Instrumentation Technician

Job Description

Instrumentation Technician

• Permanent, full-time role with competitive remuneration and benefits

• Location:  Wellington - Upper Hutt, New Zealand

• Career growth: Build your expertise in a secure, expanding industry

• Professional development: Gain hands-on experience in a dynamic, evolving role

As an Instrumentation Technician, you keep site operations safe, compliant and efficient by delivering reliable maintenance, calibration and technical support. You maximise equipment reliability, minimise downtime and help meet production and testing schedules.

You contribute to Engineering and Maintenance goals by owning your work, continually building your technical and troubleshooting skills, collaborating with technicians, engineers and production teams, and maintaining high standards for execution, documentation and GMP compliance.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, however not limited to:

Technical Execution and Operational Support

• Maintain and calibrate instrumentation and equipment to schedules, SOPs and GMP requirements

• Plan and complete daily tasks with the maintenance scheduler, supervisor and operations

• Respond to breakdowns, diagnose faults and implement fixes to minimise downtime and product impact (including on‑call support)

• Support planned shutdowns and major maintenance activities

Documentation, Quality and GMP Compliance

• Complete maintenance and calibration records to Good Documentation Practice

• Record equipment failures, corrective actions and investigation outcomes

• Support audits, inspections and required training for your systems and equipment

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and investigate equipment issues, deviations and recurring faults

• Apply structured problem solving (e.g. root cause analysis)

• Help implement corrective and preventative actions and suggest improvements to maintenance, reliability, safety and cost

Leadership and Collaboration

• Work closely with technicians, engineers and production to resolve issues and meet site priorities

• Share knowledge on the job and support team initiatives

• Challenge existing processes where you see opportunities to improve quality, safety or efficiency

What You Must have

• Recognised engineering qualification or trade certificate in a relevant discipline

• Practical instrumentation and calibration experience in an industrial or process environment

• Experience with electrical equipment and PLCs (e.g. wiring level transmitters, flowmeters)

• Strong problem‑solving skills, including data and trend analysis for troubleshooting

• High attention to detail with accurate, compliant technical documentation

• Clear verbal and interpersonal communication and effective teamwork skills

• Competence with Microsoft applications and basic computer systems

• Willingness to participate in an on‑call roster and support future shift patterns

• Ability to work in a controlled, regulated environment (GMP or ISO‑regulated production preferred)

Experience (Advantageous)

• Pneumatics / hydraulics

• Refrigeration / HVAC systems

• Utilities such as water, steam, gas and compressed air

• GMP/GLP or ISO 9000 in a pharmaceutical or highly regulated production environment

• Structured problem‑solving tools (e.g. fishbone analysis, HOP)

• Additional Microsoft tools (e.g. Project, Access)

What You Can Expect

• Real ownership of your work, backed by a trusted, global leader in animal health that values your technical expertise

• Ongoing training, mentoring and exposure to new technologies to deepen your instrumentation and maintenance skills

• Flexibility and clear pathways to grow into broader engineering, reliability or project roles as your experience develops

• A hands‑on, supportive team of technicians and engineers who share knowledge, solve problems together and celebrate wins

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.

Required Skills:

Data Analysis Management, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Maintenance, Equipment Reliability Improvement, Equipment Troubleshooting, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Maintenance, Pneumatics, Preventive Maintenance, Production Scheduling, Quality Standards, Technical Reporting

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

04/4/2026

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