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Maintenance Engineer
Posted 19 days ago
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Our Belfast site in Christchurch is Silver Fern Farms’ largest South Island beef-only processing facility employing up to 400 people at the peak of the season.
We are looking for a motivated and skilled Maintenance Fitter/Engineer to join our engineering team who are crucial to keep our production runningin a challenging, dynamic food production environment.
Our site operates both day and evening shifts. Our team of Maintenance teams are required to work to a roster covering production hours which run between 6am and 3am Monday to Friday and often include overtime during the day on Saturdays so flexibility to business needs – or understanding of this is important – but in return we will provide you with good $, some great training /development and a stellar team of work mates who not only want to see you succeed – but will support you along the way.
Previous experience in FMCG or transferrable production engineering environments would be an advantage, but the key is the ability to work as part of a team, to identify faults and use analytical and problem-solving skills to provide top level service to the processing plant. Working as part of a maintenance team, candidates will have good interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting stuck in to get the job done as well as thinking outside of the box – we appreciate and encourage new ideas and thought processes about how we can collaborate across our site to ensure the get to the root cause of issues and fix it right – first time.
The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes:
- Relevant Trades Qualification (Level 4 Mechanical Diagnostics or Fitter/Turner or Fitter/Welder)
- Good knowledge of sound engineering principals and repairs and maintenance procedures on a large industrial processing site – or a passion to learn in this environment.
- Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions in a timely manner and communicate this with those around you.
- Be self-motivated and capable of working both independently and within a tight knit team of engineering support
- Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload in a challenging engineering environment
- Desire to keep learning and upskill – be this in a leadership scope or dual trading in to electrical – refrigeration or even project design.
Te Ahurea /Why work at Silver Fern Farms?
Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.
For you, we offer heavily discounted staff meat sales through our on site Butcher's Block, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required), and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling.There’s the added bonus of free on-site parking and a SFF uniform also.
Click on ‘Apply’ below to submit your application.We assess applications as they are received so don’t delay.
Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us.
Job Info- Job Identification 2919
- Job Category Engineering
- Posting Date 06/24/2025, 09:39 PM
- Apply Before 07/17/2025, 12:00 PM
- Job Schedule Full-Time
- Locations Factory Rd , Christchurch , 8051, NZ
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