Engineering Graduate Programme (Nov 2026)

What the graduate programme has to offer

• Receive the best start to your career as a future leader in engineering with a strong support network, grad buddies and mentoring from a senior leader.
• Build an understanding of engineering within Fonterra by rotating across four different engineering teams.
• Hands‑on learning while you get to explore the country by travelling around different manufacturing sites and offices.
• Competitive salary, connected cohort and a guaranteed role at the end of the programme.
• Guaranteed role at the end of the programme

Our Co-operative

Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini

We are a Co‑operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.

As part of the Fonterra Co‑op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.

When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.

Join us | Haere mai

Embark on an exciting journey with our 2‑year Engineering Graduate Programme, designed to provide you with a diverse range of experiences, enhance your cultural competency, and offer broad exposure across our dynamic company. The programme includes rotations through various core engineering teams and functions at National, Regional, and Manufacturing site levels.

Opportunities await | Te whai waahi

Your qualifications, skills, and interests will shape the projects you undertake as you rotate through Fonterra's engineering sectors. Each 6‑month rotation is designed to provide you with hands‑on experience and the chance to make significant contributions.

About you | Moe koe

We're seeking individuals who embody a collaborative spirit, resilience, learning agility, a growth mindset, demonstrate curiosity, and show potential for leadership.

Join Fonterra, where we're committed to nurturing emerging talent and shaping the engineers of the future.

What Fonterra has to offer

The benefits of life at Fonterra | Te ora i Fonterra

Our people and what they bring to our Co‑op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work.

To learn more, visit Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.

Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let's solve for better, together.

You, me, us together. Tātou tātou.

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