Maintenance Engineer Job In Silver Fern, New Zealand

Our Engineering team are in exciting phase as we look to grow the capability of our team and implement a refreshed structure and processes that will enable us to
continue to improve the service we provide while improving reliability at the site.

We are looking for motivated and skilled Maintenance Fitters/Engineers to join our engineering team who are crucial to keep our production running in a challenging,
dynamic food production environment. You will be joining a team on the up and play a key role in implementing our vision for our Pacific site in Whakatu, Hastings. In
return, we offer competitive pay rates, OT allowances and great training/development opportunities.

We will proceed with shortlisting and contacting applicants in January 2025.

Our site operates both day and evening shifts Monday to Friday as well as occasional overtime on weekends.

The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Relevant Trades Qualification (Level 4 Mechanical Diagnostics Engineer or Trade Qualified Fitter/ Turner)
• Good knowledge of sound engineering principals and repairs and maintenance procedures on a large industrial processing site – or a passion to learn in this
• environment.
• Ability to analyze problems and implement effective solutions in a timely manner and communicate this with those around you.
• Be self-motivated and capable of working both independently and within a tight knit team of engineering specialists.
• Organized, with the ability to plan and priorities workload in a challenging engineering environment.
• Desire to keep learning and upskill – be this in a leadership scope or dual trading into other facets of the production engineering environment.

Previous experience in FMCG or transferrable production engineering environments would be an advantage, but the key is the ability to work as part of a team and
utilize your problem-solving skills to provide top level service to the processing plant. Preferred candidates will have good interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting
stuck in to get the job done as well as thinking outside of the box.

If you are interested in using your mechanical skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand’s largest food
exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.