Packaging Machine Technician

4 days ago

Te Puke, New Zealand Addiction Foods Full time

**Job Overview**:
Attention all packaging machine technicians with a passion for the pet food industry Join our dynamic team at Addiction Foods, a leading pet food manufacturer in New Zealand. As a packaging machine technician, we are looking for individuals with a strong mechanical aptitude, experience working with packaging machinery, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. If you are highly organized, detail-oriented, and have a commitment to safety, we want to hear from you.

**Job Requirements**:

- Willing to work in NZ
- Experience in food manufacturing
- Works well in a team but takes individual responsibility
- Someone with technical skills to troubleshoot the lines
- Someone who can think on their own and on the spot
- Someone who can challenge the status quo
- Think outside the box
- Getting the job done promptly and accurately
- Someone who can work under pressure

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Operates, troubleshoots, maintains and improve packing machines and its processes
- Monitoring of Packing run rates, yield and waste to ensure best possible performance
- Ensures that finished goods are packed and palletized in a timely professional manner
- Communicate and coordinate with packaging team regarding orders and ensures all shift information is passed over to the next team at the shift handover meeting
- Ensures quality control processes are completed and all GMP criteria are met
- Compliance to Quality and Food and Safety standards and adherence to health and Safety policies, and PPE standards
- Requires lifting of bags weighing up to 20kg during the shift and ensures accuracy of weights and quantity of bags packed
- Provides data and report for Packing KPI’s and ensures all related documents are accurate and clearly written
- Ensure daily downtimes are documented and reported correctly
- Ensures accidents, incidents, near misses by self and all hazards are managed and promptly reported
- Training of new staff as required
- From time to time, you may be directed to realign your efforts with the changing needs of the business.

**Job Qualifications**:

- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in automated packing equipment (multi-head weighed, form fill and seal bundling equipment and palletization) in a pet food or food manufacturing company
- Experience in troubleshooting of automated packing equipment.
- Knowledgeable in food safety, SAP and MRP system,
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Forklift license
- Strong people management with ability to motivate staff
- Attention to detail, Strong work ethic and hands-on approach
- Excellent inventory management and record-keeping skills with high level of numeracy and literacy

No. of vacancies**:2**

Work location**:Willing to work at Jellicoe Street, Te Puke, New Zealand.**

Work hours/schedule**:Normal working hours is 40 hours per week (with guaranteed minimum 30 hours work per week). Required to work shifts between the hours of 7.00am to 3.30pm, 3.00pm to 11.30pm and 11.00pm to 7.30am; five days per week (rostered).

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