Maintenance Manager

Pact Group; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted health insurance

Free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Pact Packaging Hamilton is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site maintenance function, driving a shift from reactive to preventative and predictive maintenance to support operational performance.

You will develop strategies, manage budgets, and lead a high-performing team, partnering with production to ensure safety, reliability, and cost efficiency across plant and utilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading maintenance teams in manufacturing or FMCG settings.
• Strong focus on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with predictive and preventive maintenance methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead a safe, compliant maintenance function aligned with health, safety and regulatory standards.
• Develop and execute preventative and predictive maintenance strategies to maximise asset reliability.
• Drive reliability improvements, reduce downtime and maintenance costs.
• Manage budgeting, procurement, contractor management, and spares.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Safety culture

Lean manufacturing

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Reliability Engineering or Business

EWRB EAS-EST accreditation

Tools

MEX

SAP

Job description

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole product life cycle approach to sustainable packaging. Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

Job Description

About this opportunity

Based at Pact Packaging Hamilton and reporting to the Site Business Unit Manager, the Maintenance Manager will lead the site maintenance function, ensuring a safe, reliable, and cost-effective engineering service that supports operational performance and continuous improvement.

This is a key leadership role focused on driving the transition from reactive to preventative and predictive maintenance. You'll improve asset reliability, reduce downtime and maintenance costs, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and develop a high-performing maintenance team that supports operational excellence across the site.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead a safe and compliant maintenance function by ensuring engineering activities align with health, safety, quality, environmental, food safety, and regulatory requirements, including contractor management and permit-to-work systems.
• Develop and execute preventative and predictive maintenance strategies through MEX and maintenance planning processes to maximise asset reliability, equipment performance, and operational efficiency.
• Drive reliability improvements across manufacturing equipment, tooling, utilities, and infrastructure by reducing unplanned downtime, leading root cause investigations, and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
• Manage site services, buildings, infrastructure, and statutory compliance requirements to ensure the ongoing reliability, safety, and performance of critical plant and utility systems.
• Oversee engineering procurement, contractors, critical spares, and maintenance budgets to deliver cost-effective outcomes while maintaining safety, quality, and operational standards.
• Lead continuous improvement and capital projects, including equipment upgrades, process improvements, and reliability initiatives that enhance manufacturing performance and long-term asset value.
• Provide strong leadership, coaching, and development for the maintenance team while fostering a collaborative, proactive culture that supports operational excellence and delivers measurable business outcomes.

Your skills and experience:

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• Proven technical maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing, FMCG, or industrial environment, with the ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• A tertiary qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Reliability Engineering, or Business would be highly regarded. Current EWRB EAS-EST accreditation, or a willingness to obtain it, would be advantageous.
• Strong expertise in maintenance and reliability practices, including preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, failure elimination, asset reliability improvement, and critical spares management.
• Experience managing maintenance planning systems and CMMS platforms such as MEX, SAP, or similar, with the ability to optimise asset performance and operational efficiency.
• Sound technical knowledge of manufacturing equipment and systems, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, material handling, and site utility assets.
• Commercial experience in budgeting, procurement, supplier and contractor management, and maintenance cost control.
• Strong communication, planning, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, supported by experience applying lean manufacturing and structured problem-solving methodologies.

Additional Information

• A close-knit team with a strong values-driven and safety-first culture.
• Work for a company dedicated to sustainability and leading the circular economy.
• Discounted health insurance premiums through Southern Cross
• Free onsite parking.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).