Maintenance Fitter
South Pacific Meats
Listing Description
Description
South Pacific Meats provides the world with New Zealand’s finest premium beef and lamb products for all to experience and enjoy. We serve over 80 markets globally, supported by an operation which includes twelve processing plants throughout New Zealand.
SPM sources top-quality, sustainable, grass-fed, New Zealand Beef and Lamb products from our network of farmer suppliers. We are 100% New Zealand-owned and operated and a proud member of the Talley’s Group; New Zealand’s leading exporter of meat, dairy, seafood, and vegetable products.
Job Description
SPM Malvern is seeking an experienced and motivated maintenance fitter. This position will join the existing trades team on either day or night shift, to help ensure that plant assets are managed and maintained in a way that minimizes processing downtime and enhances the company’s short- and long-term objectives. This role is an integral part of our operation, and we require someone with a positive, can-do attitude and someone who works extremely well within a team.
You will need to be able to demonstrate the following key requirements for the role:
- Be a real team player with excellent communication skills
- A proactive attitude to make sure that production departments experience minimal down time due to engineering/maintenance requirements
- Strong organisational skills which complement the need to manage a variety of priorities and demands.
- Strong problem-solving skills,
- Appropriate qualifications and/or engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- A Trade certificate in engineering/maintenance or at least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification.
- Welding ability Tig, Mig, MMAW.
- Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics.
- Previous experience working with automated plant and equipment
- Previous engineering experience in a food processing environment would be an advantage.
- A proactive approach to daily routine with strong organisational skills,
- A strong commitment to upholding health and safety standards,
- A desire to succeed.
Additional information
We will train you, so no previous experience is needed, however, to ensure a safe workplace, SPM conducts pre-employment medical checks and drug screening. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.
If you’re interested in joining a fast paced, challenging but enjoyable workplace, where you get to meet great people and work alongside your mates then please apply online today!
Application details
Apply online for this role or contact Plant management for more information.
South Pacific Meats
AFFCO and South Pacific Meats (SPM) supplies the world with New Zealand’s finest premium beef and lamb products. We have a network of 12 processing sites strategically located around New Zealand. With plants in both the North Island and South Island, we’re never far from a farm or port.
Come and join us and you'll have the potential to earn $1200 per week as a new starter, and receive some amazing employee benefits ranging from discounted meat products from our employee store, through to discounted services and shopping such as eye tests, dentist visits, Gilmores Wholesale and much more through our amazing employee perks program.
At AFFCO and SPM we want every member of our team to develop to their full potential, we have a wide range of career paths that can be followed dependent on your skills and interests. You could be out in the stockyards or in the cold-stores, a butcher, boner, machine operator or labourer - wherever works best. We’ll bring you up to speed right there on the job, so you can learn while you earn!
So, come and carve out a career with a strong and competitive company in the important primary industries sector.
