HamiltonJet is a world leader in the design and manufacture of waterjet propulsion systems for high-speed marine vessels. Our products include sophisticated safety-critical electronic control systems that are designed specifically to optimise the benefits that our waterjets provide.
We employ over three hundred people at the factory in Christchurch, New Zealand from engineering, machining & assembly, administration, marketing, finance and more.
We are currently seeking an experienced CNC Machinist to join our team. Successful candidates will have proven experience setting and operating CNC machines and will be available to work on any shift.
About the Role
Working within our modern manufacturing facility, you'll play a key role in producing precision-engineered components that power vessels around the world.
Your responsibilities will include:
Setting up and operating advanced CNC machinery, including 3, 4 and 5-axis Mill Turning Centres, Horizontal Machining Centres, and Horizontal Borers
Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications
Performing precision measurement and quality inspections
Identifying and resolving machining issues to maximise efficiency and quality
Conducting routine machine maintenance and equipment checks
Meeting production targets while maintaining a strong focus on safety and quality
What You'll Bring
We're looking for experienced machinists who take pride in producing high-quality work and enjoy working in a technically advanced manufacturing environment.
Ideally, you'll have:
A recognised trade qualification or at least 3 years' experience setting up CNC machines
Experience working with Fanuc controls
Exposure to Okuma and/or Heidenhain controls (Advantageous)
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
The ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
A commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
If you're someone who likes working with your hands, has an eye for detail, and is ready to take on a new challenge, then we'd love to hear from you.
All applications must include a cover letter, a copy of your CV, and eligibility to work in New Zealand. Applications should be made via Seek using the following link https://nz.seek.com/job/92936899?ref=direct-share-hirer-jobs-list
We are seeking motivated Trade Assistants to join our team on fixed-term contracts, with opportunities available across Afternoon and Night Shift. Our engineering process workers will predominantly complete fettling and metalwork duties, across our Foundries and Impellers departments. These are hands-on positions, using tools and doing manual handling daily.
This position would ideally suit someone who is looking for an entry level on the tools engineering trade and looking to establish a career within the engineering or metal work industry. You may have already completed a pre-trade or have a passion and desire for all things mechanical, or perhaps you enjoy using a variety of hand tools at home and have a desire of making metal products.
Skills required:
Good attention to detail and pride yourself on quality of work.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work as part of team.
Commitment and willingness to work with Health and Safety requirements.
Proven hand tool experience and metalwork experience.
What we can offer you:
Competitive pay rate, overtime rates and allowances.
Fixed shift patterns.
Opportunity to work for a respected international manufacture brand and learn from the best.
If you're someone who likes working with your hands, has an eye for detail, and is ready to take on a new challenge, then we'd love to hear from you.
Please apply by using the quick apply function on Seek via the following link https://nz.seek.com/job/93215577?ref=direct-share-hirer-jobs-list. All applications must include a cover letter, a copy of your CV, and eligibility to work in New Zealand.
We are seeking a BI Delivery Lead to join our growing Business Intelligence team in Christchurch. This is an excellent opportunity to play a pivotal coordination role in a well-established precision engineering business that is embedding data into every decision from the factory floor to the boardroom.
The successful applicant will be employed on a full-time, permanent basis, reporting to the BI Manager.
The Opportunity
HamiltonJet's BI & Data Strategy turns data into direction, making our data reliable, trusted, and accessible, and delivered through four pillars: Data Champions, Analytics, Master Data, and Governance. As BI Delivery Lead, you will own the BI delivery process and act as the operational hub between the BI team and our Supply Chain and Manufacturing stakeholders.
This is primarily a coordination and delivery role rather than a technical build role. Success depends on strong relationships, clear communication, and discipline to keep work moving. Your responsibilities will include:
Owning the BI delivery process, acting as the first point of contact for incoming requests and triaging them by priority, scope, and owner, so nothing sits unactioned.
Tracking active work across all four pillars, reporting progress to the BI Manager, and flagging blockers and risks early.
