Engineering Manager - Stirling

Job Name

Engineering Manager - Stirling

Position Description

Imagine Tomorrow with Us | Ata whakaarohia tō āpōpō

At Fonterra Te Mātāpuna, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves.

Whether you're early in your career or ready for your next step, Fonterra offers a unique opportunity to grow with a global dairy co-operative that values care, collaboration, and contribution.

Owned by New Zealand dairy farmers and supported by a dedicated team, we are all working together to create a better future. Imagine tomorrow with us, where your career can grow, and you can create positive change.

About us | He kupu mō mātou

Established in 1982, Stirling site is Fonterra’s only manufacturing site in the Otago region. Specialising in Cheese, the site has picked up awards from both in New Zealand and internationally for their Cheddar and Colby. Stirling produces around 10,500 20kgs blocks of cheese everyday.

About the Opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga

Joining our team at Stirling as an Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal leadership role - translating organisational strategy into safe, reliable, and sustainable operational performance.

Operating within a standardised site leadership model, you will lead and coach the Maintenance team, working closely with site leaders and partners to deliver both day to day results and longer term improvement.

You’ll have end to end accountability for asset care, facilities management, and site capital delivery, ensuring assets are optimised for reliability, performance, and long term value. This includes oversight of facilities contracts and approved capital projects, alongside stewardship of operating and capital budgets.

Safety, quality, and care sit at the heart of this role. You’ll respond to events with care, foster open reporting and continuous learning, and build a strong culture of health, safety, wellbeing, food safety and quality, while ensuring compliance with all organisational, regulatory, and environmental obligations.

This is a leadership role with real impact—balancing operational excellence, people leadership, and continuous improvement to support the site’s licence to operate and long term success.

About You | Mōu

You will bring sound experience in plant maintenance leadership within a manufacturing environment, ideally supported by a tertiary qualification in Engineering (e.g. Process, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil) or a related technical field. Equally important is your ability to lead, influence, and develop a capable team while driving strategic asset care initiatives.

You will also bring to this role:

• Demonstrated capability in financial management, including operating budgets, capital planning, and business cases.

• Proven people leadership skills, with the ability to lead, coach and develop teams through change in complex, dispersed organisations.

• Experience delivering facilities services and capital projects, including contractor and service provider management.

• Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making skills.

• A strong commitment to health, safety, wellbeing, food safety, quality, and compliance, with the confidence to uphold standards and governance requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with internal partners, contractors, and external stakeholders.

• A continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and drive sustainable performance outcomes.

This role is an excellent opportunity to further develop your strategic engineering leadership while making a meaningful impact on site performance and long term asset resilience.

Our Values | Ngā Aura

At Fonterra, our values of Good Together, Better Every Day, and Every Drop Counts, are for everyone – no matter your background, identify or experience. These values guide us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our farmers, customers, communities, and each other. Discover how your values align with ours by taking our Values Quiz

Our Commitment to You | Tā mātou oati

We care for our people globally. Our comprehensive benefits support your well-being, development, and work-life balance:

• Fair and equitable pay
• Health and well-being programs (medical, mental health support)
• Professional development opportunities
• Career growth support
• Work-life balance options (flexible/hybrid working where possible)
• Employee recognition
• Support for community involvement and cultural connection

To learn more, visit Fonterra Careers

A Career of Opportunities | Ngā Mahi

At Fonterra, we are inspired by purpose and guided by our principles and values. Together, we create goodness for generations and make a global impact at a local level. As part of our Co-operative, you are an everyday creator, imagining what Fonterra, dairy, and you can be here.

Join Us | Tātou Tātou

Does this sound good to you? Come join our whānau - bring your whole self, and let's solve for better together.

You, me, us together, Tātou, tātou.

Together, we're shaping a future of inclusion | He Wāhi mō te Katoa

Inclusion is key to our Co-operative. We're building a team that reflects the diverse world we live in, believing it drives better decisions and innovation.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds (ethnicities, genders, identities, orientations, ages, abilities, neurotypes, cultures, religions).

Even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply; we value your potential and growth.

If you face accessibility issues or need accommodations during the process, please contact your recruiter. We ensure fair participation, allowing you to be at your best. Tātou, tātou.

Applications close at midnight on Wednesday 18 November

General Information

Date Published

04-Oct-2026

Advertising Ends

18-Nov-2026

ID#

17620

Role Type

Engineering

Work Type

Permanent Full-Time

Workplace Type

On-site

Country

New Zealand

Location

Otago