Job Name
Electrician - Tirau
General Information
Date Published
11-Apr-2025
Advertising Ends
27-Apr-2025
Country
New Zealand
Location
Hamilton & North Waikato
Role Type
Manufacturing
Work Type
Permanent
ID#
10514
Position Description
Our Co-operative
Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini
Here at Fonterra, we are committed to growing our people. We value you and your career progression and are excited that you are taking this next step in your career journey with us. We are proud to offer a wide variety of roles across the Co-op, ensuring that no matter what business unit or stage of life you're in, there's a good chance we've got something to suit.
About us | He kupu mō mātou
Our Tirau site produces casein, lactalbumin and Lactose used in both food and industrial applications for export to international markets. Casein and lactalbumin are typically used for infant formula and sports nutrition. This is one of our smaller sites.
About the opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga
We are looking for an experienced Electrician to join our team where you’ll be a key member of our high performing Maintenance Team, focusing on electrical maintenance and breakdown services across the site.
In this role, you will utilise your extensive industrial electrical experience and problem-solving skills to navigate changing work priorities to fault find and repair breakdowns. You will also plan and implement preventative maintenance initiatives to ensure our site performs at its peak each day. Other areas of focus include high voltage, instrumentation, control loops and PLCs.
This is a permanent opportunity on a Monday to Friday day shift roster, with one out of three weeks on call giving you true work life balance.
About you | Mōu
We are looking for an individual who has a natural ability at coping with change, you’ll remain calm under pressure when responding to unplanned breakdowns and will confidently troubleshoot issues as they occur.
With your forward-thinking drive and ability to achieve results you’ll have plenty of scope to drive continuous improvement on equipment with some of our industry's cutting edge automated technology. You’ll be a strong problem solver with strong attention and excellent communication skills that will see you working collaboratively within the team and across the site.
We want to hear from you if you have:
- A New Zealand Electrical Registration with a current practising licence
- Experience in industrial electrical maintenance functions such as equipment repair, failure analysis to root cause and preventative maintenance
- Exposure to a fast-paced automated and industrial environment
- Hands on experience with PLC automation systems and instrumentation
- Computer literacy skills and ideally experience with a CMMS and SAP systems
- Experience within the food, dairy or farming industry is highly desirable.
Come and be a part of a strong leadership team and contribute to our vision to be a premium dairy operation delivering future long-term solutions and a future we and our communities can be proud of.
To be considered for this position you must have work eligibility for New Zealand.
Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?
At Fonterra, we are committed to building a diverse workplace and, therefore, open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.
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The benefits of life at Fonterra | Ngā painga o te mahi ki Fonterra
Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.
Our story | Ō mātou kōrero
Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.
- Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.
- Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.
- Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
- Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.
Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together.
You, me, us together. Tᾱtou tᾱtou.
