Service Technician

BOC, a member of Linde PLC, is known as one of the world leaders in gases, engineering and healthcare. We develop safe, sustainable and innovative solutions for customers in many specialty sectors, heavy industry and medical environments. For more than a century, the company’s gases and expertise have contributed to advances in industry and everyday life, including steelmaking, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, welding and cutting, food processing and distribution, glass production, electronics and health care.

The Role We’re looking for a hands-on Maintenance Technician with a background in Mechanical or Instrumentation work to deliver first-class support at our cutting-edge industrial gas production facility in Sockburn. Fitter and Turner trades will be considered a strong advantage for this role. This is a varied and dynamic position offering plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.

You’ll work with state-of-the-art gas production and cryogenic equipment—performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting plant breakdowns, and contributing to exciting upgrade projects alongside our experienced engineering team.

If you're motivated by a challenge, enjoy problem-solving, and thrive in a team environment, we want to hear from you!

What you will enjoy doing:

• Perform maintenance activities including breakdown, preventative, reactive, planned, and unscheduled work
• Calibrate instruments and conduct preventative electrical maintenance for automated cylinder filling systems
• Contribute to plant improvements and projects, providing expertise and insights throughout design, installation, and commissioning
• Identify and contribute to plant improvement opportunities to enhance safety and productivity
• Develop and maintain knowledge of process plant and equipment to reduce or eliminate breakdowns
• Promote safety awareness within the team, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company standards
• Develop Job Safety Analyses for maintenance tasks
• Plan and issue Permits to Work, managing maintenance tasks to ensure safe systems of work
• Engage and manage external contractors as needed

What Makes you great:

• Experience with industrial gas system maintenance
• Ability to work flexible hours and be on-call when required
• Capability to work unsupervised and maintain customer relationships
• Good communication skills and high attention to detail
• Maintenance or project installation experience with flow control and ability to read P&ID drawings
• Compressors and refrigeration experience and instrumentation experience are highly regarded
• Trade qualifications within Mechanical or Instrumentation trades with demonstrated mechanical experience (Fitter and Turner Trade is advantageous)
• 5+ years’ experience in a related manufacturing maintenance environment
• ASME welding tickets and fabrication skills are advantageous
• Safety-focused with ownership, logical thinking, and ability to diagnose plant failures
• Ability to lead and be the go-to for maintenance issues, plan and organize maintenance schedules, and manage contractors

Why you will love working with us At Linde we identify ourselves with our products – either working for the technical or medical gases business. Being a company with a long tradition in the gases business, we not only care about our customers and high-quality products, but most importantly about our employees. While working with us, expect a safe workplace, high safety standards and a true commitment from our managers to safety.

What we offer you! At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.  

Our people have the opportunity to thrive and excel. We provide a wide range of training programmes to enhance career development, with a potential for overseas opportunities. We also have a variety of employee appreciation programs to recognise solo and collaborative team efforts. 

At BOC we understand and respect a work/life balance, and that's why we have introduced initiatives such as generous parental leave, flexible working arrangements and KiwiSaver benefits. We are also firmly enthusiastic and involved when it comes to the community as well as our partner charities with organisations such as Road Safety Education and Child Cancer Foundation

You must have valid working rights to be able to consider for this position!