At Goodman Fielder our purpose is simple. It's about making everyday food better for everyone.We are a leading global food company, and the custodian of a host of iconic Kiwi brands like
Meadow Fresh, Puhoi Valley, Molenberg, Natures Fresh
and
Freya's
that generations of New Zealand have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week.We might be biased but we believe our team here at Goodman Fielder is an amazing place to work, and a great team to be part of! We're driven by our values -
We Grow Together, We Keep Things Simple, We Get Stuff Done
Our Opportunity
We are currently looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join our dedicated team at our Meadow Fresh dairy manufacturing site in Longburn, Palmerston North. Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader, you will provide high quality maintenance and repairs to equipment throughout the plant, with a strong emphasis on improving the operational effectiveness of the site.
Shift pattern :
4 on 4 off (2 x days 5am -5pm, 2 x nights 12pm - 12am Monday - Thursday / 10.30am – 10.30pm Friday - Sunday)
Key accountabilities of the role include :
Undertake scheduled planned maintenance tasks including planned activities
Attend and resolve unplanned maintenance tasks including breakdowns
Ensure machinery and plant is maintained to ensure optimum performance
Perform general mechanical, motor and conveyor repairs
Maintain all site engineering documentation and plant logs, ensuring accuracy and up to date information is available at all times.
Drive factory quality and SHE standards to ensure and demonstrate continued and sustainable improvement in safety for the site
Assist in preparing site when required for external and regulatory audits
The successful applicant will have :
Tertiary Qualification in Mechanical Engineering
GMP and food safety understanding (desirable)
Strong root cause analysis for timely breakdown resolutions
HS&E knowledge, including machinery guarding
Experience in Food and FMCG manufacturing (desirable)
What we offer
You will be joining a driven team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together resulting in a highly collaborative and flexible work environment. In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development.At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer long-term careers filled with opportunities for personal growth. At Goodman Fielder, we strongly believe in diversity and inclusion in everything we do. If you require any support throughout your application process then we encourage you to share it with us. We encourage applications from people of all abilities, cultures and gender identities. If you have any questions or would like discuss anything regarding our recruitment process, you are welcome to email us via ### LocationGroup Engineering (0)Site Engineering (1)The easiest way to use the Job Search is to enter one or more wordsas Keywords and the Job Search will find jobs with any of your keywords in theskills, position title or location. However, the job search has more advancedsearching capabilities that allows you to include, exclude or even match wordstogether.A keyword is any word you wish to pinpoint in yoursearch. It may be a skill you have, a company you wish to work for, or thename of a particular project you want to look for.#### Spaces and Case SensitiveLeave one space only between words and do not include commas (
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