Maintenance Manager - Secondary Processing

Red Stag Timber; Rotorua; In loco; NZD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Red Stag Timber is seeking a Maintenance Manager for the Secondary Processing site at Waipa Mill, near Rotorua. You will lead a team, own safety, asset reliability, and maintenance cost performance across three Planer Mill operations onsite.

The role requires 7+ years in industrial maintenance with leadership experience, and a degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. You will develop maintenance strategies, plan, and drive reliability improvements in a heavy manufacturing setting.

Competenze

• 7+ years industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or processing environment.
• Minimum 3-5 years maintenance leadership experience.
• Experience leading maintenance including Shut planning and managing contractor teams.
• Demonstrated success in reliability improvement and maintenance system development.
• Asset management, critical spare parts and inventory optimisation.
• Reliability Engineering and Root Cause Analysis.
• Maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Budget and cost management including CAPEX project development
• CMMS systems (Workmate or equivalent), Microsoft Office Suite, Excel data analysis
• SCADA and plant monitoring desirable

Mansioni

• Lead the Secondary Processing maintenance function at Waipa Mill, with overall accountability for safety, equipment reliability and maintenance cost performance.
• Lead through the area Maintenance Coordinator and Mechanical Team Leader, taking responsibility for the performance of the maintenance function and team results.
• Set maintenance strategy and priorities, ensure effective planning and scheduling, develop team capability, and drive reliability improvements across all Secondary Processing assets.
• Work closely with the Secondary Processing Manager and Reliability Engineer to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime, using data to identify chronic losses and improve availability.
• Take responsibility for the Secondary Processing maintenance budget, manage maintenance cost performance, and develop CAPEX project proposals.
• Contribute to long-term asset replacement and capacity planning.

Conoscenze

Maintenance leadership

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

Budget management

CAPEX project development

Asset management

Safety focus

Data analysis

Preventive maintenance

Formazione

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Strumenti

CMMS (Workmate)

Microsoft Office

Excel data analysis

Descrizione del lavoro

Maintenance Manager - Secondary Processing

MAINTENANCE MANAGER - SECONDARY PROCESSING

• Are you looking for an opportunity to join a progressive & positive Timber Industry leader, located where you can enjoy the great outdoors and achieve a work-life balance?
• If you can contribute senior Maintenance leadership and self-manage a busy, varied workload this could be just the right opportunity for you!

Based 5mins south of Rotorua, Red Stag Timber operates Waipa Mill, New Zealand’s largest timber processing site, employing 450 staff and contractors. This role is a fulltime position based in Rotorua, with the requirement to be working on site.

We seek an experienced Maintenance Manager with a tertiary qualification, preferably to Degree level in Mechanical Engineering, complimentary management courses and significant heavy industry experience. Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager the key focus areas for this role are to:

• Lead the Secondary Processing maintenance function at Waipa Mill, with overall accountability for safety, equipment reliability and availability, and maintenance cost performance across the three Planer Mill operations on site.
• Lead through the area Maintenance Coordinator and Mechanical Team Leader, taking responsibility for the performance of the maintenance function and team results.
• Set maintenance strategy and priorities, ensure effective planning and scheduling, develop team capability, and drive reliability improvements across all Secondary Processing assets.
• Work closely with the Secondary Processing Manager and Reliability Engineer to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime. Use maintenance and production data to identify chronic equipment losses, eliminate recurring failures, and improve plant availability through structured maintenance and asset management practices.
• Take responsibility for the Secondary Processing maintenance budget, manage maintenance cost performance, and develop CAPEX project proposals.
• Contribute to long-term asset replacement and capacity planning.

To be successful in this role, we require candidates who have the following skills and attributes:

• 7+ years industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or processing environment.
• Minimum 3-5 years maintenance leadership experience.
• Experience leading maintenance including Shut planning and managing contractor teams.
• Demonstrated success in reliability improvement and maintenance system development.
• Asset management, critical spare parts and inventory optimisation.
• Reliability Engineering and Root Cause Analysis.
• Maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Budget and cost management including CAPEX project development
• CMMS systems (Workmate or equivalent), Microsoft Office Suite, Excel data analysis
• SCADA and plant monitoring desirable

Applicants must be based in New Zealand and have full NZ residency.

This is a Rotorua site-based role Monday to Friday, with some flexibility required during busy periods.