Job Description:

Work with key stakeholders, building strong relationships & outstanding service

Home of many well-loved brands such as Snickers, Maltesers and M&Ms

Permanent Full-Time Opportunity with fantastic perks, including free onsite parking 

Bring your passion for continuous improvement, maintenance and team leadership to life in our Reliability Manager position at Mars Ballarat. In this role you will oversee a team of 13 reliability technicians, providing maintenance expertise and leadership, with a primary objective of optimising reliability, safety, productivity, quality, efficiency and environmental impact.

With your leadership you will continue to build and manage a continuous improvement culture, with teamwork as the foundation to how we show up to support the wider factory in achieving mutual outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Supervise the Reliability department providing continuous guidance, support and training.

Respond efficiently to engineering and information requests from external departments, to generate solutions and work orders.

Control labour, equipment and maintenance costs whilst ensuring the availability of adequate change parts and consumables.

Develop, implement and execute the weekly maintenance plan

Working in partnership with other departments to provide timely project outcomes, including:

estimation, planning, sourcing, supervision, commissioning and training.

Development of a continuous improvement culture by involving relevant personnel in the ongoing identification, development and implementation of improvements.

Review and approve Associate work requests and other ad hoc maintenance requirements.

Ability to diagnose and evaluate equipment issues.

What are we looking for?

Engineering degree preferred, but not essential.

TPM experience preferred, but not essential.

Mechanical/Electrical certification.

Strong people management, with the ability to lead, motivate and develop your direct reports.

Familiarity working with SAP PM.

Continuous improvement and ability to navigate and confidently influence change across multiple departments and stakeholders.

Excellent problem-solving skills.

What can you expect from Mars? 

Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. 

Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. 

Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. 

Internal applicants: This role has been graded as a B5 opportunity, please ensure you’ve discussed your application with your Line Manager prior to applying including obtaining their endorsement.   

Applications close: Midnight Friday, 29th August 2025

What we stand for:

Mars is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.  

About Us: 

Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We have been making products for people (and the pets that people love- we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses) for more than 100 years. We’re behind some of the best loved brands in the world including MARS®, SNICKERS®, EXTRA®, ECLIPSE®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, DOLMIO®, UNCLE BEN’S® and MASTERFOODS ® ROYAL CANIN®. We are committed to a sustainable tomorrow through our sustainable in a generation plan that addresses a healthy planet, thriving people and a nourishing wellbeing. Together, our 125,000+ Employees are inspired to take action every day towards the world we want tomorrow.