Maintenance Electrician

Join Pact and help keep New Zealand manufacturing moving

At Pact Group, we're leading the circular economy through sustainable packaging and recycling solutions. Across our Packaging and Recycling businesses, we manufacture and recycle products that help reduce waste and create a more sustainable future.

We’re looking for a qualified Maintenance Electrician to join our team at Pact Packaging Albany site. The role reports to the Maintenance Manager and is responsible for ensuring the optimal performance, reliability, and safety of all manufacturing equipment, site services, and infrastructure at site.

If you're passionate about reliability, automation, continuous improvement, and working in a safety-first manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

The Maintenance Electrician is responsible for delivering preventative maintenance, fault diagnosis, and timely repairs to minimise downtime and support maximum factory uptime, while also managing site services, overseeing building and infrastructure maintenance, driving automation and continuous improvement initiatives, and maintaining high standards of housekeeping and compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Execute preventative and predictive maintenance programs to ensure reliable plant performance and minimise downtime.
• Diagnose faults, perform repairs, and respond quickly to breakdowns to maximise production uptime.
• Use CMMS (MEX) to manage maintenance schedules, track work orders, and maintain accurate records and spare parts inventory.
• Monitor and maintain critical site services, coordinating with external contractors to ensure continuous operations.
• Oversee building and infrastructure maintenance, including electrical systems, and liaise with landlords and service providers.
• Champion high standards of housekeeping, food safety, and 6S initiatives in line with HACCP and GMP requirements.
• Support automation, equipment upgrades, and continuous improvement projects to enhance efficiency and capability.
• Identify and implement reliability and continuous improvement initiatives and support Regular Asset Care Activities.
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards (e.g. WHSE, FSSC22000, ISO14001), promoting a zero-harm culture.

Benefits:

• $45.00 to $55.00 per hour (depending on experience) + additional KiwiSaver
• Regular salary reviews and staff discounts
• Work visa and settlement support for international Electricians.
• Free on-site car parking
• Discounted health insurance premiums through Southern Cross
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP - RAISE) for confidential counselling
• MyLearning programs for personal development, including leadership courses, and online modules.
• Career opportunities within the Pact Group

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• NZ EWRB Registered Electrician with current practising license or willingness to obtain this qualification. (Desirable)
• At least 3 years' technical maintenance experience in manufacturing, FMCG, or industrial environment.
• Electrical Trade Certificate (or equivalent engineering trade qualification)
• Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical systems, and CMMS (preferably MEX).
• Excellent fault finding, diagnostic, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, approachable, and professional.
• Familiarity with Office 365 and ability to work unattended.

• Albany, Auckland site
• This is a permanent full-time role. Days of work required: Monday to Friday: 45 hours per week - Regular working hours 6.30am - 4.00pm. Overtime is paid after 40 hours.
• The base hourly rate for this role is between $45.00 to $55.00 per hour - depending on experience.
• Flexibility to participate in an on-call roster and overtime as required

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