Maintenance Manager, Secondary Processing (Rotorua)

Red Stag Timber; Rotorua; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

Budget management

CAPEX project development

Asset management

Safety focus

Data analysis

Preventive maintenance

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CMMS (Workmate)

Microsoft Office

Excel data analysis

Job description

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.