Electrical Technician – Dairy Plant Maintenance

Fonterra; Hawera; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair pay

Health & well-being

Work-life balance

Employee recognition

Community involvement

Job summary

Fonterra Te Mātāpuna is seeking two experienced Electrical Technicians to join our Kapuni and Whareroa sites in Taranaki. You will carry out electrical maintenance, fault finding, breakdown response and preventative maintenance across manufacturing and utilities equipment.

You'll work with automated technology and apply strong troubleshooting skills to improve equipment reliability, plant performance and safety.

Qualifications

• NZ Registered Electrician with a current practising licence.
• Electrical Service Technician (EST) Certification.
• Instrumentation qualification and/or proven industrial instrumentation experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical maintenance, fault finding, breakdown response and preventative maintenance across manufacturing and utilities equipment.
• Work with industry‑leading automated technology and troubleshoot to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.
• Collaborate within a maintenance team and operate hands‑on to ensure safe, reliable site operations.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Instrumentation

PLC/SCADA

HMI

Team collaboration

Safety compliance

Education

Certificate in Electrical Engineering Level 4 or higher

Tools

NZ Registered Electrician tools

Job description

Fonterra Te Mātāpuna is seeking two experienced Electrical Technicians to join our Kapuni and Whareroa sites in Taranaki. You will carry out electrical maintenance, fault finding, breakdown response and preventative maintenance across manufacturing and utilities equipment.

You'll work with automated technology and apply strong troubleshooting skills to improve equipment reliability, plant performance and safety.