Mechanical Maintenance Technician

• Free healthcare, life insurance and monthly beer allowance!
• Grow your career with one of the world’s largest beer companies!
• Competitive hourly rate with shift allowances included

About us…

When you join DB Breweries, you join the global HEINEKEN whanau, where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, contribute their ideas, learn and grow as part of one of the largest beer and cider brewing companies in the world spanning 70 countries. 

We believe diverse views make great brews, and the vibe in our team is very much reflected in our four values: PASSION for consumers and customers, CARE for people and planet, ENJOYMENT of life, and COURAGE to dream and pioneer.  We offer a great range of employee benefits and positive culture which includes:

• Free health, life and income protection insurances.
• 5% employer contribution to your Kiwisaver.
• Free monthly allowance of beer, RTDs, cider or zero alcohol beverages.
• ‘Enjoyment of Life' leave (an extra day each year to do something you enjoy).
• A range of other benefits including generous parental leave provisions, free confidential counselling support, digital wills, feminine hygiene products, retail discounts and more.
• Free learning and wellbeing tools and leadership development programmes.
• As a member of Mind The Gap, we’re committed to addressing gender pay gaps and we’ve also supported the Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry.

About this job…

You are a trade qualified Mechanical Maintenance fitter & turner looking to join our team. You have experience working in FMCG, manufacturing or food production as well as site Utilities/Services so you can hit the ground running here at DB. Experience working with TPM or other continuous improvement methodologies are essential, as this is a key pillar in our Supply Chain division; experience working with SAP is preferred.

To meet production targets, employees are expected to respond to breakdowns, support production and carry out preventative maintenance for reliable plant operation. Additionally, you will conduct continuous improvement and breakdown analysis to improve the reliability of our production lines.

Our Waitemata Brewery operates in three shift patterns, requiring you to work on a weekly rotating shift: 6:00am – 2:00pm, 2:00pm – 10:00pm and 10:00pm to 6:00am, Monday to Friday.

About you:

• Trade qualified Mechanical Fitter & Turner. (Dual trade, Millwright or Mechanical Fitter with limited electrical would be an advantage).
• Experience in an FMCG or high-speed packaging environment
• Experience working on site utilities/industrial services (e.g. Ammonia systems, Cooling Towers, Boilers, CO2 systems, etc.)
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement systems. At DB Breweries we use TPM.
• Proven diagnostic and trouble shooting ability to fault find in breakdown situations.
• Good communication skills and ability to work within a team.

If this role aligns with your qualifications and interested, please click “apply” to join our team.

Please note: We are not accepting candidates from recruitment agencies for this role.