Engineering Project Manager

We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.

As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.

When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.

The Central North Island Regional Projects Team are responsible for delivering the Central North Island regional capital portfolio safely and effectively to achieve business objectives.

Servicing the Bay of Plenty, our Edgecumbe site has been manufacturing dairy products since 1923. The site produces pastry sheet butter, prepared edible fats, anhydrous milk fat, casein & caseinates, whey protein concentrate, milk minerals and probiotics. Edgecumbe is the only site in NZ that produces calcium Caseinate.

About the opportunity | Te whiwhinga mahi

As the Engineering Project Manager at our Edgecumbe site, you will work with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure the smooth and on time delivery of capital projects in the regional portfolio.

You will be engineering and managing projects across the central north island manufacturing sites. You will also be responsible for successful project delivery, from concept to implementation, through the building of effective relationships and project teams. You will be facilitating change by applying a leading approach with good representation from stakeholders.

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will get exposure to a range of engineering projects, leading initiatives that will significantly improve the sustainability, safety, quality, and reliability of assets within our operations. Your projects will be highly visible to senior leaders and make a real difference to the future performance and success of Fonterra.

About you | Ko wai koe

To be successful in this role you will bring an engineering or project management background, within a high-quality team environment with the ability to deliver complex projects end to end.

You will have a proven ability to learn and adapt to a varying workload as well as having excellent prioritisation and decision-making skills. You’ll be reliable, approachable, and be able to identify, and provide solutions to the wider business to keep jobs moving forward.

A degree in Process, Mechanical or Chemical engineering is preferable alongside familiarity with project management tools and techniques.

Project management certification such as PMP, Prince 2 or CAPM would be helpful.

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Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location

To learn more, visit Fonterra Careers

Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.

• Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.
• Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.
• Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
• Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.

Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.
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