Maintenance Technician

Sanford Limited (NS); Invercargill City; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

Sanford Limited (NS) is seeking a skilled Maintenance Tradesperson to support our Bluff Salmon team in Bluff, New Zealand. You will cover a broad range of mechanical plant, processing equipment and site infrastructure, ensuring maintenance is well planned, recorded and compliant with safety standards.

You will work with production and maintenance teams to minimise downtime, troubleshoot complex systems, and contribute to continuous improvement of asset reliability in a busy industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification or substantial practical maintenance experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, food processing, or industrial maintenance environments.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding, repair, and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventive, corrective and breakdown maintenance across processing plant, equipment and site infrastructure.
• Diagnose faults and complete timely repairs to minimise downtime and maintain reliability.
• Maintain and troubleshoot specialist processing equipment and systems.
• Record maintenance activities in CMMS and manage work orders and purchase orders.
• Plan maintenance with production teams to minimise disruption and improve performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and maintenance practices.
• Coordinate contractors and uphold safety and housekeeping standards.

Skills

Trade mindset

Maintenance focus

Fault finding

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Education

Trade qualification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Keep our operations running. Maintain critical equipment. Be part of something bigger.

We're looking for an experienced and practical Maintenance Tradesperson to join our Bluff Salmon team and help keep our processing operations running safely, efficiently and reliably.

You’ll work across a wide variety of mechanical equipment, processing machinery, plant services and site infrastructure, while playing a key role in supporting production and improving asset reliability. Along with your technical trade skills, you’ll be comfortable using our maintenance and purchasing systems to manage your own work, ensuring maintenance activities are well planned, accurately recorded and fully supported.

About the role:

Reporting to the Asset & Maintenance Manager, you'll work alongside our maintenance and operations teams to:

• Carry out planned, preventative, corrective and breakdown maintenance across processing plant, equipment and site infrastructure.
• Diagnose faults and complete timely repairs to minimise production downtime and maintain equipment reliability.
• Maintain and troubleshoot specialist processing equipment, including filleting machines, vacuum systems and other critical production assets.
• Accurately record maintenance activities in Workmate, including work completed, parts used, maintenance history, and raising and managing work orders and purchase orders as required.
• Work collaboratively with production teams to plan maintenance activities, minimise disruption and support operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, maintenance practices and asset performance through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the coordination of contractors and maintain high standards of safety, housekeeping and compliance across all maintenance activities.

About you:

We're looking for someone who enjoys solving problems, takes pride in quality workmanship and thrives in a busy industrial environment. You’re confident working independently, can respond calmly to breakdowns and maintenance issues, and communicate effectively with production teams, contractors and colleagues.

You’ll ideally bring:

• A recognised trade qualification or significant practical maintenance experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, food processing, engineering, marine, aquaculture or another industrial maintenance environment.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding, repair and troubleshooting skills.
• The ability to prioritise work, manage competing demands and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• A strong commitment to health and safety, food safety and quality standards.
• Good communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Competent computer skills, including experience using a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and the ability to manage maintenance records, work orders and purchase orders accurately.
• A proactive attitude and a genuine interest in improving equipment reliability, maintenance performance and operational efficiency.

We offer:

• A varied and interesting maintenance role with a broad range of equipment.
• Opportunities to develop specialist technical skills.
• Supportive leadership and a collaborative team environment.
• Competitive remuneration.

About Sanford

Sanford is an integrated fishing and aquaculture business headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand with operations around the country. We’re proud of our 150-year seafood history and committed tohigh standardsin sustainability, safety and quality ensuring we provide our customers with safe and reliable products.

You must be eligible to work in New Zealand. Our recruitment process includes pre-engagement checks including a criminal history check, drug and alcohol testing, and a medical assessment.