Published: 08/08/2025
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Here at Griffin's Snacks, we’re proud of our heritage and being New Zealand’s largest snack food company, producing many iconic kiwi brands, including Griffin’s, Huntley and Palmers, ETA and Nice & Natural.
We're looking for a hands-on, self-driven Improvement Engineer to join our manufacturing team at our iconic Papakura manufacturing site. This role is ideal for someone with fabrication experience, a knack for problem-solving, and a passion for driving continuous improvement on the shop floor.
This role blends technical expertise with a continuous improvement mindset to deliver structured, long-term enhancements across both our physical infrastructure and operational processes. Working closely with the wider team you will be passionate about safety and take the lead on implementing key safety GMP and operational improvements.
What you'll be responsible for:
What can you expect in return? You can expect to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team - leveraging strong leadership, continuous improvement systems and capital investment to continue to raise the bar in manufacturing excellence. You’ll have a high level of autonomy, enjoy the satisfaction of measurable results and being part of a business committed to corporate social responsibility and on-going employee development.
If you have the experience we are looking for and you wish to join a company where you can have pride and passion in what you do
This role blends technical expertise with a continuous improvement mindset to deliver structured, long-term enhancements across both our physical infrastructure and operational processes. Working closely with the wider team you will be passionate about safety and take the lead on implementing key safety GMP and operational improvements.
What you'll be responsible for:
- Plant optimization driving continuous improvement initiatives across production.
- Proven experience in preventative maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
- Working closely with maintenance, production to resolve breakdowns
- Experience in servicing and maintaining pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Proficient in machining, welding, and fabrication techniques to support equipment repairs and modifications.
- Communicating with relevant stakeholders keeping everyone in the loop and ensuring the required documentation is maintained.
- Commitment to Quality and Health & Safety and ensuring that best practises are followed in the workplace
- You'll be a trade certified/ Advanced Trade
- A solid engineering background with hands-on fabrication experience (welding, machining, etc.)
- Previous exposure to FMCG, food, beverage, or similar high-speed manufacturing environment
- Understanding or some exposure of PLC based control systems
- A proactive mindset – you don’t wait to be told, you spot issues and act
- Reliable and responsive, with a flexible and proactive mindset.
- Excellent communications skills – you are great at keeping everyone in the loop!
- Ability to influence on the floor and work cross-functionally
- A love of teamwork – you enjoy working with others to achieve goals and are happy to lend a hand when needed, but also work well independently in a sole charge role
What can you expect in return? You can expect to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team - leveraging strong leadership, continuous improvement systems and capital investment to continue to raise the bar in manufacturing excellence. You’ll have a high level of autonomy, enjoy the satisfaction of measurable results and being part of a business committed to corporate social responsibility and on-going employee development.
If you have the experience we are looking for and you wish to join a company where you can have pride and passion in what you do
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