X-Cast Production Technician

Hynds Pipe Systems Limited; Pokeno; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to company partner discounts

Job summary

Hynds Pipe Systems Limited in New Zealand seeks a Production Technician - X-Cast for our Pokeno site. This hands-on role covers mould setup, reinforcement, casting, finishing, stripping and QC to ensure every product meets our high standard.

You’ll report to the Production Manager and work as part of a team turning steel and concrete into finished precast products. Safety and quality are non-negotiable.

Qualifications

• Hands-on production/manufacturing experience.
• Able to read drawings and follow plans.
• Committed to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Keep everyone safe by applying 5S and safe lifting practices.
• Build moulds and set up formwork to drawings.
• Cast and pour concrete ensuring reinforcement cages are placed to spec.
• Strip and finish products after curing to standard.

Skills

Hands-on work

Plan reading

Quality standards

Safety mindset

Physical fitness

Education

Class 1 licence with F endorsement

Gantry-crane ticket (3800) or reo experience

Job description

The precast pipes that leaves our Pokeno yard doesn’t get much attention — and that’s kind of the point. It goes into the ground right across New Zealand and just does its job, quietly, for the next hundred years. Getting it right the first time takes skill, focus, and a crew that cares about the standard on the product.

We’re after a Production Technician -X-Cast to join that crew at our Pokeno site. It’s honest, hands‑on work for someone who likes seeing a finished product at the end of the day, backs the people around them, and takes real pride in a job done right.

About Hynds

We’re a family‑owned New Zealand company that’s been going since 1973, and today we’re the country’s biggest maker of reinforced concrete pipe and precast products. Seven manufacturing plants, branches nationwide, more than 800 people — but still run on a pretty simple idea: look after your people, do the right thing, and back each other. Pokeno is our largest manufacturing site, and one of the most advanced precast facilities of its kind in the world — and it’s where you come in.

About The Role

You’ll report to the Production Manager and work as part of the team that turns steel, and concrete into finished precast product. Mould set‑up, reinforcement, casting, finishing, stripping and QC — you’ll move across all of it, and no two days will look quite the same. Whatever leaves the yard leaves at the standard you set.

On Any Given Day, You’ll

• Keep everyone safe — live the basics: 5S, safe lifting and loading, tidy work areas, and speaking up the moment something looks off.
• Build the moulds — set up formwork and moulds to the drawings, square and solid, ready to pour.
• Cast and pour — place reinforcement cages and get concrete into the mould to spec.
• Strip and finish — once it’s cured, strip, ramp, mark and tidy the finished product to standard.
• Check the work — run your QC, complete the paperwork properly, and sort non‑conformances then and there.
• Keep improving — bring ideas to pre‑starts and toolbox talks, and pick up new skills across the site as you go.

What You’ll Bring

• Some hands‑on or physical work behind you — precast, concrete, carpentry, steel fixing, manufacturing, labouring, warehousing, or anything similar
• Enough confidence with plans and drawings to follow them — or the smarts to learn fast
• Respect for quality standards and safe ways of working
• A body that’s up for physical work and a head that’s switched on to safety
• A Class 1 licence with F (forklift) endorsement helps — or the willingness to get one
• A gantry‑crane ticket (3800) or reo experience is a nice‑to‑have, not a dealbreaker

What We Offer

• Training on the job and a genuine path to move up
• Health insurance (subject to eligibility)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to company partner discounts

At Hynds, we believe diverse teams make better decisions and stronger businesses. We’re committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcomed, supported and encouraged to thrive.