Engineering Project Manager

General Information

Date Published

27-Mar-2025

Advertising Ends

10-Apr-2025

Country

New Zealand

Location

Southland

Role Type

Engineering

Work Type

Permanent

ID#

10545

Position Description

Our Co-operative

Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini

We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.

As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.

When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.

About us | He kupu mō moto

The Lower South Island region comprises of the Edendale and Stirling sites. Established in 1881, our Edendale manufacturing site is New Zealand’s oldest dairy processing site and with 13 plants, we produce 14 million bags of milk powder each year for export and process up to 15 million litres of milk every day in peak season. Our Stirling site is Fonterra’s only manufacturing site in the Otago region. Specialising in Cheese, the site has picked up awards from both in New Zealand and internationally for their Cheddar and Colby. Stirling produces around 10,500 20kgs blocks of cheese everyday.

About the opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering Project Manager to join our Lower South Island capital projects team.

Reporting to the LSI Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for full project management of large capital projects, from project conception, definition and scoping, concept design through delivery to post-completion support.

You will drive delivery of projects with the projects being sponsored/owned by a variety of people in operations, ensuring process, budget and timelines are clear, then lead project teams through funding, design, and implementation to ensure business benefits are delivered. With a range of resources supporting different projects, you will ensure permits for contractors are up to date, the team are aligned on the outcomes, and you are communicating updates across our key stakeholders and senior leaders.

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will get exposure to a range of engineering projects, leading initiatives that will significantly improve the sustainability, safety, quality, and reliability of assets within our operations. Your projects will be highly visible to senior leaders and make a real difference to the future performance and success of Fonterra.

As a member of the Lower South Island Capital projects, responsible for capital projects across our Edendale and Stirling manufacturing, you will need to be available on site 2-3 days per week.

About you | Mōu

We are looking for a go-getter with a strong team approach. To be successful in this role you will bring an engineering or project management background, within a high-quality team environment with the ability to deliver complex capital projects end to end. You will have industrial manufacturing experience for, or with, a company producing food or dairy products having an in depth understanding of primary manufacturing processes.

You’ll have a proven ability to cope with an ever changing and busy workload effectively, as well as having excellent prioritisation and decision-making skills. You’ll be reliable, approachable, and be able to identify, and provide solutions to the wider business to keep projects moving forward.

You will possess:

• Experience in engineering and/or industrial operations is essential.

• Minimum 3-5 years project management experience delivering large capital projects

• Project management certification such as PMP, or CAPM is desired. If you have no certification, the willingness to complete certification is required.

• Ability to prioritize your work to resource, lead and manage several projects at any given time

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail to fully scope and cost projects

• The ability to manage change and see tasks through to completion

• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills

• Excellent collaboration, influencing and problem-solving skills

• A strong communicator with excellent business writing skills

• Experiencing managing large cross-functional teams or complex groups

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.

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.

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