Maintenance Electrician

Te Tūranga/About the Role

Silver Fern Farms Takapau are looking for a motivated and skilled Maintenance Electrician to join our wider engineering team, responsible for the hands-on day to day electrical reliability improvements, repairs and maintenance within our strong, stable and progressive engineering team.

Our Takapau site in Central Hawke's Bay is Silver Fern Farms largest dedicated lamb processing site, employing up to 950 people at the peak of the season.
Takapau in the Central Hawkes Bay offers sunshine, vineyards, and wine trails. If you are seeking something a little different Waipakurau and Waipawa offers lively street markets, artisan butchers and coastal adventures. Waimarama, Ocean Beach, Pourerere & Porangahau are some of the hidden gems offering wild beauty, fishing, hunting, and solitude.
Lifestyle, family adventures, and a great sense of community is why you should consider relocating to the Central Hawkes Bay.

Our maintenance team works a standard 45 hours per week, we have three different start times depending on your shift, 5am, 7am or 2.30pm. In return, we offer competitive salary, ongoing training and development opportunities, and you be joining a stellar team of work mates who not only want to see you succeed but will support you along the way.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment as well as a wide range of electrical applications across the site. If you are interested in using your electrical skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand's largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

Ōu Pūkenga /About You:

Previous experience in FMCG or transferrable production environments would be an advantage, but the key is the ability to work as part of a team, to identify faults and use analytical and problem-solving skills to provide top level service to the processing plant. Working in a sole charge capacity, all the while being entrenched as part of a maintenance team, candidates will have good interpersonal skills and an attitude for getting stuck in to get the job done as well as thinking outside of the box - we appreciate and encourage new ideas and thought processes about how we can collaborate across our site to ensure the get to the root cause of issues and fix it right - first time.

The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Relevant Trades Qualification and Full NZ EWRB Electrical registration
• Good knowledge of sound electrical principals and repairs and maintenance procedures on a large industrial processing site - or a passion to learn in this environment.
• Exposure to PLC and VSDs in a past role
• Ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions in a timely manner and communicate this with those around you.
• Be self-motivated and capable of working both independently and within a tight knit team of engineering support
• Organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise workload in a challenging engineering environment and lead by example from the front.
• Desire to keep learning and upskill - be this in a leadership scope or dual trading into refrigeration or even project design.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in projects and installation of new site equipment as well as a wide range of electrical applications across the site. If you are interested in using your skills on a large industrial food processing site, and like the idea of working for one of New Zealand's largest food exporters, we look forward to hearing from you.

What we Offer:

• Be part of a supportive, and fun team
• Opportunity to work with industry leaders
• Career progression - Plenty of room to development & gain skills
• Discounted meat sales - Help feed your whanau

This opportunity is ideal for someone looking for the challenge of working for a large progressive company that supports career development.

Tono Mai | To Apply:

We assess applications as they are received so don't delay click on "Apply" below to submit your application today. Applications close 9 July 2026.

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. You can see more about our commitments to our people and their work by visiting our Belong Here webpage: https://careers.silverfernfarms.com/nz/en/belong-here