Whakatane Mill Limited continues as one of the Whakatane District’s largest employers and is stronger and prouder than ever with an exciting future ahead.  Our little piece of paradise is a fantastic location to work and live. Located in the spectacular Eastern Bay of Plenty of New Zealand, with beautiful beaches, crystal clear lakes and an abundance of native bush, this corner of the world is an outdoor-lover’s playground.

We are seeking an onsite IT Support Specialist to join our IT team to provide technical expertise and support for WML IT infrastructure, systems, servers, applications and end-user services. This is an opportunity for you to join a leading business in an interesting and complex manufacturing environment. 

Key Responsibilities of this role include:

• Support effective operation, development and protection of IT infrastructure, systems and services
• Provide support for day-to-day user service requests responding to and managing assigned help desk tickets
• Prepare and deliver IT hardware and software including handling of IT Asset Management
• Design, maintain and support cloud-based IT operations focused on Microsoft 365 platform
• Lead maintenance and upgrade initiatives across user devices, servers, network and storage infrastructure
• Participate in the on-call roster 

To be successful in this role, you will need to have the following skills and hands-on experience:

• A Bachelor degree in relevant field and/or 3+ years experience in an IT support role 
• Configuration and support of Microsoft Windows (Desktop), Windows Server, Active Directory and Group Policy 
• Microsoft 365, InTune and Entra (Azure) support and administration 
• 1st Level support of print, network and VoIP solutions 

We offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package, a career in our sunny Eastern Bay of Plenty and an awesome team of people to work with. Being a Whakatane Mill employee also means working for an innovative organisation that has a bright new future ahead. Whakatane Mill Ltd is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.   

The successful applicant is required to undergo a criminal history check, a pre-employment medical and drug test prior to commencing employment.  You must have the legal right to work in New Zealand to be eligible for this role. 

To apply, please email your CV to careers@wml.biz

Whakatane Mill Limited continues as one of the Whakatane District’s largest employers and is stronger and prouder than ever with an exciting future ahead. Located in the ultimate outdoor destination, with ocean, lakes, rivers, bush and the related activities all within a stone’s throw, what better place to gain some work-life balance?  Working with us means enjoying a great remuneration and benefits package, and an awesome team of people to work with in an innovative organisation with a bright future and plenty of opportunities to progress. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Shift Manager to lead our groundwood mill and paper machine teams working a rotating four-on, four-off roster.  

About you:

• A strong people leader who has the tools and ability to motivate your team to safetly meet and exceed production targets
• An industrial or manufacturing background and technical understanding of heavy manufacturing equipment to give you a solid base to learn the technical components of our plant, although you will reply on your team to be the technial experts
• Enjoy a challenge and be able to keep a cool head while making critical decisions that have a direct imparct on our profitabilty 
• You’ll have strong communcaiton skills that will allow you to get the right message across, in the right way at the right time, to all levels of the business

As a Shift Manager, you will;

• lead and coordinate the day-to-day operations to achieve our business objectives. 
• be working closely with your team every day to ensure compliance to standards, 
• have a passion for developing people and strong coaching and mentoring skills
• be highly engaged in ensuring health and safety, environmental, quality and production targets are met
• have a high level of computer literacy and written communication skills to report on these daily
• potentially have a relevant trade or tertiary qualification or experience in pulp and paper or continuous production process environment, though this is not a requirement

The successful applicant is required to undergo a criminal history check, a pre-employment medical and drug test prior to commencing employment.  Whakatane Mill is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.   

To apply, please email your CV and Cover Letter to careers@wml.biz