Packaging Technician

**Location**: Auckland
**Function**:Supply Chain
**Sub-Function**: Supply Chain - Production
**Type of Contract**: Permanent
- **Looking for permanent, full time, shift work?**:

- **Grow your career with one of the world’s largest beer companies.**:

- **Ideal role for someone who has a strong interest in brewing and packaging operations**

**About the Role**:
We're looking for people to join us in permanent Packaging Operator roles on the following shifts based at our Waitemata Brewery in Otahuhu:

- Weekly Rotating Shift: Monday to Friday (Week One 6.00am - 2.00pm then Week Two 2.00pm-10.00pm, and then Week Three 10.00pm to 6.00am rotating weekly).
- Paid overtime possible on Saturdays and before/after shift.

This role is an ideal role for someone who has **completed trade training/apprenticeship, engineering degree, or has 3+ years relevant experience in FMCG production or beverage packaging**.

Training will be provided, and the team will work with you to provide the practical experience you need to go far within our business. But you need to be prepared to learn, work hard, and get up to speed quickly. We want the right people with the right attitude for our team.. You'll join a committed, busy team who operate in a dynamic, fast paced environment to carry out production tasks, basic mechanical work, lab testing, and get involved in continuous improvement initiatives. You will have the opportunity to be involved in:

- Operating high speed FMCG manufacturing machinery - including machine set up, changeovers, trouble-shooting and cleaning
- Following standard operating procedures to ensure consistent production quality
- Ensure production records are completed accurately and on time.
- Accurately completing and recording quality checks
- Cleaning production areas and equipment
- Following all hygiene, health and safety, and food safety requirements

**We offer a competitive starting rate, and this will increase over time as you develop new skills and learn new machinery.**

**About You**:

- Experience in food/FMCG production/manufacturing
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment safety, effectively and productively
- Be physically fit and be able to repetitively perform manual handling duties (10kgs
- 25kgs.)
- Show commitment, reliability, punctuality, and initiative, demonstrate excellent work ethic, self-motivation, and be willing to go the extra mile
- Confidence in using technology

**About us**

When you join DB, you join the global HEINEKEN whanau that spans 70 countries We’re a place that encourages you to be yourself, contribute your ideas, learn and grow as part of one of the largest beer and cider brewing companies in the world. We’re an equal employment opportunity workplace because we believe diverse views make great brews, and our culture is very much reflected in our four values:

- **Passion **for consumers and customers
- **Care **for people and planet
- **Enjoyment **of life
- **Courage **to dream and pioneer

The wellbeing of our team is really important to us and, for our permanent employees, we demonstrate this in lots of ways:

- Free health, life and income protection insurances.
- 5% employer contribution to your Kiwisaver.
- Work from home up to two days per week if your job can be performed remotely.
- Free monthly allowance of beer, RTDs, cider or zero alcohol beverages.
- ‘Enjoyment of Life' leave (an extra day each year to do something you enjoy).
- Generous parental leave provisions and lots of other free benefits including learning and development courses, counselling support, digital wills, feminine hygiene products, and much more.

DB also plays an active part in New Zealand’s fair pay efforts by openly reporting on and addressing gender pay gaps while contributing to and supporting the great work being done with the Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry.