Shift Industrial Electrician

One of New Zealand’s largest food manufacturers is seeking to appoint an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join their team in Whanganui. This is a great opportunity to work in a large maintenance team, in an automated processing plant, with a mixture of old and some new and sophisticated equipment.

This is a rotating shift, working 2 weeks of days (4:30am-3pm), and 2 weeks of afternoons (3pm – 2am).

Key responsibilities and duties include:
Diagnosis and repair of faults in PLC controlled systems
Conduct routine maintenance across a wide variety of equipment.
Servicing, repairing and attending to breakdowns of the processing and refrigeration plant
Assist in driving a preventative maintenance culture to shift the focus from reactive maintenance activities.
Assist in improvements and modifications to machinery and equipment focusing on quality, efficiency and safety.
Ensure operational reliability of the processing and refrigeration plant.
Ability to attend to callouts outside normal shift hours

You will possess:
Current Electrical Trade Certificate with current full EWRB license
Experienced with PLC driven machinery
Food (or similar) industry experience preferred. Manufacturing industry experience is essential
Ability to work autonomously on the later shift
Experience of using MEX or similar would be advantageous
Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships
An innovative thinker with robust problem solving skills

If you are interested in this excellent position, then please apply by clicking on the relevant button below. Alternatively, if you would like to know more before applying then please contact Luke Atkinson on 043330383 or luke@trs.co.nz

Note: If this vacancy is not exactly what you are seeking, then please contact me in confidence to discuss your individual requirements.

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