Delivered by Best-in-Class Technicians for 20 Years
For over 20 years, MEX Engineering Group has operated as the critical infrastructure partner for some of Australia’s most demanding manufacturing and processing environments. We deliver every project under strict HSEQ risk discipline, ensuring safe, compliant, and right-first-time engineering execution.
Unlike other engineering firms who rely on transient labour, we invest heavily in our dedicated in-house training centre to develop the most skilled industrial electricians and mechanical fitters in the industry. This guarantees stable site teams, deep institutional memory, and unparalleled workmanship for your plant. MEX Engineering Group is a CMSE® (Certified Machinery Safety Expert – TÜV NORD) and houses the NSW Centre of Excellence for Additive Manufacturing.
Why choose MEX Engineering Group for preventative maintenance?
MEX Engineering Group is the critical infrastructure partner for Australian manufacturing and production facilities. We bridge the gap between high-level safety design and boots-on-the-ground maintenance service to eliminate hazards and reduce your audit exposure. Operating under highest international certifications, our embedded safety experts deliver measurable risk reduction without disrupting your production schedules.
→ In-House CMSE® – Certified Machinery Safety Expert
→ 24 Hour, 7 Day Breakdown Availability
→ Continuous Production Coverage
→ In-house Engineering Capability
→ Predictive Diagnostics
→ Replacement Parts locally, Bypass 8-week overseas delays
End-to-end preventative maintenance solutions
Most generalist contractors treat maintenance as a reactive “break-fix” exercise, merely patching a broken gear or resetting a tripped drive without looking at the broader system. This reactive approach leaves your facility vulnerable to the exact same failure weeks later, draining resources and causing unpredictable downtime.
MEX Engineering Group provides a complete, end-to-end preventative maintenance solution. By deploying stable, long-term technicians who learn the precise history of your assets, we stabilise reliability. From scheduled mechanical servicing and LV power inspections to advanced vibration analysis and RCD testing, we engineer strategic asset care programs that eliminate recurring bottlenecks and drastically maximise your asset lifecycles.
Types of preventative maintenance programs
Our industrial technicians specialise in the rigorous environments of heavy industry. We develop and execute tailored preventative maintenance programs designed to suit your specific operational reality, including:
Condition-Based Maintenance
Using real-time data, thermal imaging, and vibration analysis to trigger maintenance only when equipment shows signs of degrading performance.
Time-Based (Calendar) Maintenance
Executing strict, scheduled servicing on high-speed packaging machinery and automated conveyors to comply with OEM warranties and safety regulations.
Shutdown & Turnaround Maintenance
Strategically executing complex mechanical overhauls and control system testing precisely within your narrow, planned shutdown windows.
Fractional Contract Maintenance
Providing a dedicated, scalable workforce to manage your ongoing daily, weekly, and monthly preventative worklists.
Trusted by Australia’s Leading Manufacturers
MEX Engineering Group provides embedded site teams and engineering services to some of the country’s largest production facilities. We maintain critical infrastructure for industry leaders across FMCG, food and beverage, and high-speed packaging, including Tooheys, CHEP, Ullrich Aluminium, Goodman Fielder, and BlueScope Steel.
From maintenance strategy to boots-on-the-ground execution
We eliminate contractor inconsistency by managing the entire lifecycle of your plant’s reliability. Instead of relying on transient labour, we deploy our own in-house trained industrial electricians and mechanical fitters to build deep institutional memory of your critical assets.
Our process begins with isolating root causes rather than just patching the same recurring faults. We then execute precise, data-driven repairs, ensuring that your maintenance strategy is perfectly translated into practical, on-site reality. We secure your uptime by providing clear asset documentation, predictive monitoring, and ongoing fractional maintenance coverage.
How we saved $17,000 per hour by reducing downtime
Our client’s plastic pallet washing facility is a critical piece of their supply chain infrastructure that runs 24/7. MEX Engineering Group was engaged to provide 24-hour operational assistance and critical preventative maintenance shifts to ensure the plant could survive the severe demands of continuous production.
By embedding a team of three maintenance electricians and one mechanical fitter, we organise all trades, source parts, and execute scheduled preventative repairs over four targeted weekend shifts. Since taking control of the preventative asset care on-site, unplanned downtime has decreased significantly. With client downtime valued at approximately $17,000 per hour, our engineered preventative maintenance strategy delivers considerable, measurable savings across their business operations.
Read full case studyReliable preventative maintenance framework
We follow a structured 6-step framework to embed our maintenance expertise inside your facility:
Asset Health Assessment
Identifying severe wear, electrical risks, and legacy equipment that poses an immediate threat to your throughput.
Fractional Maintenance Integration
Embedding our technicians to clear backlogged maintenance tasks and stabilise reactive breakdowns.
Data-Driven Diagnostics
Implementing vibration analysis and thermal scanning to isolate hidden, root-cause faults.
Strategy Development
Designing a tailored, AS/NZS-compliant preventative maintenance schedule built around your production availability.
