Engineering Team Leader

Timaru | www.trademe.co.nz |
Te Turanga /About the Role:**

We have an amazing opportunity at our Pareora site south of Timaru, to join our team as an Engineering Team Leader. This position is suited to a highly motivated and skilled Maintenance Engineer with solid leadership experience, or a proven FMCG Leading hand looking to take the next step in their career.

The Engineering Team Leader will be responsible for leading our team of 10+ Maintenance Engineers across various rosters on our second largest site in the South Island, with several chains operating across multiple species at any one time - assisting with planned maintenance and installation of new plant equipment as required - all the while being across the urgency of a high-speed site operating in a time precious sector.

**Ou Pukenga /About You:**

The successful candidate will ideally have previous experience in a Food Processing environment and will use their analytical and problem-solving skills to provide top level service to the processing plant. They will be an accomplished people leader and be able to create a safe and collaborative team environment with an open-door policy to lead this team from strength to strength.

Working as part of a site engineering leadership team, candidates will have good interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting stuck in to get the job done. All the while having good EI and an ability to multitask across both the technical aspects, and the day-to-day organisation/administrative duties required of a large-scale team leader.

 •  Trade Qualified as a L4 Mechanical Diagnostics Engineer/Fitter Turner or similar
 •  Excellent technical know-how/ diagnostics ability in an industrial maintenance environment.
 •  Proven experience as a leader in an engineering environment and a true "people leader" who can not only lead but bring teams together to achieve tasks collaboratively.
 •  Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions on a timely basis.
 •  Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload in a challenging environment.
 •  Computer Literacy with strong computer/ administrative experience would be advantageous.

**Te Ahurea /Why work at Silver Fern Farms?**

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe.
'Goodness' is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

For you, we offer heavily discounted staff meat sales through our onsite Butcher's Block, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required), BOOST employee retail discount scheme, subsidised health insurance, and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling.
There's the added bonus of free on-site parking and a full uniform also.

**Tono Mai /To Apply:**

Click on 'Apply' below to submit your application. We assess applications as they are received so don't delay.

***Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us.***
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