Electrical & Instrumentation Lead: Maintenance Leader

Abbott; Pokeno; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott, a global healthcare leader, is seeking an Electrical and Instrumentation Lead based in Pokeno, Waikato. You will oversee plant maintenance, drive a world-class culture, and ensure equipment safety, reliability, and cost-effective operation to meet manufacturing targets.

You will mentor maintenance staff, deploy the maintenance strategy, collaborate across departments, and own breakdown resolution and loss elimination. Abbott offers diverse opportunities and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• NZQA Level 4 trade or equivalent (Mechanical or Electrical)
• CMMS software experience
• NZ qualified electrician
• Arc flash and/or hazardous area qualifications preferred
• NZCE, Dairy Degree or Engineering Diploma
• Strong coaching and team development skills
• Maintenance planning, scheduling and prioritisation capability
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
• Ability to coordinate resources and manage equipment breakdowns effectively
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on reliability and loss elimination
• Sound knowledge of maintenance systems, safety and compliance requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance staff to support a high-performing, safety and quality first culture.
• Deploy maintenance strategy by driving planning and scheduling of preventative and corrective maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with other area Maintenance Leads, Production Schedulers and Production Leads to plan, schedule, and execute site-wide work.
• Own resource coordination to ensure rapid and effective equipment breakdown resolution.
• Identify, minimize and eliminate maintenance- and breakdown-related losses across the facility.
• Build and maintain robust relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the processing plant.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Electrical knowledge

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

NZQA Level 4 trade or equivalent

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Abbott, a global healthcare leader, is seeking an Electrical and Instrumentation Lead based in Pokeno, Waikato. You will oversee plant maintenance, drive a world-class culture, and ensure equipment safety, reliability, and cost-effective operation to meet manufacturing targets.

You will mentor maintenance staff, deploy the maintenance strategy, collaborate across departments, and own breakdown resolution and loss elimination. Abbott offers diverse opportunities and a supportive environment.