Electrician

About Us

At Alliance we're a purpose-driven, global supplier of premium grass-fed lamb, beef and venison. Our people on the ground play a critical role in delivering safe, high quality processing outcomes that support our farmers, communities, and long-term sustainability.

At our Lorneville Plant in Invercargill, we are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Registered Electrician to join a high-performing engineering team within a large-scale industrial environment.

The Role

Looking for more than just another electrical job? This could be the opportunity that changes your career.

We’re searching for a current NZ Registered Electrician with proven commercial electrical experience to join our team. This is a hands-on shift-based role supporting a fast-paced production environment where your contribution directly impacts plant reliability, productivity and operational success.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to grow beyond the tools alone - someone motivated to expand their capability, challenge themselves, and build a long-term career within a large-scale industrial environment.

This is a full-time permanent role. The duties of the role will include:

• Fault finding and breakdown response across plant and equipment

• Preventative and planned maintenance

• Working with PLC controlled systems, automation and instrumentation

• Maintaining conveyors, VSD controlled motors and refrigerated systems

• Supporting vacuum packaging equipment and other site electrical systems

• Supporting plant upgrades and capital projects

• Entering and managing jobs within a computerised maintenance system

• Following electrical drawings and technical plans where required

• Ensuring compliance with NZ electrical regulations and site safety standards

• Working collaboratively with production and engineering teams

• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the site

About You

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a relevant electrical trade qualification (minimum NZQF Level 4 or equivalent) and current EWRB registration with a valid practising licence
• Have a minimum of three years' post-qualification experience in industrial, manufacturing, processing, FMCG or similar maintenance environments
• Demonstrate strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability
• Be able to read and interpret engineering and electrical drawings
• Have experience with PLC, SCADA or related control systems (advantageous)
• Have knowledge of VSDs, instrumentation and process control systems
• Bring strong analytical, communication, time management and organisational skills
• Demonstrate ownership, accountability and a commitment to health, safety and continuous improvement
• Work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Be available to work weekends as part of a rotating roster
• A minimum NZQF Level 4 qualification (or equivalent recognised by EWRB) is required.

What’s in it for you?

• Health insurance subsidies for you and your family
• Competitive salary between $90,000 and $100,000 per annum, depending on experience
• 1 week extra annual leave
• Ongoing support and training
• Multi-trade development opportunities to broaden your skillset
• On-site health services, including counselling, first aiders and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• On-call allowance
• Opportunities for extra shifts
• Monday to Friday rotating shift roster offering structured work-life balance
• Long-term career progression opportunities within a stable business

Sounds like your kind of role?

If being encouraged to pursue excellence every day inspires you, you’ll fit right in here. Not only do we strive to be the best in New Zealand’s market, we’re also a global brand with ongoing projects to keep us moving onwards and upwards. For someone with your motivation to succeed, it doesn’t get any better than this.

If you believe you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, we would like to hear from you.

With our ongoing commitment towards health and safety, you’ll undergo a pre-employment drug test that will form part of your application.