Maintenance Fitter

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Fitter - Day Shift for our Wiri Bakery. You will be part of a busy team, providing round-the-clock support to ensure our products are delivered in full, and on time. This role is responsible for providing mechanical engineering services, as well as supporting production and site activities to optimise productivity and minimise downtime.

This role is on a 7:00AM to 07:00PM – 4 on 4 off roster. Weekend work and Public Holidays are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with our production team and onsite leaders
• Champion high standards of health and safety, as well as food safety and quality practices
• Fault finding and problem-solving
• Identify and implement preventative maintenance opportunities
• Implement improvements to drive operational performance
• Provide general machining, milling and overhaul machine repair work
• Building repair & maintenance services
• Be involved in commissioning new machinery

About You

You will live and breathe our values of SAFE, COURAGEOUS, TRUSTING and COLLABORATIVE. You will be highly committed to ensuring that we meet our HSE obligations; You will do the right thing and not the easy thing; You enjoy building open and trusting relationships and do what you say you will; You will work collaboratively with others for better outcomes and embrace diversity.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Trade qualified in Mechanical/Maintenance engineering
• minimum of 3 years+ engineering maintenance experience (within a food manufacturing environment - desired)
• fitting, welding and machining skills
• has strong fault-finding skills
• great attention to detail and be results driven
• have a continuous improvement mindset
• able to work independently, as well as be a team player

What we offer

We are passionate and enthusiastic about our people and our business. We seek to ensure every person grows during their time at GWF and is proud to work here.

• Values driven culture
• A competitive salary package, plus annual incentives
• Ongoing support and training opportunities for personal and professional development
• Caring Everyday community programme – paid days to volunteer with our charity partners and a registered charity of your choice
• Parental leave support - including paid carer's leave in addition to legal entitlements
• Free products
• Study assistance

About us

Our Baking Division (Tip Top Bakeries) is renowned in New Zealand for our iconic brands which include Tip Top Bread, Ploughman's, Burgen, Golden and Big Ben Pies - just to name a few. We are the largest division of George Weston Foods (GWF), which makes some of Australia & New Zealand's favourite and most innovative products, living our purpose to Create Everyday Moments of Goodness.

We are a quality and customer focused FMCG, employing more than 6,000 people across 40 sites. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc. GWF's product range is diverse, and includes leading brands of bread and baked products, small goods, flour, milled products, animal feed, as well as cleaning and hygiene solutions. As a diverse business with a proud heritage, we offer a broad range of career opportunities, where we challenge and support our people to 'Be Yourself – at your best.' We are also very proud to have been recognised as the Inclusive Workplace and Supreme Winners at the 2021 Diversity Awards.

Please note: Applicants for this position may be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests, including Drug & Alcohol testing.