Trade's Supervisor

Company Description

AFFCO provides the world with New Zealand’s finest premium beef and lamb products for all to experience and enjoy. We serve over 80 markets globally, supported by an operation that includes twelve processing plants throughout New Zealand.

Come and join us and receive some amazing benefits ranging from discounted meat products from our employee store, through to discounted services and shopping such as eye tests, dentist visits, Gilmores Wholesale and much much more through our amazing employee perks program.

**Job Description**:
AFFCO is one of New Zealand’s leading manufacturers of premium beef and lamb products. Here at AFFCO Wairoa we currently have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated Trade's Supervisor to join our busy trade's team based at our site based in Wairoa.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Trade's Supervisor will lead a strong team of fitters and electricians, monitor general maintenance for all departments, coordinate contractors, source quotes for projects, manage the R&M log and liaise with Supervisors to ensure that production requirements are met and downtime is minimised

**Responsibilities include**:

- Coordination and supervision of all fitters, electricians, outside gang and embedded contractors on a day to day basis
- Attend to and ensure all breakdowns are a priority for maintenance staff and all breakdowns are minimized
- Roster management to ensure adequate cover is provided across all shifts and contractor usage is minimized where possible
- Preventative Maintenance is planned routinely to ensure plant and equipment performances at its optimum
- Oversee installation of compliance register and MEX
- Work with Maintenance Planner to provide annual shut schedule with costs
- A supportive, well-established preventative maintenance team
- The ability to make the role their own and autonomously manage day to day operations
- A wide variety of responsibilities, balanced between computer and hands-on work
- Opportunities for career development and advancement
- Competitive remuneration

**Qualifications**:

- Strong leadership skills, ability to build an engaged team and effectively delegate tasks
- Ability to minimise production downtime
- Ability to fault find and work under pressure
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple competing priorities
- Extensive prior maintenance experience in an industrial environment
- Intermediate computer literacy

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