Maintenance Electrician/Foreman

Auckland Based

A great opportunity exists for the right person to join one of New Zealand's strong and successful companies. The ideal candidate must have an uncompromising attitude towards health and safety, a willingness to learn, a commitment to excellence and the ability to fit into a high energy environment. The role requires a strong focus on providing technical and maintenance management skills in line with Strategy Base Maintenance and Reliability Centered Maintenance principles to optimize plant, equipment and production budget outcomes. You will be instrumental in driving continuous operations and ensuring reliability and best practice maintenance services across the company's site.

To be successful, you must have:

• Relevant Qualification in: Electrical Trade Certificate (General Electrical Practicing License) / Electrical Engineering (Diploma or Degree) - registered with EWR Board of NZ
• Ideally Minimum 5 years electrical maintenance/project experience in food manufacturing (FMCG preferable)
• Diagnostic and fault-finding expertise with root cause analysis
• Experience driving a preventative maintenance culture to shift the focus from reactive maintenance activities.
• Strong electrical experience, including PLC knowledge
• Allen Bradley programming experience is desirable.
• Project Management skills - Scope, design and estimate electrical requirements
• In depth knowledge of Electrical Standards
• Mechanical skills and knowledge
• Demonstrated conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience in high speed end line packing systems.
• Strong Customer focus and team orientation
• Demonstrated ability in leading teams and creating a positive team environment
• Ability to engage stakeholders at all levels of the organisations
• Ability to understand and interpret a diverse range of business activities

  The purpose of this position is to actively support production and site activities to optimize productivity and minimize plant reliability. You will use your engineering knowledge to analyze equipment failure modes and your leadership skills to facilitate cross functional groups in decision-making and improvements. Your ability to juggle and priorities is important as you should be able to work with minimum supervision.

  This is a pivotal role within the business and you will be a key player, as an integral part of the business. An excellent remuneration package and benefits are on offer and will reflect the importance of this position. If you feel that you have what it takes, then I would like to hear from you.

  Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.

  To be considered for this position please apply online and attach a current CV and any relevant employment related certificates or for further information please contact Jayatri Chandra on 09 583 1502.