Maintenance Lead

  • All Posting Locations: Hastings, Hawke's Bay, NZ
  • Job Functions: Manufacturing
  • Date Published: June 10, 2025
  • Ref#: R-93619

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About the Role

Job Description

Maintenance Lead

  • Amazing opportunities for professional development and training to enhance your skills and knowledge

  • Competitive salary and benefits package

  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment

Unlock Your Potential as a Maintenance Lead at Heinz Watties!

We're Kraft Heinz, a global food company that's passionate about making life delicious! Our King Street Engineering team is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Maintenance Lead to join the crew. As a Maintenance Lead, you will play a critical role in ensuring the proper functioning of our maintenance operations, leading a team of 9 staff members, and contributing to the success of our organization.

The Company

Kraft Heinz is a leading global food company with a portfolio of iconic brands that bring joy and nourishment to people around the world. We are committed to making a positive impact on the environment, our communities, and the people we serve. Our company is built on a foundation of quality, integrity, and innovation, and we are passionate about creating a better future for all.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Defect Handling, Breakdown Elimination, and Health Checks: Ensure that defect handling, breakdown elimination, and health checks are functioning properly, and conduct at least three health checks per week.

  • Team Management: Manage team-related tasks, including overtime, holiday, and performance management, and coach and support your team on the shop floor.

  • Capital Projects and Maintenance Planning: Support capital projects and maintenance planning meetings, define priorities for overhauls, and participate in overhaul meetings.

  • Shop Floor Presence: Spend 50%/50% of your time on the shop floor, coaching, conducting health checks, and understanding failures.

  • Documentation and Training: Document maintenance tasks, create standard maintenance procedures (SMPs), and train others on documented procedures to ensure knowledge sharing.

  • Administrative Tasks: Focus administrative tasks on building systems for sustainable results, including breakdown investigations and capability building.

  • Kraft Heinz Management System (KHMS) Digital Coach and MRE Pillar: Support the KHMS Digital Coach for the MRE pillar, implement maintenance strategy, asset criticality, and TBR, and split ownership of MRE chapters among maintenance leads.

  • Collaboration: Work closely with maintenance technicians and other team members to execute tasks and achieve maintenance goals.

About you:

  • You have a strong engineering background and experience in maintenance management

  • You're a natural leader, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • You're passionate about building sustainable systems and implementing maintenance strategies

  • You're looking for a challenging role with opportunities for growth and development

  • You have experience with TBR process planning

  • You’re able to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize tasks effectively

Benefits of working with us

  • A competitive salary and benefits package

  • Opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic and inclusive work environment

  • The chance to work with a global food company that's passionate about making a difference

  • A collaborative and supportive team environment

Ready to make an Impact?

If you are a motivated and experienced maintenance leader looking for a new challenge, we want to hear from you! Apply now to join our team and take the first step towards a rewarding and challenging career with Kraft Heinz.

We're an Equal Opportunity Employer!

KraftHeinz is an equal opportunity employer, and we're committed to providing a workplace that's free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including:

  • People with disabilities

  • Women

  • Visible minorities

  • Indigenous peoples

  • LGBTQIA+ individuals

  • Veterans

Location(s)

King Street

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.

Digital at Kraft Heinz

The
Builders

Our Digital team empowers every aspect of our business.

Discovering what’s next in food using Python, Azure ML and Alteryx. Building and designing apps. Improving our supply chain.

We’re bringing agility to beloved brands across the globe — making life delicious for our customers and communities, today and tomorrow.

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HR at Kraft Heinz

The
Facilitators

People are what makes Kraft Heinz great. Today. And tomorrow.

In Human Resources, we’re finding and developing great talent to continue our legacy. We’re here for every colleague, for their performance and their wellbeing.

Together, we’re helping everyone to grow their own way.

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Manufacturing at Kraft Heinz

The
Makers

Our Manufacturing team is a fully-integrated end-to-end supply chain. We’re the backbone of Kraft Heinz. The people behind the products, delivering the highest quality and value.

Whether you’re a seasoned manufacturing veteran or new to the world of plants, there’s tons of opportunity for career growth and development.

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Marketing at Kraft Heinz

The
Strategizers

Our Marketing team are the voice of our consumers. Connecting the right people, to the right products, with the right messages and campaigns.

We’re the architects of category growth, making sure our brands are front and center — winning the battle for attention in the minds of people everywhere.

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R&D at Kraft Heinz

The
Creators

Our Research and Development team creates high-quality products that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Innovation is what gets us up in the morning!

Whether you want to develop your technical skills or grow as a people manager, there’s a place for you here to advance your career.

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Sales at Kraft Heinz

The
Connectors

Our Sales team drives multibillion dollar distribution strategies. And we do this across channels and across the whole world!

We thrive wherever consumers can meet iconic and innovative brands — in retail, on-trade, and B2B. We’re the closest people to our customers, getting our products to the right people, in the right places.

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our people

“Kraft Heinz doesn’t just talk about their values, they live it every day.”

Traci
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our people

“The best is yet to come at Kraft Heinz. I’ve experienced the launch of a new purpose, new vision and values. Now I’m seeing all of those things truly take shape and that is very exciting.”

Michael
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our people

“The best thing about working at Kraft Heinz are the benefits and opportunities for growth and career development.”

Manetta
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About Us

Kraft Heinz is a global food company with a delicious heritage.  Our emerging and iconic food and beverage brands deliver the best taste, fun, and quality to every table we touch. Worldwide.

We’re on a mission to disrupt not only our own business, but the global food industry. Consumer obsession and unexpected partnerships fuel our progress. As we drive innovation company-wide.

Our people are connected by a culture of ownership, agility and endless curiosity. We believe in being good humans — working to improve our company, communities, and planet.

We’re proud of where we’ve been and even more thrilled about where we’re headed as we nourish the world and lead the future of food.

Why Us

We grow our people to grow our business. We champion great people who bring ambition, curiosity, and high performance to the table as the guardians of our iconic and nostalgic brands.

Good isn’t good enough. We choose greatness every day by making bold decisions and challenging what’s ordinary. All while celebrating our wins – and failures – as we work together to transform the future of food.

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