[ref. a46639304] Hawera - Maintenance Services Technician - Collingwood St

Our Co-operative I Te Matapuna toa takitini

Fonterra’s strength is in the collective. We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Our rich history is built on farming families working together to share the natural goodness of our dairy with the world.

Collaboration, innovation, and passion was the cornerstone of our creation and something we continue to value today through our commitment to care for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk. Our milk creates goodness through nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients that are loved here in New Zealand and around the world.

About the opportunity | He kupu mo matou

Established in 1985, our Eltham Collingwood Street site in the heart of Taranaki which produces over 65,000 tonne per year of cheese products for FMCG markets here in New Zealand and abroad. It is the largest consumer and foodservice cheese manufacturing plant in the Asia Pacific region.

Joining our Maintenance Team as an Electrical Technician you’ll be a key member of our multi-disciplined team where you’ll be part of a shift crew who are responsible for electrical breakdown services and planned maintenance.

Focusing on health and safety and electrical maintenance best practice, you’ll utilise your sound industrial electrical knowledge to provide frontline electrical support to our production teams and will use sound problem-solving skills to fault find and repair breakdowns with confidence on our automated and high speed manufacturing packing and utilities equipment.

Other areas of focus may include instrumentation services for the site and maintenance of PLC equipment, motors and control loops.

This is a rostered shift pattern of two days, two nights and four days off.

About you | Mo tenei turanga

The key to success in this role will be your passion for problem solving and fault finding. You’ll need to remain calm under pressure when responding to unplanned breakdowns and have excellent attention to detail.

With your forward-thinking drive and ability to achieve results you’ll have plenty of scope to drive continuous improvement on equipment with some of our industry's cutting edge automated technology. Exceptional communication skills will see you work collaboratively with teams across the site.

Other skills include:

• Exposure to a fast paced automated manufacturing environment
• Experience in industrial electrical maintenance functions such as equipment repair, failure analysis to root cause and preventative maintenance.
• A New Zealand Electrical Registration with a current practicing license.
• Computer literacy and experience with a CMMS system
• Experience from within the food or dairy industry would be beneficial.
• Experience with PLC automations systems and/or instrumentation also advantageous

There is plenty of scope for career progression so if you are looking to further your career with Fonterra, we look forward to hearing from you.

Our story | Moe koe

We are committed to farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.

Whakaohooho constantly inspires ourselves and each other with great career development opportunities and benefits. We enable flexibility and balance to suit everyone’s lifestyles and choices.

Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?

That's not a problem. We are committed to growing our internal talent and building a diverse workplace; therefore, we are open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.

Sound good to you? If you are interested, please apply now so we can continue to solve for better, together.

You, me, us together. Tatou tatou.

Applications for this role will close Sunday 15th June 2025