All Posting Locations: Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, NZ
Job Functions: Manufacturing
Date Published: August 14, 2025
Ref#: R-95610

ABOUT THE ROLE

Job Description

GROW YOUR ENGINEERING CAREER IN A CRITICAL MANAGEMENT ROLE AT KRAFT HEINZ WATTIE’S!

We have an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Manager to join our Heinz Wattie’s team in Hastings, New Zealand at the Tomoana Site. Here you will play a key role in driving strategic oversight and support for our engineering and maintenance departments. Driving innovation on site while leading and supporting our maintenance and engineering teams in their daily operations. This role offers the opportunity to shape our site’s future, deliver operational excellence and ensure our manufacturing capability remains world-class.

KEY POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the engineering and maintenance departments, ensuring alignment with Kraft Heinz policies and procedures
• Oversee the Engineering team, including Project Engineers and other engineering staff, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
• Develop, coordinate, and execute maintenance-related capital budget items, and support the Maintenance Manager in planning and managing new projects
• Ensure facility and assets meet compliance with all safety procedures and standards
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering and maintenance departments, implementing best practices and innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency
• Optimise costs through effective budget planning and management, collaborating with the Site Manager to ensure cost-effective asset management and minimise loss and waste
• Partner with business leaders on equipment and manufacturing reliability, process improvements (Six Sigma/Lean), and major maintenance and project requirements
• Conduct reviews to improve departmental services, equipment reliability, and factory operations, and support the team leaders in conducting major downtime activities and special projects
• Provide expert advice and support on electrical control systems, PLC programming, and other technical aspects related to plant operations