Engineering Planner

Te Tūranga /About the Role:

The Engineering Planner is responsible for developing and executing the preventative maintenance plan in partnership with the Engineering Manager and Team Leaders. Communication is imperative in this role as the Planner will be dealing with multiple stakeholders across the site to ensure the maintenance schedule is planned, scoped and administered with the least production downtime possible. 

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Engineering Planner will also have the opportunity to work on projects and will be a subject matter expert in organisational and continuous improvement in a FMCG environment. They will be process and details orientated and be confident in delivering a full, complete work schedule to the team to get the job done right first time. 

This position will be based at our Finegand site in Balclutha. 

Te Mahi /Key Responsibilities:

• Planning, scoping and allocation of work to trade staff through the site work request system.
• Scope the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant activities on the organization’s plant and equipment
• Work alongside the Production Planner to schedule maintenance work into the production plan
• Collaborate with maintenance supervision to schedule manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes

Ōu Pūkenga /About You:

To be successful in this role, you will an organised, logical and methodical thinker and have experience in planning, scheduling and/or logistics. You will demonstrate your broad knowledge of general engineering practices with your skills in scheduling, work scoping and performing maintenance on various FMCG machinery. 

Day to day, you will be leveraging your skills in scheduling and capacity planning to lead the development of the preventative maintenance strategy. Having the capability to workscope defects and build up task lists is important as is the ability to be self-managed and ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner. You will be a confident communicator and be able to develop relationships with a wide range of people to achieve the best outcomes for production. 

Te Ahurea /Why work at Silver Fern Farms? 

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment. 

For you, we offer heavily discounted staff meat sales through our on site Butcher's Block, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required), BOOST employee retail discount scheme, subsidised health insurance, and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling.  There’s the added bonus of free on-site parking and a SFF branded clothing allowance also.

Tono Mai /To Apply: 

Click on ‘Apply’ below to submit your application. We assess applications as they are received so don’t delay. 

Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us