Coordinating activity within the Data Champions network, scheduling touchpoints, tracking actions, and supporting Measure Owners and Data Champions across supply chain and manufacturing.
Coordinating the delivery of analytical outputs, gathering requirements, managing sign-off cycles, and confirming outputs answer the agreed business question.
Coordinating master data validation cycles, organising reviews, chasing responses, and tracking data quality issues through to resolution.
Coordinating governance tasks, ensuring outputs follow sign-off processes; documentation stays current, and standards are applied consistently.
Coordinating the trialing of new BI tools, prototypes, and reports, running user testing sessions, capturing feedback in a structured way, and keeping the feedback loop moving.
Applying supply chain and manufacturing domain knowledge to sense-check BI outputs and briefs before they reach the business.
Maintaining clear delivery of documentation, actions, decisions, and next steps so the state of play is always visible.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Proven experience in a delivery, coordination, project, or operations role ideally where you have kept work moving across multiple stakeholders and priorities.
A genuine understanding of supply chain and manufacturing operations, enough to hold credible conversations with operational stakeholders and sense-check whether outputs are fit for purpose.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to chase, route, and follow through.
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the discipline to track actions and close them out.
The ability to triage and prioritise competing requests and keep stakeholders informed.
Comfort working alongside a technical BI or data team and translating between operational needs and BI delivery.
Resilience and the ability to pivot as priorities change.
A sound commitment to data security and privacy practices.
Familiarity with BI and data platforms such as Tableau and Snowflake, or experience working within a data or analytics function, would be highly regarded.
Why Join HamiltonJet?
This is an opportunity to join a high-performing global organisation that values craftsmanship, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. You will work alongside skilled professionals who take pride in delivering world-class products to customers around the globe.
What We Offer
Full-time, permanent employment.
Competitive salary package, depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity to work for a global industry leader.
A pivotal role at the centre of a growing, data-driven business.
A supportive team environment with opportunities for ongoing training and career development.
How to Apply
If you are an organised, people-focused delivery professional looking for a long-term opportunity with a respected and growing company, we’d love to hear from you.
Please submit your CV and cover letter via the Quick Apply link on SEEK. Applications close on Sunday 13th September 2026 - https://nz.seek.com/job/94091436?ref=cm-ui
We are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead a proactive seismic resilience project on one of our existing factory buildings. As part of our ongoing commitment to a safe, modern and resilient workplace, we are investing in strengthening this building to meet evolving seismic standards. This is an excellent opportunity to take genuine ownership of a high-profile, board-visible project in a well-established precision engineering business, and to deliver it smoothly without interrupting production or compromising safety.
The successful applicant will be employed on a fixed-term contract basis, reporting within Manufacturing Engineering Leadership.
The Opportunity
You will own this project end to end, planning it, delivering it, and reporting on it, acting as HamiltonJet's single point of contact to consultants, contractors and territorial authorities while keeping our people safe and our factory running. The role combines project engineering and project management across three areas of focus:
Lead Planning
Build a thorough understanding of the building's current state and the consultant reports completed to date.
Act as the single point of contact for structural, seismic restraint and Health & Safety consultants, running a peer review of their key recommendations.
Develop a phased implementation plan (prioritised early works, followed by medium-to-longer-term enhancements), including a safety risk assessment and mitigation plan.
Create and secure Board approval for the project budget, develop the timing plan in MS Project, and maintain the risk register.
Lead Execution
Select and manage capable, flexible multi-trades contractors at the best price, along with any engineering consultants required during delivery.
Coordinate the works around live production and differing shift patterns across all affected cells, so business continues with minimal disruption.
Deliver a “no surprises” implementation, with daily coordination in affected areas, robust JSA and safety processes, and no loss to production.
Ensure qualified people monitor the as-builts and issue the reports required by territorial authorities.
Lead Reporting
Keep every level of the organisation informed – from the factory floor to the Board of Directors – along with territorial authorities.
Deliver the reporting rhythm the project demands: daily briefings with production managers, weekly leadership meetings, monthly SMT and governance reporting, bi-monthly Board updates, and periodic all-employee forums.
