Project Engineer

About us

At Alliance Group, we're more than a global supplier of exceptional grass-fed lamb, beef, and venison. We're a purpose-driven business committed to driving prosperity for our farming families and creating thriving environments for our people. With sites across the North and South Islands, we're focused on performance improvement, innovation, and reducing our environmental impact.

Based at our Lorneville Plant, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to major capital and engineering projects that support one of New Zealand's leading food manufacturers. You'll be part of a collaborative team focused on continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

The Role

We're looking for an experienced Project Engineer to join our Engineering team at Lorneville. This is a full-time permanent role responsible for leading engineering and capital projects that improve plant performance, reliability, safety, and efficiency.

Working closely with the Engineering Manager, site leaders, contractors, and key stakeholders, you'll take projects from concept through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives. This is an excellent opportunity to make a visible impact while working on a diverse range of projects in a large-scale manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate engineering and capital projects across the Lorneville site

Develop project scopes, plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables

Manage project resources, contractors, and suppliers to achieve successful outcomes

Monitor project performance and proactively manage risks, costs, and timelines

Ensure projects comply with health, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements

Work collaboratively with operations and engineering teams to support continuous improvement initiatives

Oversee project testing, commissioning, and implementation activities

Maintain accurate project documentation and reporting

Provide regular project updates and recommendations to key stakeholders

Identify opportunities to improve plant capability, efficiency, and performance through engineering solution

About you

You will bring:

A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline

Proven experience delivering engineering, project management, or capital projects in a manufacturing environment

Strong project planning and coordination skills across scope, schedule, cost, and quality

Experience managing contractors and working with multiple stakeholders

Sound understanding of health and safety requirements within industrial environments

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Proficiency with project management software, including Microsoft Project

A proactive, organised, and results-focused approach to work

Ideally you'll also have:

Experience within food manufacturing or primary industry processing

Knowledge of engineering compliance, quality assurance, and industry best practice

Experience delivering plant upgrades, infrastructure, or operational improvement projects

Strong field-based engineering or construction management experience

Please note that we are only considering candidates who currently have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

What We Offer

Health insurance subsidies for you and your family

One week's additional annual leave

Ongoing training and professional development

Opportunities to work on meaningful, site-wide capital projects

A collaborative and supportive team environment

Career development opportunities within a leading New Zealand company

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

* Access to on-site health services

Alliance Group is committed to creating a workplace where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our business and the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and abilities.

We recruit, develop and promote people based on their skills, experience, qualifications and potential. We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe and respectful workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed and feel valued.

If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know. We are happy to work with you to ensure you can participate fully.