PT Applications Engineer

NZL MOT Motion New Zealand Limited; Manurewa; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term career

Salary reviews

Training & development

Parental-leave top-up

Wellbeing support

Flu vaccination rebate

Discounted health insurance

Volunteer leave

Employee referral program

Job summary

Motion Motion in New Zealand is seeking a self-motivated Mechanical Power Transmission Application Engineer to join our team in Wiri. The role suits a graduate engineer or someone with relevant experience, with varied projects across diverse industrial sectors.

You will support customers and sales, perform design calculations, and build strong relationships within our network of suppliers and partners. A practical, proactive approach and good English communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Formal Technical Qualification – BEng (Mech) or NDE Mech.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance for mechanical power transmission products to customers and sales teams.
• Design calculations and product recommendations for internal and external customers.
• Build and maintain relationships with the sales network.
• Support development of relationships with global suppliers.
• Prepare product assessments and fault/failure reports.
• Share knowledge with the team and learn from experienced colleagues.

Skills

Communication

MS Office

Excel

Verbal communication

Team interaction

Education

BEng (Mech) or NDE Mech

Job description

Rare opportunity to join our highly respected Engineering team working with some of NZ's top organisations.

We have a position available for a self‑motivated and passionate Mechanical Power Transmission Application Engineer to join our team based in Wiri. This role would ideally suit a graduate engineer or someone with experience in this field. You’ll never be bored in this job as projects are varied and we work with a wide range of businesses across all industrial sectors.

What will you do?

• Support our customers and sales teams through technical assistance for mechanical power transmission products
• Design calculations and product recommendations for internal and external customers
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with our sales network
• Assist where required, with developing and maintaining relationships with our global network of suppliers
• Product assessments and reports for faults and failures
• Share your knowledge and learn from our very experienced team

Who are you?

• Formal Technical Qualification - BEng (Mech) or NDE Mech
• Relevant industry experience with Mechanical Power Transmission products is favorable but not essential
• Excellent written communication skills, including report writing and strong skills with MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Clear verbal communication skills, this role requires interacting with senior staff, sales staff, and customers directly and presentations to different stakeholders - a strong command of spoken English is essential
• Practical hands‑on experience and capabilities with mechanical components would be an advantage
• Current, valid Driver's license
• In addition, you will need to be reliable, self‑motivated, and task‑driven and show good levels of initiative.
• A lot of this role requires you to think outside the box and interact with many different stakeholders.

What We Offer:

• We offer more than just a job — we offer a long‑term career.
• Market aligned remuneration with annual salary reviews: Your salary grows with your skills and performance.
• Career progression: Build a long‑term career with clear development pathways, supported by free webinars, training events and learning courses.
• Comprehensive benefits: Incentive, Motion‑provided uniforms, parental‑leave top‑up support and confidential wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and wellbeing: Enjoy up to $30 flu vaccination rebate and discounted Bupa health insurance options.
• Give back to your community: Access one paid Good to Give volunteer leave day each calendar year, in addition to your standard leave entitlements.
• Participate in community engagement initiatives, including opportunities to support organisations such as the Red Cross and many more.
• Recognition that matters: Celebrate your contribution through peer recognition, service‑milestone awards and our employee referral program.

About Motion Motion

New Zealand is New Zealand’s leader in the distribution of Bearings, Power Transmission, Hydraulic and Pneumatic seals, Belting, Fluid power, tools, and maintenance products with a great supply of Engineering Consumables. Our business units include Conveyor & Transmission, HCD Flow Technology, SAECOWilson, Seal Innovations, and Canterbury Conveyor Belt Specialists. Motion NZ is part of the Asia Pacific group of businesses which is a global leader in industrial distribution. We have a fantastic culture across our network, which stems from one of our key values, ‘We genuinely care’. You’ll work with people who are truly passionate about what they do, go the extra mile, pursue excellence, and inspire innovation. We have lots of projects on the horizon within the business and this is a particularly exciting time to join our team.

You must be either a New Zealand Citizen or a holder of a New Zealand Permanent Residency Visa to be eligible to apply for this position.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders. Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale. Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.