Maintenance Fitter

Technical Recruitment Solutions Ltd.; Southland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Phone allowance

Company bus transport

Share matching scheme

Annual leave loading

Job summary

Technical Recruitment Solutions Ltd. is seeking a Maintenance Fitter for a heavy industrial site in Southland, New Zealand. You will join a skilled maintenance team on a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern, performing fault-finding and repair across a broad asset base, with limited workshop work.

The role emphasizes condition monitoring, preventative maintenance, and reactive breakdown support on conveyors, cranes, ball mills, crushers and related equipment. The package reflects the scale of the operation.

Qualifications

• Broad maintenance experience across plant equipment.
• Strong hydraulics and diagnostic skills.
• Experience with gearbox removal, replacement and alignment.
• Comfortable working across conveyors, cranes, crushers and feeders.

Responsibilities

• Fault-finding and repair across conveyors, cranes, crushing and screening equipment, and ball mill systems
• Gearbox replacement and precision alignment work
• Hydraulics diagnosis and repair
• Maintaining pneumatic systems and air compressors
• Basic welding and fabrication as required
• Contributing to preventative and condition-based maintenance, alongside reactive breakdown work
• All work carried out on plant – limited workshop-based tasks

Skills

Fault-finding

Diagnostics

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Welding

Job description

Maintenance Fitter – Southland – 4 on 4 off

Join the maintenance team at one of New Zealand’s largest processing sites, on a shift pattern that gives you genuine time off and a package that reflects the scale of the operation. This is a hands-on, plant-floor role – no workshop bench work, just real fault-finding and repair across a large, varied asset base.

Role Overview

You’ll be working as a Maintenance Fitter on a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (2 days, 2 nights). This is a unique heavy industrial site in Southland, running an advanced condition monitoring and preventative maintenance approach alongside reactive and breakdown work. The role covers a broad mix of equipment: conveyors, cranes, ball mill, crushing plant, vibrating feeders, pneumatics and a sizeable fleet of air compressors.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Fault-finding and repair across conveyors, cranes, crushing and screening equipment, and ball mill systems


• Gearbox replacement and precision alignment work


• Hydraulics diagnosis and repair


• Maintaining pneumatic systems and air compressors


• Basic welding and fabrication as required


• Contributing to preventative and condition-based maintenance, alongside reactive breakdown work


• All work carried out on plant – limited workshop-based tasks

What We’re Looking For

• Genuine all-rounder – broad maintenance experience, not just fitting and welding


• Strong hydraulics and diagnostic skills


• Experience with gearbox removal, replacement and alignment


• Comfortable working across rotating and fixed plant (conveyors, cranes, crushers, feeders)


• Basic welding/fabrication ability


• Interest in condition monitoring / reliability work is a plus, not essential


• Able to work a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (2 days, 2 nights)

Remuneration and Benefits

This role comes with a total salary package of $120-130K+ that makes it one of the stronger maintenance fitter opportunities available in the region:

• Base salary approximately $85-97,000 per annum


• Shift allowance of $21,400 per annum on top of base salary


• 5% bonus


• 10% employer superannuation contribution


• Two weeks annual leave loading (take two weeks in a block and receive an additional two weeks' pay once a year)


• 15 days sick leave per year, cumulative annually with no cap


• Southern Cross health insurance


• $1,000 per annum phone allowance


• Company share matching scheme - after three years, shares purchased are matched one-for-one


• Free site transport via company bus service


• Relocation assistance available for the right candidate