Mechanical Engineering Graduate (Jan 2024)

An opportunity to start your career with the best!

We have just one opportunity left for an upcoming graduate in mechanical engineering commencing mid-January 2024.  Are you naturally curious and driven with the initiative and desire to apply learning and skills to the design of luxury premium products?  Read on...

To fit the bill, you’ll wow us with…

• Great communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Curiosity and initiative with a drive to ongoing development
• An ability to contribute positively and professionally in a team environment.

You’ll be a mechanical engineer about to graduate and ideally have a special interest in premium cooking product development, and be able to integrate into our team of experienced engineers delivering structural and cooling systems for ovens.  An affinity for fluid dynamics, strength of materials and engineering statistics would be highly beneficial.

About us

Our Product Development world is jam-packed with meaningful work designed for a changing world. We have global scale engineering and manufacturing systems that create unique learning opportunities from design concept through to production. Combined with strong leadership, mentoring and diverse hands-on work, you’ll build a strong core skills base for wherever you take your career.

Our Design Centres provide stimulating and positive learning environments.  Beyond loving the day-to-day work, grads enjoy our collaborative working style and continuous learning experience. 

“This is a great industry to learn in. There are heaps of opportunities, and there’s a real openness here to new ways, ideas and options – different perspectives are valued; it’s collaborative and outcome oriented. Everyone works together, and the culture is one of really valuing sustainability – everybody is really passionate and driven to improve.” 

In Dunedin, our teams design the next generation of Cooking and Dishwashing products. We also have electronics teams designing and improving the software and hardware technology that will further enhance our customer experience and working collaboratively will give you great exposure to the end-to-end design process. 

What’s on offer...

So much.  We’ve been named the Top Graduate Employer for R&D/Manufacturing in 2023!  Why?

Our culture is one in which you can constantly develop, working alongside a team of talented and skilled engineers. At Fisher & Paykel Appliances you will enjoy great leadership and have real opportunities for technical growth and development within a global organisation.  The opportunity to learn from some of the best in-market Engineers from across the world, a collaborative team-based culture, a challenging and supportive work environment, ongoing career and personal learning and development, and the opportunity to work with leading technology.

We also offer a competitive salary, superannuation scheme (over and above KiwiSaver) or a Student Loan payback scheme, discounted medical insurance, life and disability insurance, and multiple corporate discounts with banks and retailers.

Our Dunedin site is based in a shopping centre, with plenty of food options nearby, and many of our people enjoy an active commute on bikes or walking/running.

If you would like to be part of our team developing the world's next generation of appliances and technology, apply now.  We need your Academic Transcript) not because we focus on grades but because we are curious about specific subjects you’ve chosen) and CV. We cannot assess applications without a Transcript, and you must have the legal right to work in NZ.