Maintenance Fitter

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole-of-product life cycle approach to sustainable packaging. Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

Job Description

About the Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Day Shift Maintenance Fitter to join our VIP Steel Avondale branch, a multinational PACT Group PTY subsidiary.

You will work as part of the operational team with a key focus on providing maintenance support to enable effective running of all equipment.

You will ensure all processes and assets have the capability to meet our customers’ requirements in a manner that does not compromise quality or health and safety.

Areas of Accountability:

• Increase overall plant performance and asset reliability.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement projects.
• Health and Safety in accordance with PACT group policies.
• Ensure compliance of product quality with both internal / external standards and requirements
• Provide substitutive leadership and coverage for the Site Maintenance Engineer when necessary.
• Delivering outstanding customer service in a demanding business environment.
• Achieving high levels of equipment performance and reliability.
• Operating in a highly seasonal business and finding ways to maintain the equipment.
• Responding to breakdowns during afternoon shifts and weekends.
• Engaging an operations team with high levels of agency staff.
• Keeping up with technology.
• Upgrading machines and essential services for maximum reliability and efficiency while maintaining costs within budget.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need the following essential skills & experience:

• Prior experience in a maintenance / engineering role within FMCG and manufacturing environment.
• Trade Certificate Engineering.
• Fitter / Turner / Welder.
• Fault finding analysis.
• RCA
• Manufacturing / Production exposure.
• Trained Hydraulics
• PLC and electrical fault finding.
• Trained Pneumatics.
• Health, Safety, Quality focus
• Electrical Skills is advantageous.

Additional Information

This is a great opportunity to be a part of an earthy environment with a great multicultural team. It is a long-standing subsidiary of a large corporation that believes in its employees as it does in manufacturing.

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

As part of our commitment to health and safety, the successful applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment medical and drug test.