About Us

Alliance Group is a global leader in procuring, processing and marketing the world’s best quality red meat products. We’re becoming a food company with world-class processing and livestock capability and our products are enjoyed in more than 65 countries across the globe.

As New Zealand’s only 100% farmer owned red meat co-operative, our aim is to maximise returns to our committed farmer shareholders and support them to operate profitable and sustainable farms.

Alliance Group has an exciting opportunity as an Environment & Energy Graduate at our Lorneville Plant, situated just outside Invercargill.

Rich in history and known as the City of Water and Light Invercargill is the commercial centre of the Southland region and is renowned for its aurora australis (southern lights), and is family-friendly while catering for many leisure activities.

Invercargill lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti River and is situated amid abundant farmland that is bordered by large areas of conservation land and marine reserves, including Fiordland National Park covering the south-west corner of the South Island and the Catlins coastal region.

The Role

Reporting to the Environmental Manager and with a strong project focus, this graduate role will support the Environmental Team in providing environmental and energy management for Alliance Group by assisting to develop a culture of continual improvement and assisting in implementation and maintenance of the Environmental Management System and Environmental Management Strategy.

Alliance Group has recently made significant capital commitments and large decarbonisation and environmental projects are underway at four of our sites with plenty more to come.

This role will help identify and evaluate future energy and cost saving opportunities, support the implementation of environmental work programmes, energy management plans and projects and monitor utility use and efficiencies at all Alliance Group plants.

This position is offered on a fixed term contract of 24 months.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will preferably be a recently graduated / completed final year qualification in energy management, industrial and process optimisation, or similar technology-based qualification and will display strong initiative and drive.

Your high attention to detail and excellent communication skills combined with theoretical knowledge of the processes / control / operation of energy management will help you succeed in this role.

Some experience in an industrial manufacturing environment and in data analysis and compliance reporting will be advantageous but not essential.

Sounds like your kind of role?

If being encouraged to pursue excellence every day inspires you, you’ll fit right in here. Not only do we strive to be the best in New Zealand’s market, we’re also a global brand with ongoing projects to keep us moving onwards and upwards.

For someone with your motivation to succeed, it doesn’t get any better than this.

If you believe you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, we would like to hear from you.

With our ongoing commitment towards health and safety, you'll undergo a pre-employment drug test that will form part of your application.

Applications close on Monday 7

March 2022.