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Imagine tomorrow with us, where your career can grow, and you can create positive change.\nAbout us | He kupu mō mātou\nFonterra’s IT Engineering Chapter brings together specialist engineering Practices that work across our business to deliver reliable, secure and high-quality technology. Our Practices provide deep technical capability, consistent standards and ways of working, while enabling our people to work flexibly across products, platforms and strategic programmes.\nThe Test Practice is part of the IT Engineering Chapter and plays a key role in engineering quality into the software delivery lifecycle. Working alongside our other Engineering Practices and business-aligned teams, we build capability, promote modern engineering practices and use automation and emerging technologies to continuously improve how we design, build, test and run technology across Fonterra.\n\nAbout the Opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga\nQuality is increasingly something we engineer in, not something we test for at the end.\nAs a Test Analyst - Manufacturing, you’ll help bring that thinking to life across Fonterra’s manufacturing technology landscape. Working as part of our Test Practice and alongside the wider IT Engineering community, you’ll help ensure changes are reliable, resilient and ready for production.\nYou’ll combine hands-on testing with a focus on continuous improvement, identifying risks and defects early while helping us increase automation, strengthen engineering practices and evolve our approach to quality.\nWith exposure to a broad range of manufacturing applications and initiatives, this is an opportunity to grow your expertise while helping shape the future of testing and quality engineering at Fonterra.\nAbout You | Mōu\nYou bring hands-on testing experience and are comfortable working across a varied application landscape, quickly getting up to speed with new systems and processes. Experience in a manufacturing environment would be an advantage, but we’re equally interested in your ability to learn, adapt and apply strong testing practices.\nYou have an excellent understanding of Software Engineering test tools and practices, including experience with AQM (previously ALM), and a strong understanding of the Agile framework and mindset.\nYou'll also bring experience managing internal customer relationships, building rapport and trust with both technical teams and manufacturing stakeholders. Your testing expertise will help ensure the applications Fonterra's manufacturing teams rely on are ready to support day-to-day operations.\nOur Values |Ngā Aura\nAt Fonterra, our values of Good Together, Better Every Day, and Every Drop Counts, are for everyone - no matter your background, identify or experience. These values guide us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our farmers, customers, communities, and each other. Discover how your values align with ours by taking our Values Quiz\nOur Commitment to You | Tā mātou oati\nWe care for our people globally. Our comprehensive benefits support your well-being, development, and work-life balance:\nFair and equitable pay\nHealth and well-being programs (medical, mental health support)\nProfessional development opportunities\nCareer growth support\nWork-life balance options (flexible/hybrid working where possible)\nEmployee recognition\nSupport for community involvement and cultural connection\nTo learn more, visit Fonterra Careers\nA Career of Opportunities |Ngā Mahi\nAt Fonterra, we are inspired by purpose and guided by our principles and values. Together, we create goodness for generations and make a global impact at a local level. As part of our Co-operative, you are an everyday creator, imagining what Fonterra, dairy, and you can be here.\nJoin Us |Tātou Tātou\nDoes this sound good to you? 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