Maintenance Engineer Technician

We are looking for a trade certified engineer to join our small, busy, hands-on engineering team based in Hawke’s Bay. Your experience may be as a Maintenance Engineer, Industrial engineer or Industrial Electrician. We’re open to all engineering backgrounds that are relevant to what we do and our day-to-day requirements.

Our maintenance engineering team plays a crucial role in keeping the WineWorks bottling plant operational by:

• Carrying out day to day preventative maintenance on our wine bottling and packaging production lines to keep them humming
• Maintaining our tank farm and all additional equipment
• Conducting annual maintenance shut
• Installation of new equipment
• Completing small projects and modifications
• Maintaining our site, buildings and services
• Ensuring all H & S control measures are maintained and followed

If you are:

• Excited by fault finding on complex machinery
• Reliable, flexible and adaptable
• A good communicator, with excellent attention to detail
• Safety conscious
• Problem solver who can identify solutions and improvements

Then we are keen to chat!

There are opportunities to learn and develop, as well as work alongside the engineering teams from our other two sites. We pay competitive rates based on skills and experience, including allowances.

Applicants for this role must be:

• Mechanical NZCE. NZQA Level 4, or Trade Certificate qualified
• Experienced in preventative maintenance (3 years +) ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Experienced in carrying out fault finding to understand equipment failures
• A NZ Citizen or Permanent Resident

Ideally, candidates will:

• Have a background in food manufacturing environment and experience with Food Safety and HACCP systems
• Have experience with pneumatic systems
• Completed courses such as Forklift, EWP, confined space, working at heights

Bonus points if:

• You are a registered Electrician or hold a limited license.

WineWorks is a passionate and driven team of experts supporting New Zealand wine to shine, as we are “Here For The Client”.

And we’re sustainability focused! We are Toitu Certified and committed to minimizing our impact on the environment and climate.

If you’re interested in joining our team, please apply online by clicking “Apply Now” on this page and completing the WineWorks Application form in full and submitting with a current CV and cover letter.

To learn more about us, visit our website www.wineworks.co.nz

Skills & Experience

Mechanical NZCE. NZQA Level 4, or Trade Certificate qualified

Experienced in preventative maintenance (3 years +) ideally in a manufacturing environment

Experienced in carrying out fault finding to understand equipment failures

A NZ Citizen or Permanent Resident