Maintenance & Engineering Manager

About the role

This is a leadership position with responsibility for maintenance planning, reliability improvement, engineering projects, asset management, contractor management and the development of a high-performing maintenance team. The successful candidate will lead a team of nine direct reports while working closely with operational leaders across the business.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and developing the Engineering & Maintenance team
• Driving a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with all legislative and company requirements
• Maximising plant reliability, equipment availability and asset life
• Leading preventative and predictive maintenance programs
• Managing maintenance planning, scheduling and shutdown execution
• Delivering improvement projects
• Managing maintenance resources and contractors
• Working closely with Production Leaders to identify and eliminate reliability constraints
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, reliability, productivity

About you

• Relevant tertiary engineering or management qualifications
• Significant experience leading maintenance teams within a manufacturing, processing, industrial or heavy engineering environment
• Strong knowledge of maintenance systems and work management processes
• Experience in safety leadership, audits and risk management
• Proven project management capability
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop teams
• Experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and contractors
• Exposure to timber processing, manufacturing or industrial production environments

About us

South Pine is one of New Zealand's leading timber processing operations, producing quality wood products for domestic and international markets.