Maintenance Manager

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Pact Group seeks a Maintenance Manager for Pact Packaging in Takanini, Auckland, onsite. This hands-on role owns the reliability and safety of all equipment and site services, leads preventative and predictive maintenance, diagnoses faults and repairs to maximise uptime, and drives automation upgrades. You’ll manage spare parts and contractors, oversee cooling water, compressed air and gas systems, and participate in the on-call roster while upholding HACCP, GMP and WHSE standards. Requirements: 10+ years' maintenance experience, CMMS (MEX preferred), maintenance/diagnostics background; EWRB EAS-EST desirable. To apply, tailor your CV to show uptime gains and safety leadership, and indicate willingness to obtain the EWRB. Apply via Pact Group website.

Company Description

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole product life cycle approach to sustainable packaging. Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

Job Description

About the role:

Are you a skilled maintenance professional who thrives in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment? Pact Packaging Takanini is looking for a proactive and practical Maintenance Manager to take ownership of our maintenance function and keep our production equipment running at its best.

In this hands‑on role, you’ll be responsible for the reliability, safety, and optimal performance of all manufacturing equipment and site services. You’ll lead preventative maintenance activities, carry out fault diagnosis and repair work, and respond quickly to unplanned equipment issues to support maximum factory uptime.

You’ll also play an active role in automation upgrades, process improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, efficiency, and overall operational performance across the site.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead preventative and predictive maintenance across all equipment, keeping accurate records in MEX and proactively managing critical spare parts.
• Respond to equipment faults, performing root cause analysis and repairs to maximise uptime and minimise unplanned stoppages (including participation in the on‑call roster).
• Oversee all site services including cooling water, compressed air, and gas, ensuring reliability while managing contractors and procuring essential parts.
• Maintain high housekeeping, food safety, and GMP standards, ensuring compliance with HACCP and driving continuous improvement of site cleanliness and safety.
• Support and deliver projects, including fabrication tasks, automation initiatives, and equipment upgrades in collaboration with the Operations Manager.
• Champion WHSE excellence, ensuring full legislative compliance, contractor safety management, active hazard reporting, and participation in all safety and environmental programmes.
• Drive automation and process improvement, assisting with the design, commissioning, costing, and ongoing support of automated systems and maintenance plans.

Your skills and experience:

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

• 10+ years of technical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Maintenance and diagnostics engineer (or equivalent engineering trade qualification)
• Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical systems, and CMMS (preferably MEX).
• Current EWRB EAS-EST accreditation or willingness to obtain (desirable).
• Excellent fault finding, diagnostic, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, approachable, and professional.
• Familiarity with Office 365 and ability to work unattended.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary + onsite parking + employee benefits.
• Work in a supportive, safety‑first environment with a strong team culture.
• Permanent, Full-time role.

If you're ready to apply your maintenance leadership and technical expertise to enhance reliability, drive improvement, and support the future of sustainable packaging, we’d love to hear from you!

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