Maintenance Manager

About the role

Based at Pact Packagings Christchurch site and reporting to the Operations Manager the Maintenance Manager will lead the maintenance function driving a worldclass approach to preventative predictive and reactive maintenance.

Youll play a critical role in reducing unplanned downtime improving equipment reliability and supporting safe highperforming manufacturing operations. As a key member of the site leadership team youll also contribute to leadership continuity and step into site leadership coverage when required.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Maximise equipment uptime and reliability through effective preventative predictive and reactive maintenance across site assets.
• Respond handson to breakdowns diagnosing faults driving rootcause solutions and acting with urgency to minimise downtime.
• Own and optimise the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) ensuring accurate asset registers maintenance plans work orders history and reporting to support datadriven decisions and continuous improvement.
• Manage engineering purchasing and critical spares including supplier engagement cost control inventory optimisation and ensuring availability of essential parts and services.
• Drive continuous improvement delivering measurable gains in safety quality cost and operational efficiency.
• Coach and work alongside the team developing technicians and operators in faultfinding asset care and routine maintenance.
• Oversee asset lifecycle and capital improvements including planning budgeting and delivery of upgrades and site projects.
• Provide strong operational and site leadership supporting production performance managing risk and covering for the Site Operations Manager when required.
• Champion health safety and environmental excellence ensuring full WHSE compliance and promoting a proactive zeroharm culture.

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role youll have:

• A qualification in Engineering with broad technical experience and extensive exposure at a senior level.
• Proven technical maintenance experience within FMCG or complex manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading a maintenance or engineering team with strong people leadership engagement and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing CMMS platforms maintenance planning and reliability reporting.
• Experience overseeing engineering procurement contractor management and spare parts inventory control.
• Practical handson knowledge of hydraulics pneumatics welding and safe slinging and lifting practices.
• Experience applying Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to improve safety quality reliability and efficiency.
• Desirable: Dualtrade electrical qualification and/or Advanced Fitting Turning and Machining trade certificate.

Additional Information :

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• A closeknit team with a strong valuesdriven and safetyfirst culture.
• Work for a company dedicated to sustainability and leading the circular economy.
• Discounted health insurance premiums through Southern Cross
• Discounted rates and savings through our Pact Perks benefits program

How to apply:

If this role sounds like you please click on the apply button and follow the prompts. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity. If you would like to learn more about our company you may check our website: Pact Group Leading the Circular Economy

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time