Maintenance Fitter

Company Description

AFFCO supplies the world with New Zealand’s finest premium beef and lamb products. 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**:
AFFCO Wairoa is seeking an experienced and motivated Maintenance Fitter.

This position will join the existing trade’s team to help ensure that plant assets are managed and maintained in a way that enhances the company’s short and long term objectives. This role is an integral part of our operation and we require someone with a positive, can-do attitude and someone who works extremely well within a team.

**You will need to be able to demonstrate the following key requirements for the role**:

- Be a real team player with excellent communication skills
- Able to work on a rotating shift structure and be available for call-outs including some weekends
- A proactive attitude to make sure that production departments experience mínimal down time due to engineering/maintenance requirements
- Strong organisational skills which complement the need to manage a variety of priorities and demands
- Appropriate qualifications and/or engineering experience in a manufacturing environment

**Qualifications**:
To ensure a safe workplace, AFFCO conducts pre-employment medical checks and drug screening. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.

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