Production Technician

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The Production Technician role at Hynds in Christchurch is a full-time onsite position focused on keeping the Hornby Factory’s production plan on track while actively promoting a positive health and safety culture. You’ll be hands-on with mould setup and assembly, concrete casting and pouring, formwork stripping, finishing, and related tasks, as well as operating power tools and a forklift, reading and interpreting production drawings, and ensuring quality control processes are followed with any non-conformances acted upon promptly. Key attributes include prior precast concrete experience, strong decision making, clear communication, and a practical understanding of workshop safety, with a forklift F endorsement desirable and manual handling ability up to 25 kg. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight relevant concreting outcomes, plan interpretation, and readiness for pre-employment medical, drug screen, and background checks.

We are seeking motivated individuals who have experience in a concrete manufacturing environment to assist in the overall operational performance of our Hornby Factory. As an Production Technician, you will help the team achieve the planned outputs & production schedule while keeping team morale positive and engaged as well as actively promote a positive health and safety culture.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Ensure production schedule is adhered to, to ensure achievement of the production plan
• Mould set up, mould assembly, reinforcement assembly, casting of concrete, concrete pouring, formwork stripping, cleaning, finishing works and any other task required to safely manufacture products
• Dismantle forms after concrete has cured. Strip and mark product based on production drawing
• Operate power tools, forklift, tying & rolling wires & pour concrete
• Tends portable concrete-mixing machine and hand-casts structural concrete products, shovels sand, cement, gravel, or pumice into mixing machine
• To ensure quality control sheets are used, checked as intended and non-conformances are immediately acted upon.

Key Attributes:

• Previous experience with precast concrete products
• Previous experience reading and interpreting plans/drawings
• Can make decisions and implement them effectively
• F endorsement is desirable
• Strong communication skills
• Manual Handling - ability to lift up to 25kg
• Practical understanding and experience of workshop health and safety standards

Who we are:

Founded in 1973, Hynds is New Zealand's premier product supplier for the management of water and water-based waste in the civil and rural infrastructure markets. Hynds remains proudly family-owned and has built its reputation on customer service and innovation.

We are committed as a team to helping our customers succeed and believe in the Hynds Values to guide the way. Hynds is a place where people matter, where we do what's right and where we connect with our customers.

Pre-employment checks:

Hynds are committed to high levels of health and safety. Therefore, all candidates will be expected to pass a pre-employment medical and alcohol & drug screen, along with satisfactorily passing a criminal history check. You will also need the legal right to work in NZ.