Engineering Foreman

AP Plant & Machinery is looking for an experienced Engineering Foreman to take a leading hand in our Gisborne workshop. Reporting to the Workshop Manager, you'll keep the floor running — allocating jobs, setting the pace, and staying on the tools yourself.

You'll be in amongst it: fabricating, fitting, problem-solving, and showing the younger crew how it's done.

APPM is a family-owned hydraulic, mechanical and engineering business serving forestry, agriculture, marine, transport and industrial customers right across the Tairāwhiti/East Coast with a mix of onsite repair work and design-build projects.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the engineering team on the floor day to day.
• Staying hands-on across fabrication, welding, and general engineering tasks
• Reading and working from engineering drawings and job specifications
• Keeping an eye on quality — making sure work goes out right the first time
• Keeping health and safety front and centre
• Mentoring apprentices and junior staff, and passing on your trade knowledge
• Keeping accurate job records, timesheets and progress notes
• Working in with the Workshop Manager, parts team and other technicians to hit deadlines
• Giving and taking feedback regularly

What You'll Bring

• A relevant trade qualification
• At least 5 years' hands-on trade experience, with time spent as a foreman or leading hand
• Sound knowledge of workshop health and safety practices
• The ability to read technical drawings and plan a job from start to finish
• A current NZ driver's licence (Class 1 minimum)
• NZ residency or a valid work visa
• A practical, level-headed attitude and the ability to lead by example
• No ego, no B.S, no politics
• Your own basic tools (we'll sort the rest)

What We Offer

• A secure, full-time role with a well-established local business
• Varied, interesting work — no two days the same
• A supportive management team will back you and grow you
• The lifestyle that comes with living and working in Gisborne — surf, sun, and no traffic
• Competitive pay reflecting your experience and what you bring to the team

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Co-operation and collaboration matter here. APPM prides itself on a contented workplace where everyone works toward high-quality workmanship, meeting our customers' needs, and supporting each other. You'll be backed by — and will back up — the Workshop Manager, Directors, and the wider team.

Sound like you? We'd love to hear from you. Apply with your CV and a short cover letter telling us a bit about yourself.