Aerosol Line Setter / Canmaking Technician

Join One of Australia’s Leading Metal Packaging Manufacturers

NCI Packaging is seeking an experienced Aerosol Line Setter / Canmaking Technician to join our Preston manufacturing team.

This is an opportunity for a highly skilled canmaking professional who enjoys working with high-speed production equipment, solving complex mechanical problems, and driving world-class manufacturing performance.

If you have experience in aerosol or metal can manufacturing and enjoy being the technical expert on the production floor, we’d like to hear from you.

About the Role

You will be responsible for setting, optimising and troubleshooting our high-speed aerosol can production lines to ensure maximum safety, quality, productivity and equipment reliability.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Setting up and optimising aerosol can manufacturing equipment

• Diagnosing mechanical and process faults quickly and effectively

• Minimising downtime through proactive fault finding and machine adjustments

• Supporting production teams to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) targets

• Driving continuous improvement initiatives

• Coaching and developing operators on machine settings and best practice

• Working closely with Maintenance and Production to maximise Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

• Maintaining high standards of product quality and line performance

About You

You are a hands-on technical specialist who enjoys solving problems and keeping production running efficiently.

You will ideally have:

• Experience in metal can manufacturing or aerosol can production

• Strong mechanical aptitude with excellent fault-finding skills

• Experience setting and optimising high-speed manufacturing equipment

• The ability to quickly diagnose machine and process issues

• A strong understanding of quality requirements in can manufacturing

• Excellent communication and leadership skills

• A proactive approach to continuous improvement

• The ability to remain calm under pressure while making sound technical decisions

Highly Regarded Experience

Experience operating or setting equipment such as:

• Soudronic welders

• Lanico seamers

• Leak testers

• Flangers

• Neckers

• Beaders

• High-speed conveying systems

• Automated inspection equipment

Experience within the metal packaging industry will be highly regarded.

Why Join NCI?

• Work with some of the most advanced canmaking equipment in Australia

• Stable and growing Australian manufacturing business

• Opportunity to further develop your technical expertise

• Supportive leadership team

• Secure long-term career opportunity

If you have the technical skills, mechanical aptitude and passion for canmaking excellence, we’d like to hear from you.

This role is ideal for experienced professionals currently working in:

• Aerosol can manufacturing

• Food can manufacturing

• Beverage can manufacturing

• Metal packaging manufacturing

Whether your current title is Setter, Canmaker Technician, Production Technician, Mechanical Technician, Line Technician or Senior Machine Operator, we’d like to hear from you.