Maintenance Fitter / ElectricianMaintenance Fitter / Electrician
Vow is a cultured meat company on a mission to feed billions and create food that’s good for your tastebuds, your health and your planet. We’re bringing together cutting edge innovations in science, engineering, culinary and design to create new meats that meat lovers can choose selfishly because it’s nutritious and delicious, and we’re doing so in a sustainable way. Want to join us?
Vow is a cultured meat company on a mission to feed billions and create food that’s good for your tastebuds, your health and your planet. We’re bringing together cutting edge innovations in science, engineering, culinary and design to create new meats that meat lovers can choose selfishly because it’s nutritious and delicious, and we’re doing so in a sustainable way. Want to join us?
The Role+
Do you thrive on ensuring things run smoothly and efficiently? Like variety? Do you enjoy ensuring that everything runs like a well-oiled machine? Well we might just have the role for you.
Vow is looking for a dedicated Maintenance Fitter / Electrician to join our Facilities team. You'll be instrumental in keeping our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment operational, safe, and ready to meet the needs of our evolving food production processes.
In this hands-on role you will get to work closely with a variety of equipment, from steam boilers and air compressors to bioreactors, mixers and centrifuges. You’ll tackle both planned and unplanned maintenance to ensure everything runs like clockwork. You will work with Vowzers across all different teams and be known as the go to person for getting things done.
Do you thrive on ensuring things run smoothly and efficiently? Like variety? Do you enjoy ensuring that everything runs like a well-oiled machine? Well we might just have the role for you.
Vow is looking for a dedicated Maintenance Fitter / Electrician to join our Facilities team. You'll be instrumental in keeping our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment operational, safe, and ready to meet the needs of our evolving food production processes.
In this hands-on role you will get to work closely with a variety of equipment, from steam boilers and air compressors to bioreactors, mixers and centrifuges. You’ll tackle both planned and unplanned maintenance to ensure everything runs like clockwork. You will work with Vowzers across all different teams and be known as the go to person for getting things done.
Your Experience+
- 1-5 years of experience in a maintenance role.
- Experience maintaining, improving and troubleshooting industrial or food processing equipment
- Examples include motors, pump heads, gearboxes, shaft seals, valves, heat exchangers, steam traps, pneumatic actuators, filters, sanitary pipe connectors, thermocouples and other industrial sensors.
- Experience with a CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) is desirable but not essential
- Exposure to food manufacturing and HACCP/GMP requirements is a highly desirable plus
- Highly desirable qualifications, licenses and training:
- Mechanical fitter trade certificate and/or current electrical license
- Forklift license
- Confined spaces training
- Bonus qualifications, licenses and training:
- Elevated Work Platform (EWP) license
- Working from heights training
- Construction white card
- 1-5 years of experience in a maintenance role.
- Experience maintaining, improving and troubleshooting industrial or food processing equipment
- Examples include motors, pump heads, gearboxes, shaft seals, valves, heat exchangers, steam traps, pneumatic actuators, filters, sanitary pipe connectors, thermocouples and other industrial sensors.
- Experience with a CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) is desirable but not essential
- Exposure to food manufacturing and HACCP/GMP requirements is a highly desirable plus
- Highly desirable qualifications, licenses and training:
- Mechanical fitter trade certificate and/or current electrical license
- Forklift license
- Confined spaces training
- Bonus qualifications, licenses and training:
- Elevated Work Platform (EWP) license
- Working from heights training
- Construction white card
What you'll do+
- Conduct planned and unplanned maintenance on a wide range of equipment, ensuring timely and efficient operations
- Documenting maintenance activities using our maintenance management systems and create new work orders on-the-fly as needed
- Proactively see and solve problems on-the-fly to make your work and the work of others around you better every day
- Perform general repairs and installations of factory and facility equipment, including ad-hoc installations or relocations
- Maintain tidy and functional workshop spaces in compliance with food safety and HACCP requirements
- Participate in food safety audits
- Continual improvement of our systems and processes to improve quality, reliability and safety. Collecting information, providing feedback and helping to design and implement solutions for recurrent problems.
- Participate in team-based responsibilities such as cleaning rosters and stock-take activities
- Adhere to all food-safety regulations and policies to ensure our processes and products remain food-safe
- Be part of an on-call roster for out-of-hours emergency responses
- Conduct planned and unplanned maintenance on a wide range of equipment, ensuring timely and efficient operations
- Documenting maintenance activities using our maintenance management systems and create new work orders on-the-fly as needed
- Proactively see and solve problems on-the-fly to make your work and the work of others around you better every day
- Perform general repairs and installations of factory and facility equipment, including ad-hoc installations or relocations
- Maintain tidy and functional workshop spaces in compliance with food safety and HACCP requirements
- Participate in food safety audits
- Continual improvement of our systems and processes to improve quality, reliability and safety. Collecting information, providing feedback and helping to design and implement solutions for recurrent problems.
- Participate in team-based responsibilities such as cleaning rosters and stock-take activities
- Adhere to all food-safety regulations and policies to ensure our processes and products remain food-safe
- Be part of an on-call roster for out-of-hours emergency responses
Success is+
- First Month: You will get oriented with our most important systems and equipment across our sites. You’ll start taking on responsibilities integral to the smooth running of our operations and begin performing planned and unplanned maintenance on a broad range of equipment.
