Industrial Maintenance Technician - Food Processing

Sanford Limited (NS); Invercargill City; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

Sanford Limited (NS) is seeking a skilled Maintenance Tradesperson to support our Bluff Salmon team in Bluff, New Zealand. You will cover a broad range of mechanical plant, processing equipment and site infrastructure, ensuring maintenance is well planned, recorded and compliant with safety standards.

You will work with production and maintenance teams to minimise downtime, troubleshoot complex systems, and contribute to continuous improvement of asset reliability in a busy industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification or substantial practical maintenance experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, food processing, or industrial maintenance environments.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding, repair, and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventive, corrective and breakdown maintenance across processing plant, equipment and site infrastructure.
• Diagnose faults and complete timely repairs to minimise downtime and maintain reliability.
• Maintain and troubleshoot specialist processing equipment and systems.
• Record maintenance activities in CMMS and manage work orders and purchase orders.
• Plan maintenance with production teams to minimise disruption and improve performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and maintenance practices.
• Coordinate contractors and uphold safety and housekeeping standards.

Skills

Trade mindset

Maintenance focus

Fault finding

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Education

Trade qualification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Sanford Limited (NS) is seeking a skilled Maintenance Tradesperson to support our Bluff Salmon team in Bluff, New Zealand. You will cover a broad range of mechanical plant, processing equipment and site infrastructure, ensuring maintenance is well planned, recorded and compliant with safety standards.

You will work with production and maintenance teams to minimise downtime, troubleshoot complex systems, and contribute to continuous improvement of asset reliability in a busy industrial setting.