Maintenance Fitter

Maintenance Fitter

Published : 22 / 10 / 2025

Job Location :

Hamilton / New Zealand

Job Type : Permanent

Work Type : Full Time

Category : Trades & Services

About the Company :

Dairy Goat Co-operative is a manufacturer, developer and exporter of premium, niche, and consumer packaged infant formulas.

It is one of the region's leading exporters and now services international markets via its marketing partners and joint venture relationships.

The markets are located primarily in Asia and Europe.

About the Role :

The primary purpose of this role is to carry out a variety of maintenance activities across DGC's manufacturing assets to maximise plant reliability and efficiency.

This will involve carrying out Preventive Maintenance tasks, responding to breakdowns and participating in the company after hours support roster.

As a Maintenance Fitter you will closely integrate with manufacturing teams to resolve plant issues ensuring exceptional reliability and equipment effectiveness.

Collaboration with a variety of people within our teams and vendor companies is key to this role to ensure effective delivery and great maintenance outcomes.

About the Duties :

Carrying out preventive maintenance activities and associated corrective actions.

Playing a lead role in proactively identifying and troubleshooting plant issues.

Contributing to plant shutdown maintenance planning and the organisation of parts and materials.

Integrating with manufacturing teams to deliver reliability.

Identifying and contributing to performance improvement projects and opportunities.

Support the Risk Management Programme (RMP) and meet all required quality, hygiene and food safety standards.

Participating in the on-call roster and attending to breakdowns after hours where required.

Key Skills and Experiences :

Fitter trade certification e.g. National Certificate in Engineering.

Strong mechanical engineering background.

Experience within a food manufacturing environment.

Optional : Advanced trade qualification.

Optional : NZCE - Mechanical Engineering.

Hazard ID, Permit Receivers unit standards.

Understanding of Reliability Centered Maintenance practices.

Intermediate level skills using Microsoft Office suite.

Understanding of quality systems compliance.

Solid self-management skills and ability to work autonomously.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Attention to detail & ability to prioritise.

Strong organisational skills & problem-solving skills.

The Right Opportunity for You?

If you have experience in the field of plant maintenance and want to extend your career in a world-class export company, we would be keen to hear from you.

To find out more, please get in touch with Sam Martch on

• for a confidential chat.

Applications for this vacancy will close on 20 November

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About Us

Dairy Goat Co-operative is a farmer-owned co-operative that is the world's leading manufacturer of goat milk nutritional powder products.

Located on Gallagher Drive in Hamilton, we have a large team of successful and driven employees that share the company's key values—integrity, co-operative spirit, focus and trust.

Here at Dairy Goat Co-operative we have a wide range of employment opportunities from blending, spray drying, can making and can-filling team members to quality, production, accounting and marketing team members.

We are always willing to hear from dedicated people who are interested in joining the Dairy Goat Co-operative.

If you would like to join this diverse company, please click the link below to register your interest or apply for a vacancy.

Address : 18 Gallagher Drive, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

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