Packaging Technician

Westland Milk Products, part of the Yili Oceania Group, is seeking a Packaging Technician to join our Maintenance & Services team.

Reporting to the Packaging Technician Lead, you'll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and improving automated packing lines to maximise equipment reliability, plant uptime and product quality. Working closely with Production and Maintenance teams, you'll support preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance activities while ensuring compliance with safety, quality and food safety standards**.**

Key responsibilities:

• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance on packaging equipment.
• Diagnose and repair equipment faults and breakdowns.
• Support annual shutdown and commissioning activities.
• Manage maintenance records through CMMS systems.
• Identify root causes and implement long-term solutions.
• Support operator training and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Ensure all work meets health, safety, quality and environmental requirements.
• Participate in on-call arrangements as required.

You'll bring:

• A mechanical, electrical or maintenance trade qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, processing or industrial maintenance.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working safely in a production environment.
• Good computer skills and experience with maintenance systems.

A bit about us

Westland Milk Products is a well-known New Zealand end-to-end dairy manufacturer based in the beautiful South Island with offices and production facilities based in both Christchurch and Hokitika.

Owned by the Global Top 5 dairy company Yili Group, Westland Milk Products and its related companies in New Zealand, Oceania Dairy (Glenavy), Pure Nutrition (Rolleston), Canary Foods (Hamilton) and EasiYo (Auckland) form a group that we refer to as the Yili Oceania group. The combined business produces over 170,000mt of finished goods which are then exported to over 40 countries, driving annual revenue well in excess of $1.3B – and growing.

Where to from here?

We encourage you to apply even if you feel that you do not meet all of the above qualifications. No one ever meets 100% of the requirements. We look forward to your application.

Please submit your application through our careers page at westlandcareers.co.nz

Applications close on Sunday 13th September. Please note that this advertisement may close earlier than the listed closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be conducted earlier than the closing date.

Applicants must have valid work rights in New Zealand to be considered.