Te Puke Onsite Reliability & Maintenance Planner

Addiction Pet Foods; Milnerton; On-site; ZAR 748,000 - 888,000; Full time

Job summary

Addiction Pet Foods in Te Puke, NZ, seeks a Reliability Engineer & Maintenance Planner to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and lead CMMS discipline. You will own maintenance planning, create ready-to-execute work orders, and coordinate with Operations to protect production.

You will analyze failures, optimize preventive maintenance, conduct RCA, and drive reliability improvements. The role requires 3–7 years in maintenance planning and strong CMMS experience, preferably Limble,

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent
• 3-7 years in maintenance planning/scheduling and reliability in FMCG/food manufacturing or similar high-uptime environments
• Willing to work in Tauranga, New Zealand

Responsibilities

• Build and issue weekly and daily maintenance schedules aligned with production plans, sanitation windows, and shutdown requirements.
• Maintain a healthy backlog (planned vs unplanned) and ensure high-priority work is prepared and scheduled appropriately.
• Convert requests into high-quality work orders with scope, labor duration, skill requirements, tools, parts, permits/LOTO, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate access windows with Operations to minimize disruption and protect production continuity.
• Track schedule attainment, document reasons for missed work, and drive re-plan/re-scope actions.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Reliability Engineering

RCA

CMMS (Limble)

Education

Diploma/Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

Limble CMMS

Job description

Addiction Pet Foods in Te Puke, NZ, seeks a Reliability Engineer & Maintenance Planner to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and lead CMMS discipline. You will own maintenance planning, create ready-to-execute work orders, and coordinate with Operations to protect production.

You will analyze failures, optimize preventive maintenance, conduct RCA, and drive reliability improvements. The role requires 3–7 years in maintenance planning and strong CMMS experience, preferably Limble,