Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Technician

Tegel Foods Ltd is an iconic New Zealand brand with a long history of producing a wide variety of high-quality products delivered throughout New Zealand. We are proud to be helping families eat well very day. Tegel New Plymouth is one of Taranaki's largest employers.

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Technician to join our company and add to our established New Plymouth Engineering team.

You will be responsible for carrying out preventative and general maintenance on our machinery as well as focussing on elimination of downtime within the plant. Plant efficiency is an important aspect of this role. Activities need to be conducted in a cost-effective manner within acceptable time frames whilst complying with our hygiene, quality, and safety policies. So, we would love to hear about your experience in these areas.

The successful candidates should ideally have:

• Level 4 or equivalent maintenance engineering qualifications
• Experience in conveyors, processing, and packaging machinery maintenance
• Experience with ammonia refrigeration
• Effective time management and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional customer service skills

The role works a 12-hour day, 4on4off with a 3pm start

We pride ourselves on finding the best people to join our diverse team and in return we offer:

• Competitive hourly rate
• Life Insurance for all employees
• Staff sale of Tegel products at discounted rates
• Great career development opportunities in a successful, market leading and thriving company

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, please click on Apply Now.

Our recruitment process will include a mandatory pre-employment medical and a drug screen.

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.