Maintenance Team Lead

Ko wai mātou – About us 

Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!  

With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.  Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.   

Every day, thousands of customers shop in-store or online. To make it happen, our supply chain – one of New Zealand’s biggest – keeps everything moving. With over 1,000 team members, we move more than 97.8 million cartons a year, covering 19 million kilometres — that’s nearly 24 round trips to the moon!

As a Maintenance Team Leader you’ll be responsible for ensuring all Engineering related activities across Supply Chain sites in your geography are well planned, communicated and executed.

You will be a senior member of the Engineering team and regularly assign work to Engineering Assistants and contractors.

What you’re responsible for:                   

·       Ensuring completion of on-site maintenance and engineering work.

·       Managing and coordinating activities of Engineering Assistants and contractors for timely reactive and preventative maintenance.

·       Supporting all Foodstuffs North Island (FSNI) sites with planned activities, being flexible with job location.

·       Planning and allocating resources to execute activities safely and efficiently.

·       Documenting and communicating all work to relevant stakeholders.

·       Supporting Health & Safety (H&S) team with Permit Issuing, Risk Assessments, and Incident Investigations, proactively identifying and eliminating risks.

·       Maintaining the Equipment Asset register in MEX and documenting all asset movements.

·       Scoping, planning, and executing small to medium CAPEX projects.

·       Coordinating site engineering KPIs and reporting requirements.

·       Collaborating with the Property and Tenant Facilities team as a tenant representative for site works.

·       Working with site operational leadership to deliver a customer-first approach.

·       Ensuring all engineering work areas are clean, organised, efficient, and adhering to 5S principles.

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits 

·       Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs 

·       Southern cross health insurance, Foodies superannuation scheme 

·       Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores 

·       A day off on your birthday and long service leave  

·       Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes). 

The ideal candidate for this role will have the following:

·       Relevant skills and experience working as an Engineering technician with demonstrated capability to “step up”.

·       Experienced MEX (CMMS) user and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications.

·       Permit to Work qualified and Risk Assessment experience favourable.

·       MHE / EWP licenses (or the ability to obtain licenses) are required.

·       Critical Risk training (Working at Heights, Hot Works, Confined Spaces, Risk Assessments)

·       Strong planning and time management skills.

·       Ability to balance conflicting demands and achieve results.

·       Effective communication skills - both verbal and written.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau. 

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity. 

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to  Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz.  Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.