Site Engineer

The Company
At Goodman Fielder our purpose is simple. It's about making everyday food better for everyone.
Goodman Fielder is a leading global food company, and the custodian of a host of iconic Kiwi brands like Meadow Fresh, Puhoi Valley, Molenberg, Natures Fresh and Freya's that generations of New Zealand have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week.
Our rapidly growing food service business supplies ingredients to more than ten thousand cafés', restaurants, bakeries, and dairies every week - we're the milk in your flat white, the flour in your bread, and the rice with your curry. Our growth has seen us expand beyond New Zealand, into Australia, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, China and South East Asia.
We might be biased but we believe our team here at Goodman Fielder is an amazing place to work, and a great team to be part of We're driven by our values - We Grow Together, We Keep Things Simple, We Get Stuff Done.
Our Opportunity
The primary role of the Site Engineer is responsible for safety, quality, reactive and preventative maintenance, efficiency and cost-effective management of the Engineering function including plant, buildings, project management, new installations, contractor management and people. The Engineering Manager is responsible for the creation, implementation and embedding of continuous improvement to ensure site equipment reliability and efficiency.

**Your accountabilities will be**:

- Manage all mechanical and electrical control hazards on the hazard register and ensuring they are closed out within agreed timeframes
- Ensure all preventative maintenance tasks are followed and up to date
- Demonstrates and role models the leadership competencies
- Train and coach members as part of new development
- To ensure we have flexibility to meet changing business and customer needs, other duties will be required (On Call and Engineering Relief)
- Support and develop sound business cases to support capex requests with attractive ROI.
- Deliver projects on time and in full
- Mitigate risk for our people, environment, and GF through the promotion of injury and incident prevention & management
- Mitigate quality risk for our consumers and brands through consistent delivery of quality standards
- Meet or exceed financial targets to improve total delivered cost of the engineering budget
- Support and drive operational effectiveness including DDS, reviews, improvement projects, actions plans, CI, plant maintenance, inventory etc
- Perform general Engineering, repairs if required

**About you**:

- A high level of understanding of Engineering Manufacturing Processes
- Strong root cause analysis for timely breakdowns
- Health, Safety and Environment knowledge, including machinery guarding
- Food Safety Awareness
- Growth Mindset - sees possibilities, embraces challenges, learns from mistakes, and persists in the face of setbacks
- Think Strategically - Aligns team goals to function/business strategy
- Deliver Results, Deliver Fast - Drives team results
- Empower and Grow our People - Builds an empowered and engaged team; coaches and develops team
- Collaborate Constructively - Builds a collaborative team and leverages synergies across teams
- Machining, Turning Experience
- Welding and Fabrication
- Food Related Experience - Bakery/Dairy/FMCG
- Trade Qualification or Similar

What can we offer you?
You will be joining a driven team of professionals who genuinely enjoy working together, resulting in a highly collaborative environment. You will also work with the wider R&D team and site teams with an opportunity to learn from other sites across New Zealand. In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development.