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General Information

Job Type
Permanent
Category
Manufacturing
Business
PlaceMakers
Location
Auckland
Job Reference
38785
Posted Date
04-Dec-2024
Closing Date
01-Jan-2025

Description

The Role:

As the Plant Manager, you will oversee the safe, efficient, and compliant daily operations of our factory. You will lead, guide, and mentor a team of 60-80 staff to enhance performance and engagement. Your responsibilities include ensuring production schedules are met through effective capacity and labour planning, and quality monitoring of all jobs in production. You will ensure all paperwork is accurately completed and maintain high levels of productivity and housekeeping through quality and safe work practices. You will also drive continuous improvement by proactively identifying ways to increase efficiencies.

This is a permanent full-time role, offering 40 hours a week, Monday-Friday, based in Wiri, Auckland. 


About you:

We welcome someone into this role with strong leadership, experience with coaching and mentoring who wants to drive to motivate our staff. This role offers someone the opportunity to put their own stamp on things and bring innovation to our plant. The role will also include - 
  • Proven leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety requirements and practices
  • A passion for developing people and motivating a team, with the ability to drive your team to meet and exceed high standards of quality and performance
  • Analytical and problem-solving abilities to assess situations and implement solutions
  • Effective interpersonal and clear communication skills
  • Good computer literacy and the ability to learn new systems and software
  • Knowledge of the building industry and supplies or technical aptitude is desired

Our Benefits:
  • Competitive base salary, incentive scheme and tools of the trade (company vehicle) 
  • Staff-buying privileges and genuine development opportunities that come with being part of the wider Fletcher Building Group
  • Women in Sales initiative - a dedicated programme whose core focus is on providing opportunities to women in our network to upskill, learn, grow and achieve their personal and career aspirations/ Employment Education Fund
  • Health & Wellbeing initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme  

Pre-employment checks including references, medical, drug test and a Criminal background check is required as well as the legal right to work in NZ indefinitely.

Join Us:

We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Research shows that females and minority groups don’t always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. If this role interests you but you feel you don’t quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.


We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand.


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