- First Three Months: You will have become known as the person who gets stuff done fast. You will challenge existing processes and drive forward improvements. You will own our workshop spaces and build them out to ensure their capability and food safety/cleanliness. You will challenge existing processes and drive forward improvements.
- First Year: You will become an expert user of our systems, potentially building and implementing new ones. You'll have numerous examples of how you've meaningfully and tangibly improved various parts of Vow.
- First Month: You will get oriented with our most important systems and equipment across our sites. You’ll start taking on responsibilities integral to the smooth running of our operations and begin performing planned and unplanned maintenance on a broad range of equipment.
- First Three Months: You will have become known as the person who gets stuff done fast. You will challenge existing processes and drive forward improvements. You will own our workshop spaces and build them out to ensure their capability and food safety/cleanliness. You will challenge existing processes and drive forward improvements.
- First Year: You will become an expert user of our systems, potentially building and implementing new ones. You'll have numerous examples of how you've meaningfully and tangibly improved various parts of Vow.
A diverse, mission-led, dream team of Vowzers
Our mission is to feed billions, which means making food products for everyone. To do this we need a team that’s representative of the people we serve. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and have built a culture to match. Be yourself and come as you are.
Our mission is to feed billions, which means making food products for everyone. To do this we need a team that’s representative of the people we serve. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and have built a culture to match. Be yourself and come as you are.
Learn from the best
Our team includes some of the world’s top scientists, innovators, operators, and creatives with decades of industry experience. Despite our experiences, we all strive to build, break, learn, and repeat. We see the impossible as temporary and strive to learn and support our company and fellow Vowzers' growth as much as possible.
Our team includes some of the world’s top scientists, innovators, operators, and creatives with decades of industry experience. Despite our experiences, we all strive to build, break, learn, and repeat. We see the impossible as temporary and strive to learn and support our company and fellow Vowzers' growth as much as possible.
Cutting-edge technology
We’re bringing together innovations in science, engineering, and food, to create the world’s most unique culinary experiences. All without compromising on ethics or our planet. Since our inception in 2019, we have held the title of being the first startup to cultivate meat from the cells of an undomesticated animal. We're wild because we can be.
We’re bringing together innovations in science, engineering, and food, to create the world’s most unique culinary experiences. All without compromising on ethics or our planet. Since our inception in 2019, we have held the title of being the first startup to cultivate meat from the cells of an undomesticated animal. We're wild because we can be.
Backed by the best
We can make a real impact thanks to our investors Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Grok Ventures, Tenacious Ventures, P7 Ventures, Toyota Ventures and PeakBridge VC.
We can make a real impact thanks to our investors Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Grok Ventures, Tenacious Ventures, P7 Ventures, Toyota Ventures and PeakBridge VC.
Perks &
Perks
Perks &
Perks
Everyone is an owner
In addition to competitive base salaries, each and every ‘Vowzer’ owns equity in the company so we can all benefit from our hard work and future success.
In addition to competitive base salaries, each and every ‘Vowzer’ owns equity in the company so we can all benefit from our hard work and future success.
Generous paid parental leave
For those who choose to start a family, we offer 8 weeks of paid caregiver leave and an additional 8 weeks paid leave for the birth giver.
For those who choose to start a family, we offer 8 weeks of paid caregiver leave and an additional 8 weeks paid leave for the birth giver.
Generous relocation budget & support
We offer support for interstate or overseas team members, their families and, of course, their pets.
We offer support for interstate or overseas team members, their families and, of course, their pets.
Flexible working hours and location
We value work-life balance and we recognise that everyone works differently. We want you to do your best work, so you can choose how and where you do it.
We value work-life balance and we recognise that everyone works differently. We want you to do your best work, so you can choose how and where you do it.
Unlimited personal leave
Sometimes you need time off to recuperate, look after your mental health, or simply deal with an emergency. We put unlimited personal leave in place to empower you to bring your best self to work every day.
Sometimes you need time off to recuperate, look after your mental health, or simply deal with an emergency. We put unlimited personal leave in place to empower you to bring your best self to work every day.
Heaps of tasty samples from our culinary centre
Our fantastic "food inventors" on the Vow team are always cooking up new product prototypes, and all Vowzers are given the opportunity to taste, give feedback, and learn from their culinary prowess.
Our fantastic "food inventors" on the Vow team are always cooking up new product prototypes, and all Vowzers are given the opportunity to taste, give feedback, and learn from their culinary prowess.
Converted warehouse 'campus'
Complete with a glass-walled lab, manufacturing lines, snacks, a culinary centre and professional-grade coffee machine.
Complete with a glass-walled lab, manufacturing lines, snacks, a culinary centre and professional-grade coffee machine.
A variety of social clubs
It's Vowzers who make our culture. From book clubs to hiking groups, we’re always looking for ways to learn and engage with each other.
It's Vowzers who make our culture. From book clubs to hiking groups, we’re always looking for ways to learn and engage with each other.
Human and dog friendly office
An inclusive community and culture, in a welcoming office, we encourage you to bring your true self…and your dogs.
An inclusive community and culture, in a welcoming office, we encourage you to bring your true self…and your dogs.