Maintenance Electrician

Silver Fern Farms Limited; Hawera; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Silver Fern Farms Hawera is seeking a motivated Maintenance Electrician to join our engineering team. The role focuses on hands-on electrical reliability, repairs and routine maintenance on a large industrial site within a leading New Zealand food exporter.

You will work in a two-week rotating roster with day and night shifts, contributing to projects and site equipment installation while collaborating with a strong team to deliver top-level service.

Qualifications

• Relevant Trades Qualification and Full NZ EWRB Electrical registration
• Good knowledge of sound electrical principles and repairs on a large industrial processing site
• Exposure to PLC and VSDs in past role
• Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions and communicate this
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently and within a team
• Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload and lead by example
• Desire to keep learning and upskill – leadership or refrigeration/project design

Responsibilities

• Hands-on electrical reliability improvements, repairs and maintenance within a large industrial site
• Be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment
• Work across a wide range of electrical applications across the site
• Collaborate across the maintenance team to identify root causes and fix them right—first time

Education

Trade qualification

NZ EWRB Electrical registration

Tools

PLC

VSDs

Job description

Silver Fern Farms Hāweraare looking for a motivated and skilledMaintenanceElectricianto join our wider engineering team, responsible for the hands-on day to day electrical reliability improvements, repairs andmaintenancewithin our strong, stable and progressive engineering team.

Ourmaintenanceteam works 45 hours per week, on a two-week rotating roster, Monday to Friday, day shift is between the hours of 5am and 4pm, whilst night shift is 2.30pm and 2am. In return, we offer competitive salary, ongoing training and development opportunities, and you be joining a stellar team of work mates who not only want to see you succeed but will support you along the way.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment as well as a wide range of electrical applications across the site. If you are interested in using your electrical skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand's largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

Previous experience in FMCG or transferrable production environments would be an advantage, but the key is the ability to work as part of a team, to identify faults and use analytical and problem-solving skills to provide top level service to the processing plant. Working in a sole charge capacity, all the while being entrenched as part of amaintenanceteam, candidates will have good interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting stuck in to get the job done as well as thinking outside of the box – we appreciate and encourage new ideas and thought processes about how we can collaborate across our site to ensure the get to the root cause of issues and fix it right – first time.

The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Relevant Trades Qualification and Full NZ EWRB Electrical registration
• Good knowledge of sound electrical principals and repairs andmaintenanceprocedures on a large industrial processing site – or a passion to learn in this environment.
• Exposure to PLC and VSDs in a pastrole
• Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions in a timely manner and communicate this with those around you.
• Be self-motivated and capable of working both independently and within a tight knit team of engineering support
• Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload in a challenging engineering environment and lead by example from the front.
• Desire to keep learning and upskill – be this in a leadership scope or dual trading into refrigeration or even project design.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment as well as a wide range of electrical applications across the site. If you are interested in using your skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand's largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

Applications close7th August 2026.

Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us.