Engineering Supervisor

We have an outstanding opportunity to join our Palmerston North team as an Engineering Supervisor, working primarily on the day shift at our pallet repair and crate wash plants. This is a fantastic new challenge for an individual keen to lead the shift engineering maintenance and have end to end responsibility for site engineering projects.

This key leadership role is responsible for the delivery of engineering and technical services at the Palmerston North site, including sole-charge maintenance, first-response to plant stoppages, optimisation of equipment performance, and technical support across the Lower North Island.

You'll lead maintenance operations, respond to equipment stoppages, and manage repairs within budget and priority guidelines. Daily scheduling, execution, and documentation of work orders will be managed through our CMMS (MEX), ensuring high reliability and efficiency.

Reporting to the NZ Engineering Manager and working closely with the Service Centre Manager, you'll drive equipment performance improvements, lead capital projects, and support testing and commissioning activities to ensure smooth operational handover.

You'll also oversee the development of operating procedures, maintain engineering documentation, and ensure safety compliance for contractors and suppliers—promoting SLAM and BASFR principles using BEAKON software.

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following:

• Ability to perform hands on maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of all plant pneumatics, robotic, hydraulics, and electric systems
• Experience with relocation of plant equipment and supporting new installations
• Sound technical ability and understanding of 24hr production and FMCG manufacturing environment.
• Experience in partnering with and overseeing outsourced/external/contractual services, to ensure all safety and legislative requirements are adhered to
• Excellent OHS&E exposure and demonstrated capability of operating in a high OHS&E environment
• Experienced in the use of failsafe lock-out systems and electronic control systems- e.g., PLC logic
• Design and documentation of maintenance and operational procedures
• Planning and scheduling preventative maintenance work using Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

This is a salaried position for 40 hours per week. However, you will need to be flexible in your approach to hours worked, as you will be supporting the afternoon and evening shift with breakdowns, as well as completing project work and out of hours maintenance outside of site operation hours, including weekends (approximately 2-3 times per month).

Interested? To apply please click the 'Apply Now' button below.  Please include a covering letter with your resume outlining how your skills, qualifications and experience address the above criteria. Applications may be reviewed as they are received, so don't delay, applications close on Monday 10 November 2025.

In order for your application to be considered, you will require full working rights in New Zealand. We are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

About CHEP, A Brambles Company

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain solutions. Together with producers, manufacturers, retailers, and logistics partners, CHEP advances the smart and sustainable movement of goods across more than 60 countries.

Powered by its share, repair and reuse network of connected pallets, crates, and containers, CHEP helps businesses optimise their supply chains to reduce costs and minimise the environmental impact of their operations.

CHEP pairs its leadership in circularity, which helps tackle emissions, waste, and single-use packaging, with a focus on resilience, to build future-ready supply networks through data, scale and collaboration.

With its operational excellence trusted by the world's top brands, CHEP primarily serves customers in the consumer staples (e.g. dry food, grocery, household products, health and personal care, fresh produce and beverage), retail, automotive and general manufacturing industries.

A part of the Brambles Group, CHEP manages ~347 million pallets and containers through a network of 750+ service centres, employing approximately 11,000 people worldwide with its largest operations in North America and Europe.

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Here in New Zealand, CHEP touches every stage of the Food Supply Chain; domestically from the farm to supermarket shelf and internationally our global capabilities support the delivery of New Zealand produce around the world.

CHEP New Zealand is an accredited Top Employer and offers a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, fully maintained vehicle, bonus opportunities, a supportive learning and development culture and a wide range of opportunities to assist you in achieving your career aspirations. CHEP New Zealand, as part of Brambles, provides you unparalleled opportunities to advance and accelerate your career and is large enough to take you anywhere and small enough to make sure you get there. With a focus on career pyramids instead of ladders, we move our people up and across functions and companies to deepen their transferable skills and acquire broader business experience.

Benefits:

• Paid volunteer leave for those who wish to volunteer their services to a community organisation – 3 days per annum
• Reward and Recognition Program to celebrate outstanding achievements of our people through a number of different delivery methods
• Employee discounts with a range of partners
• Unparalleled opportunities to advance and accelerate your career
• Attractive options to purchase Brambles shares

Our team boasts a friendly and fun culture that celebrates successes, with award winning engagement and enablement, and results achieved through collective intelligence, collaboration and teamwork.

With a highly inclusive workplace rich in diversity, CHEP New Zealand celebrates the diversity of thought, backgrounds, style and working arrangements of our people to ensure that we reflect the communities and customers that we serve.

Join our team to be part of an international growth company with an advantaged and highly sustainable business model. You'll be working for a company that is changing the way goods get to market. You'll optimize 300,000 supply chains instead of just one. You'll join an efficient and collaborative team who punches above its weight. You'll be working for the good of humanity.