Industrial Electrician | Day Shift | Wellington
We're recruiting for an experienced Industrial Electrician to join a well-established Wellington manufacturing business with a household reputation across New Zealand.
What's on offer?
- Permanent full-time position
- Day shift only
roster: Sunday - Tuesday
- Hands-on role with plenty of autonomy
- Stable business offering long-term job security
- Relaxed, down-to-earth team culture
- Well-resourced maintenance and engineering team
- Opportunity to lead electrical improvement and reliability projects
- Strong focus on safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement
About the role
You'll play a key role in maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving a highly automated production facility. This is a varied, hands-on position where your technical expertise and fault-finding ability will be highly valued.
Key responsibilities include:
- Electrical maintenance, repairs, and breakdown response across plant equipment
- PLC fault-finding and troubleshooting
- Diagnosing and resolving electrical and automation issues
- Preventative maintenance and reliability activities
- Continuous improvement projects
- Reading and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics
- Supporting plant reliability and minimising production downtime
- Working closely with production and maintenance teams
What we're looking for
- Current EWRB Practising Licence
- Electrical trade qualification
- Minimum 3 years' experience in an industrial, manufacturing, automation, or process environment
- Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics
- Full New Zealand working rights(NZ Citizen, Resident, or unrestricted work visa)
Highly desirable
- Experience within FMCG, manufacturing, or continuous process industries
- PLC programming or modification experience
- Exposure to reliability engineering or root cause analysis
- Experience working with automated or high-speed production equipment
The person
You're the type of electrician who enjoys getting stuck in, solving problems, and taking ownership of your work.
If you're looking for a stable role with a great crew, supportive leadership, genuine work-life balance, and the chance to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or contact Natalie at Enterprise Recruitment for a confidential discussion.
