Engineering and Maintenance Manager

  • All Posting Locations: Hastings, Hawke's Bay, NZ
  • Job Functions: Manufacturing
  • Date Published: April 10, 2025
  • Ref#: R-91948

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About the Role

Job Description

Engineering and Maintenance Manager

To manage and co-ordinate all maintenance activities relating to site equipment and to ensure engineering personnel are adequately motivated and skilled to undertake such relevant activities in accordance with KraftHeinz policies and procedures. This will contribute to ensuring that all production meets company targets, market requirements, within specification and in a safe manner. 

Manage / Lead key engineering projects for site. Implement KHMS and partner with other functional departments to deliver site priorities. Coach and mentor maintenance team.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • To ensure maintenance procedures and all equipment meet product safety requirements and meet the safety of all personnel. Ensure all OH&S and environmental policies and procedures are adhered to. (Engineering standards across the whole site)

  • Plan, lead, organise and control the Electrical, Projects, Site Service and Engineering planning teams so that they meet company goals and standards

  • Regularly review Engineering budget and assist the operational engineering teams to spent in line with agreed levels.

  • Preventative and planned maintenance Scheduling

  • Manage and/or assist with capital projects, monitoring Investments, ensuring justification, request, implementation and reporting assisting vertical start-ups.

  • Maintain a highly skilled, competent and motivated workforce

  • Manage engineering systems, processes and documentation to ensure nominated QRMP standards are adhered to and maintained

  • Ensure optimum energy/water consumption at factory level, by implementing proper maintenance activities to the factory assets

  • Ensure all utilities are adequate to meet the needs of production requirements. All utilities that come into contact with product are treated according to the food safety criteria of the product and processes.

  • Resourcing for key roles

  • Perform assigned tasks in accordance with all KraftHeinz Food Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, and Ethical and Human Resources policies, programs and goals.

  • Uphold the KraftHeinz values and to work in a way that contributes to the company’s vision

Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

  • Engineering degree or equivalent (mandatory)

  • Communication & Delegation

  • Strategy & Execution

  • Analytical Skills & Prioritization

  • Operational Maintenance Activities

  • Project Management

  • CAPEX & Maintenance Budget Management

  • People & Performance Management

  • Food industry and/or packaging experience desirable

  • MDWT / Lean Manufacturing experience with the focus on Continuous Improvement

  • Minimum 10 years’ practical experience in the manufacturing industry

  • Comprehensive knowledge of OH&S and EPA regulations and systems

  • Successful leadership of semi-autonomous work teams

About us

  • Free staff parking

  • Regular staff get-togethers

  • Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package.

  • Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers

  • Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter.

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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.

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