Our Takapau site in Central Hawke’s Bay is Silver Fern Farms largest dedicated lamb processing site, employing up to 950 people at the peak of the season.

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 the Takapau site. In return, we offer competitive pay rates, OT allowances and great training/development opportunities.

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 analyse 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.
• Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise 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.
• Comfortable being on a roster-based shift pattern in a red meat processing environment out of our largest site in NZ in the beautiful central Hawkes Bay. 

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 utilise 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.

To apply online, click on Apply below to submit your application