Maintenance Engineer

Reporting to our Engineering Manager, we are looking for a Maintenance Engineer with relevant industrial and hands-on experience to join our close-knit team. This is a key role within our organisation to ensure the maintenance of our equipment, buildings, and services without compromising the health and safety of our staff, product safety or operational effectiveness. This position is vital for supporting our Engineering Team while Vitaco is undergoing a period of growth. The hours for this position are 42 hours per week , from 6:00am to 2:30pm, Monday to Friday. There will be occasional rostered Saturdays, overtime, and call outs. The salary for this role ranges between $90,000 to $115,000 depending on experience. This role is based in East Tamaki. Key responsibilities include:

• Working with production leaders and operators to ensure timely resolution of all mechanical breakdown issues
• Preventative Maintenance activities including continuous improvement feedback of PM plans
• Identifying equipment issues and functional failure and reporting in CMMS
• Completion of scheduled engineering work orders
• Liaise with Engineering planner for the procurement and stocking of equipment spare parts
• Conduct and contribute to problem elimination RCA, RCPE
• Assisting the Engineering Manager with running continuous improvement initiatives
• Develop and implement plant improvements to equipment and processes ensuring compliance with QA, Food Safety and HSE requirements
• Take an active approach to the MBU process, including metric ownership and accountability striving for world-class performance

To be successful, you will have the ability to not just 'do the job', but to use your analytical and problem-solving skills to provide top-level service to the manufacturing plant. Although experience in the food, dairy or pharmaceutical industry is preferred, your interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting stuck in to get the job done is what will make you stand out. Qualifications and requirements:

• Trade certification with applicable trade and skilled in fitting, turning and machining
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in plant and equipment maintenance
• Experience in RCA, FMECA or similar tools
• Good computer literacy and experience working within a CMMS
• Demonstrated experience in a maintenance function, with a flexible and constructive approach to dealing with operational issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Experience in predictive maintenance solutions and continuous improvement using CMMS tools
• A strong results orientation and continuous improvement mindset, good planning and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks

What we offer:

• Great discounts on our products
• Wellness initiatives
• A day off on your birthday
• A fun and supportive work environment

About Vitaco: At Vitaco ‘We Care, We Act, We Succeed’. We are globally renowned for manufacturing the highest quality health and wellbeing products and we distribute our supplements, health food, and sports nutrition brands, including Nutra-Life, Healtheries, Athena, and Musashi, to over 30 countries in five continents worldwide. We have different facilities including plants operating under GMP and RMP. Applications will be considered before the closing date. To learn more about this career opportunity or to apply online, please click Apply Online and you will be taken to our careers page. Follow us on LinkedIn! Interested in other opportunities? To keep up to date with other Vitaco career opportunities, set up a profile and job alert so we can notify you of any jobs which may interest you. To set up a profile please visit our careers page here and click Register to submit your details. If you have 3-5 years hands-on maintenance experience, APPLY NOW!#J-18808-Ljbffr