Engineering Manager

5 days ago


Wanganui, New Zealand AFFCO Full time

Company Description

AFFCO supplies 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 which 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**:
Are you wanting to advance your engineering career?

AFFCO Castlecliff, located in Whanganui, currently has an opportunity for an for a experienced engineer to join their leadership team as Engineering Manager. This is an exciting chance for someone wanting to take the next step in their engineering career.

Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, the Engineering Manager ensures that all production departments experience mínimal down time due to engineering and maintenance requirements. Your strong communication and organisational skills will assist you in managing the variety of priorities and demands. The ability to maintain a strong focus on cost and resource management, and to prioritise expenditure decisions will ensure you continuously meet business objectives.

You will also provide confident leadership to an existing well-skilled engineering team.

To perform well in this position, you will demonstrate the following:

- Maintain and further develop the team culture that currently exists within the maintenance department.
- Maintaining a strong focus on cost and resource management and have the ability to prioritise expenditure decisions.
- Experience in a fast paced manufacturing facility that has a strong focus on preventative maintenance.
- Experience in the use of a CMMS system (MEX preferable but not essential)
- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities
- Strong leadership style to drive positive outcomes.
- A can do attitude and a hands on approach to problem solving
- A commitment to upholding the company’s high standards of Health and Safety.
- Able to demonstrate a high level of communication skills both oral and written.
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office Suite

**Qualifications**:
Appropriate qualifications and/or experience in the engineering field.

Knowledge of the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 is an advantage as is additional training courses such as confined space and heights training etc.

You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand.

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