Danone Looking for Maintenance Electrician at Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand Full Time

We have a fantastic vacancy for a strong Maintenance Electrician to join our state-of-the-art production facility in Balclutha within a versatile Maintenance team. In this role, you will provide technical support to production and ensure that production runs smoothly. Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader you will be assisting with documentation, asset management monitoring, and work alongside external contractors.

This is a permanent full-time position, working shifts from 6 – 6 (2 days, 2 nights 4 off) including weekends.

You will

• Take ownership of Maintenance and support production with technical support
• Manage daily maintenance operations to ensure smooth plant functionality and production continuity.
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills by promptly addressing incidents causing production downtime or wastage.
• Coordinate with engineering and electrical contractors to maximize plant uptime and minimize costs.
• Foster teamwork by maintaining positive working relationships with various stakeholders, including Maintenance Manager, Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Team Leader, and Production staff.
• Ability to resonate critically and make recommendations and adjustments where needed.
• Provide training to production and engineering staff on relevant maintenance activities and practices.

About you

Ideally, you will have

• Solid experience in an Engineering/Maintenance role within the food/dairy manufacturing industry
• NZ Registered Electrician is an essential and Trade Certificate (Advanced trade preferred).
• A high level of fault-finding ability and able to work with pneumatics, PLC, correct fitting procedures for rolling element bearings; CMMS knowledge (SAP) is desirable
• Have the understanding to make sketches/drawings of parts to be made for plant improvements and repairs
• Able to communicate clearly across different departments.
• Flexible to accommodate the needs of the team where needed.
• Ability to work unsupervised.

About us

The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you. Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-paced, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as YoPro, Activia, Aptamil, and Karicare, and we guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Always looking to bring the outside in to continuously improve our ways of working as well as our Danoner’s day-to-day experience, we have been awarded Winner of the 2020 Employer of Choice awards through the NZ HRD Awards.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU.

Located in the beautiful vista of Greenfield, just 20 minutes from Balclutha in the South Otago region, the Danone Nutricia NZ spray-drying plant employs state of art European technology to manufacture and package high-quality nutritional powders. Our farm-fresh quality NZ milk is collected, delivered, and processed daily ensuring only the best for our consumers. Our operation prides itself on delivering the finest food and ingredients to help stand by the consumers of our products.

Danone is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability status. If you require any assistance during the recruitment process because of a disability, please enclose details within your application.

WE OFFER

• An opportunity in one of the most successful health food companies in the world, with a high level of people and plant investment in the booming infant formula industry
• The ability to make a difference in our society through Specialized Nutrition
• Endless possibilities to develop and accelerate your career
• Competitive remuneration, annual bonus scheme, relocation assistance, free health & life insurance, annual health check & flu vaccination, fresh fruit every day, 4% Kiwisaver contribution and so much more!

Proving yourself in this role could lead to future opportunities within Danone both locally and abroad. We support our employees to take ownership of developing their careers within Danone and encourage moves across (as well as within) our varying functions and businesses. We are passionate about developing and growing our team of leaders, and that could soon include you!

How To Apply

Opportunities like these don’t come around often so if this sounds like you – get in quick! We will assess applications as they are received.

Please note that only candidates with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.