Junior Mechanical Engineer

Futura Trailers Ltd; Waitakere Ranges; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 minutes of protected improvement 时间

Lean training

AI toolkit

Job summary

Futura Trailers Ltd in New Zealand seeks a hands-on mechanical engineer to monitor and improve quality from supplier to production line. This is a brand-new role focused on practical floor work and continuous improvement, with AI tools used daily.

You will assess quality issues, liaise with suppliers on improvements, design new plant layouts, deploy lean tools, and help host our team Lean meetings. A floor-based, detail-oriented approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Skilled in mechanical design and drafting, ideally with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing experience.
• Knowledge of quality systems and root cause analysis.
• Some knowledge of lean engineering.

Responsibilities

• Assess and rectify mechanical quality issues.
• Liaise with suppliers on improvements (drawings, machining changes etc.).
• New plant design and machinery layouts.
• Lean tool deployment, focusing on quality.
• Contribute to and hosting our team Lean meetings.
• Twice a week. You bring improvements, you bring waste you've spotted, you bring fixes. You do not attend as an observer.

Skills

Mechanical design

Drafting

GD&T

Quality systems

Root cause analysis

Lean engineering

AI tools

Tools

AI toolkit

Lean tools

Job description

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We need a hands on mechanical engineer with proven practical capabilities

Futura Trailers is a New Zealand manufacturer of best-in-class aluminium trailers, sold across New Zealand, Australia and the USA. We run a Lean operation — continuous improvement, visible standards, real ownership. AI tools are part of how we work every day. We have a twice-weekly all-team Lean meeting that is a working meeting, not a status update.

This is a brand new role. The role will be responsiblefor monitoring and improving quality all the way from the supplierto the productionline

What you'll actually do

• Assess and rectify mechanical quality issues.

• Liaise with suppliers on improvements (drawings, machining changes etc.).

• New plant design and machinery layouts.

• Lean tool deployment, focusing on quality.

• Contribute to and hosting our team Lean meetings.

Twice a week. You bring improvements, you bring waste you've spotted, you bring fixes. You do not attend as an observer.

The 12-month success picture

• Measured and confirmed reduction in rework hours on our production lines

• Directly contribute toward a sustained lift in units produced each month through improved process and product.

• Seeing quality issue solutions through to resolution and implementation.

Who this is for

You are probably:

• A graduate or early-career professional in mechanical engineering, or a similar discipline.

• Comfortable with AI tools and curious about where they're going

• Happy to spend your day on the floor, not behind a desk

• Detail-oriented without being rigid

What we are looking for

• Skilled in mechanical design and drafting, ideally with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing experience.

• Knowledge of quality systems and root cause analysis.

• Some knowledge of lean engineering.

What we offer

• Full-time employment contract. Regular working hours inline with a manufacturing environment.

• 30 minutes of protected improvement time every day — not when there's spare time, every day, in the schedule

• Training in our Lean systems, our software, and our AI toolkit

• A factory full of people who think like process engineers

• A boss and a leadership team who back their people