Onsite Reliability & Maintenance Planner – NZ

Addiction Pet Foods

Te Puke

On-site

NZD 90,000 - 125,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Addiction Pet Foods in Te Puke, NZ, seeks a Reliability Engineer & Maintenance Planner to own maintenance planning and reliability engineering activities. You will prepare ready-to-execute work orders, coordinate maintenance windows with Operations, ensure spares readiness, and drive reliability improvements through data-led problem solving and PM optimization.

The role requires CMMS discipline, strong analytical skills, and collaboration with Operations, QA and Maintenance to improve

Qualifications

Diploma/Bachelor’s in Engineering or relevant technical discipline.
3–7 years experience in maintenance planning/scheduling and/or reliability engineering in FMCG/food manufacturing or similar high‑uptime environments.
Strong CMMS experience (Limble preferred).
Demonstrated experience in RCA, PM optimization, and reliability improvement delivery.
Willing to work in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Responsibilities

Build and issue weekly and daily maintenance schedules aligned with production plans and shutdowns.
Maintain a healthy backlog and ensure high-priority work is prepared and scheduled.
Convert requests into high-quality work orders with scope, labor, parts, tools, permits and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate access windows with Operations to minimize disruption.
Own site reliability cadence and drive RCA and PM optimization.
Own CMMS workflow governance and ensure complete work order records.
Coordinate spares governance, stockouts, and kitting for jobs.
Verify machine handover compliance before maintenance and after return to production.