Turnkey Execution
Deploying in-house electricians and fitters to execute routine asset care seamlessly during planned shutdown windows.
24/7 Breakdown Availability
Providing rapid-response on-call support to act as your safety net if the unexpected occurs.
What Our Clients Are Saying
We would highly recommend MEX Engineering Group to any business looking to improve equipment reliability, product quality, and operational performance. Their response time is fantastic for breakdown support 24 hour 7 days a week.
Aaron Gater, BriteStar General Manager
MEX Engineering Group has been an integral part of our operations here in Chullora. MEX Engineering Group is a vital cog of our Engineering and Reliability program, which spans from critical maintenance to capital projects. The relationship we have with MEX Engineering Group is a product of decades and decades of hard work and commitment to safety, and it has been a privilege for us to have them onboard.
Raphael, BlueScope Steel
From initial installation through to full system commissioning. MEX Engineering Group’s hands-on approach and technical expertise allow us to deliver reliable, efficient and high-performing solutions to our clients as well as ongoing mechanical and electrical technical support 24/7. This partnership strengthens our ability to provide complete, end-to-end service with confidence, ensuring long-term performance and operational success across every project.
Dominik Dobaj, Packology
Adapting to high-speed manufacturing demands
Australian manufacturing facilities are pushing legacy machinery to its absolute limits to meet output targets. Running older mechanical systems and electrical infrastructure at maximum capacity creates immense vibration, metal fatigue, and severe strain on control panels.
Relying on transient mechanics to perform reactive “break-fix” repairs exposes your operations to revenue-draining shutdowns. Implementing a structured preventative maintenance program—backed by advanced condition monitoring and embedded fractional support—is no longer optional; it is required to safely survive the demands of 24/7 high-speed automation and prevent the massive cost of halted production.
Preventative maintenance solutions by industry
| Industry Classification | Common Maintenance Challenges | How MEX Engineering Group Adds Value |
| FMCG & Food Processing | Strict washdown requirements degrading wiring and constant conveyor wear. | Washdown-rated electrical inspections, hygienic mechanical servicing, and rapid breakdown response. |
| Brewing & Distilling | 24/7 continuous pump and valve operation with zero tolerance for delays. | Vibration analysis on drive systems, pump alignment, and dedicated production coverage. |
| High-Speed Packaging | Constant mechanical wear and reliance on legacy OEM parts. | Contract mechanical fitters and 3D printed replacement parts for rapid recovery during preventative overhauls. |
| Heavy Metal Processing | Extreme structural loads, heavy vibration, and severe safety risks. | Heavy structural asset care, thermal scanning, and CMSE-backed safety guarding validation. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a mechanical engineer do?
In an industrial manufacturing environment, a mechanical engineer designs, analyses, and optimises the physical machinery and systems that drive production. At MEX Engineering Group, our mechanical engineering team bridges the gap between high-level design and practical execution. They conduct root-cause fault analysis on failing equipment, design heavy fabrication solutions or precision conveyor upgrades, and oversee our in-house mechanical fitters to ensure complex machinery is installed, aligned, and maintained to survive the rigorous demands of 24/7 throughput.
What is the difference between preventative and predictive maintenance?
Preventative maintenance involves performing scheduled, time-based, or usage-based asset care (like replacing bearings every six months or lubricating a chain every 500 hours) to prevent failure. Predictive maintenance uses real-time data and advanced diagnostic tools (such as vibration analysis or thermal scanning) to monitor the actual condition of the machinery, allowing us to accurately predict and fix a fault just before it fails, saving you money on unnecessary part replacements.
What is Fractional Contract Maintenance?
Fractional maintenance means we supply embedded, highly skilled industrial electricians and mechanical fitters to your site for a set number of hours or days per week. This acts as your dedicated maintenance department, building institutional memory of your assets without the overhead of hiring full-time, in-house technical staff.
How does your 24/7 Breakdown Response work?
Unlike generalist engineering firms who quote fast but mobilise slowly, MEX Engineering Group operates a true 24 hour, 7 day breakdown infrastructure. We provide rapid, on-call mechanical and electrical response capabilities designed specifically to shorten recovery time and restore production when critical infrastructure fails.
Do you use subcontractors for your mechanical and electrical engineering?
While we have a broad network of trusted partners, our core capability is delivered by our own highly trained, full-time technicians and engineers. We invest heavily in our dedicated in-house training centre to ensure every staff member meets the MEX Engineering Group standard of excellence. This strict in-house engineering capability eliminates the risks of third-party contractor handoffs.
Protect your uptime today.
Contact MEX Engineering Group to discuss your preventative maintenance strategy, condition monitoring, and fractional maintenance requirements with a senior engineering specialist.
Why contact MEX Engineering Group?
- True 24/7 breakdown availability
- 100% in-house engineering capability
- Backed by TÜV Nord CMSE® experts
- Trusted by Australia’s top manufacturers for 20+ years