Tegel Foods Ltd is an iconic New Zealand brand with a long history of producing a wide variety of high-quality products delivered throughout New Zealand. We are proud to be helping families eat well every day. Staying at the top of our game and meeting those high standards means all the machinery in our plants need to be well maintained and continually running at optimum levels. Achieving this takes a highly skilled and experienced team of Maintenance Engineers to help hold us to those standards and stay number one in our industry.
We currently have an opportunity available to join our team as Maintenance Engineers based in Henderson reporting into our Auckland Engineering Manager.
This is a night shift position, with the work hours being 3 am - 3 pm on a rotating roster, which includes weekend work every second week. In total you will be working 7 days out of 14 across the 2 week roster. Great hours for work life balance!
The right person is innovative, highly personable and works well under pressure in a fast-moving manufacturing environment. If that sounds like you, and a new challenge is what you are after don't spend another year thinking about making the move and miss this great opportunity.
Requirements:
- Relevant Trade Qualification;
- Welding, fabrication and machining skills;
- Experience with preventative maintenance;
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact at all levels within the plant
- Flexible approach to work hours/days of work (including weekends)
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience in fault finding and trouble shooting
We pride ourselves on finding the best people to join our diverse team and in return we are offering you:
- Competitive remuneration
- Shift Allowance
- Career Development
- Life Insurance
- Full Health Insurance for your family
- Carpark
- Staff sales on our products
If you are interested in applying for this role, please click on Apply Now.
Please note that our recruitment process will include a pre-employment medical and drug screening.
Job Details
Reference #24166
Posted on 12 Oct 2026
Closes on 30 Oct 2026 16:00
Location(s) New Plymouth
Expertise Engineering
Job level(s) Experienced
Work type(s) Permanent full-time