Maintenance Electrician Job in Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand

Job Description

Our Hokitika site is Silver Fern Farms only processing facility in the West Coast of the South Island, employing just over 120 people at the peak of the season. We are looking for a motivated and skilled Maintenance Electrician to join our engineering team, responsible for the hands-on day to day electrical repairs and maintenance within our strong, stable and progressive engineering team. You will work rostered hours between 6am- 5pm, Monday to Friday, with Saturday and overtime work as required. You will have the opportunity to be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment as well as a wide range of mechanical engineering applications across the site. If you are interested in using your electrical skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand’s largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

About You:

Previous experience in FMCG or transferrable production engineering environments would be an advantage, but the key is the ability to work as part of a team, to identify faults and use analytical and problem-solving skills to provide top level service to the processing plant. Working in a sole charge capacity, all the while being entrenched as part of a maintenance team, candidates will have good interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting stuck in to get the job done as well as thinking outside of the box – we appreciate and encourage new ideas and thought processes about how we can collaborate across our site to ensure the get to the root cause of issues and fix it right – first time.

Skills and Attributes

• Relevant Trades Qualification and Full NZ EWRB Electrical registration
• Good knowledge of sound electrical principals and repairs and maintenance procedures on a large industrial processing site – or a passion to learn in this environment.
• Exposure to PLC and VSDs in a past role
• Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions in a timely manner and communicate this with those around you.
• Be self-motivated and capable of working both independently and within a tight knit team of engineering support
• Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload in a challenging engineering environment and lead by example from the front.
• Desire to keep learning and upskill – be this in a leadership scope or dual trading into refrigeration or even project design.
• You will have the opportunity to be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment as well as a wide range of electrical applications across the site. If you are interested in using your skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand’s largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

Why work for Silver Fern Farms

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

For you, we offer discounted staff meat sales, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required), BOOST employee retail discount scheme, subsidised health insurance, and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling. There’s the added bonus of free on-site parking and full uniform also.