Specialist — Maintenance (Open Pit Workshop)

Location: Macraes mine, East Otago, New Zealand. Onsite role with a Monday–Friday 9-day fortnight roster: 5 days on, 2 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off, from 7:00am to 4:30pm. An unrestricted New Zealand Working Visa is required.

Company

hirify.global is a global gold and copper producer operating mines in the USA, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

What you will do

• Own and optimise engineering repairs, refurbishments, and projects for mobile mining equipment.
• Supervise engineering personnel, OGL boilermakers, and contractors while maintaining safety and work quality.
• Prepare repair scopes, engineer’s reports, maintenance checks, and actionable work orders.
• Monitor wear rates and ground-engaging tooling on excavator buckets, dump truck trays, blades, and other equipment.
• Carry out welding repairs and light fabrication on mining machinery, plant, and workshop equipment.
• Coordinate with planners and contractors through planning meetings and the AMF AM10 workflow.

Requirements

• National Certificate in Engineering — Fabrication Level 4 or a similar qualification.
• At least 5 years of experience in an open pit mining environment.
• Experience repairing and maintaining heavy mining machinery, including excavator buckets, dump truck trays, blades, and ground-engaging tools.
• Experience coaching personnel or contractors performing engineering work.
• General fabrication and design skills, strong computer literacy, and experience with CMMS for work orders and materials requisitioning.
• Full, clean, current driver licence and confidence driving a manual vehicle over rough terrain.

Nice to have

• Certificates in first aid, forklift operations, overhead crane operation, rigging and slinging, or working at height under relevant New Zealand standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with short-term and long-term bonuses.
• Free Southern Cross healthcare and life insurance.
• Monthly health and wellbeing allowance, retail and service discounts, and long-service recognition.
• Study assistance and access to the hirify.global Employee Assistance Program.
• Values-based recognition program and a workplace focused on safety, respect, and teamwork.

Hiring process

• Applications close on 4 October 2026; shortlisting begins immediately.