay is viewed as only fair.
Huhtamaki Insights
What We Do
Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030. We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com