Maintain, track and communicate budget performance and the project programme throughout.
About You
Communication and coordination are at the heart of this role. You'll move seamlessly between the shop floor and the boardroom, and you'll know how to sequence works around differing shift patterns, so production keeps flowing. To be successful, you will have:
Tertiary qualifications in a relevant engineering discipline (mechanical or civil/structural), or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated experience leading and executing major seismic strengthening of existing, older commercial or industrial buildings (industrial preferred).
Proven ability to coordinate works around live production and differing shift patterns to minimise disruption.
Experience managing multi-discipline consultants and multi-trades installation contractors.
Excellent written and verbal communication at all levels, from workforce to Board.
Strong teamwork, coordination and facilitation skills.
A strong Health & Safety ethic, with sound knowledge of construction safety.
Proficiency in MS Office, including MS Project.
Experience dealing with territorial authorities, working within corporate ERP systems, and formal project management training (or demonstrated equivalency) would be highly regarded.
Why Join HamiltonJet?
This is an opportunity to join a high-performing global organisation that values craftsmanship, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. You will work alongside skilled professionals who take pride in delivering world-class products to customers around the globe, and you'll be trusted with a project that matters to the entire business.
What We Offer
Fixed-term contract employment.
Competitive remuneration, depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity to work for a global industry leader.
A high-profile, board-visible role with genuine ownership from planning through to completion.
A supportive team environment with access to established internal building and process expertise.
How to Apply
If you are an experienced engineering and project leader with a track record of strengthening older buildings – and the communication skills to carry an entire organisation with you – we'd love to hear from you. Apply now with your CV and a short cover letter outlining your relevant seismic strengthening experience via the Quick Apply function on Seek. https://nz.seek.com/job/94227106?ref=cm-ui
We are seeking a BI & AI Analyst to join our growing Business Intelligence team in Christchurch on a 24-month graduate programme. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career analyst to build real-world skills in a well-established precision engineering business that is embedding data — and increasingly AI — into every decision from the factory floor to the boardroom.
The successful applicant will be employed on a full-time, fixed-term basis for 24 months, reporting to the BI Manager.
The Opportunity
HamiltonJet's BI & Data Strategy turns data into direction, making our data reliable, trusted, and accessible, and delivered through four pillars: Data Champions, Analytics, Master Data, and Governance. As our BI & AI Analyst, you will get hands-on across all four pillars — building analytical outputs, exploring how AI can add value, and learning what it takes to turn raw data into trusted insight.
This is a learning-focused, hands-on role designed to grow your technical and analytical capability over two years. You will be supported and mentored by an experienced BI team while doing genuine work that matters to the business. Your responsibilities will grow over time and will include:
Building, maintaining, and improving dashboards and reports (for example in Tableau) that answer real business questions across supply chain, manufacturing, and the wider business.
Querying, transforming, and analysing data from Snowflake and other sources to surface trends, patterns, and insights.
Exploring and prototyping AI, machine learning, and generative AI approaches to automate analysis, speed up reporting, and augment BI outputs — and helping the team understand where they add real value.
Supporting master data validation cycles, helping track and resolve data quality issues.
Contributing to governance by keeping documentation current, following sign-off processes, and applying standards consistently.
Supporting the Data Champions network and learning from Measure Owners and Data Champions across supply chain and manufacturing.
Helping gather requirements, translating business questions into analytical outputs, and confirming outputs answer the question that was asked.
Assisting with the trialling of new BI tools, prototypes, and reports, and capturing user feedback in a structured way.
Presenting findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
About You
This is a graduate-level role, so we care more about potential, curiosity, and attitude than years of experience. To be successful, you will likely have:
A recent or upcoming qualification in a relevant field — such as data science, analytics, computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, information systems, or similar.
Some exposure to working with data through study, projects, internships, or personal interest — for example SQL, Python, R, or tools like Tableau or Power BI (nice to have, not essential).
Genuine curiosity about AI and a keenness to explore how it can be applied to real business problems.
A strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, with good attention to detail.
Clear communication skills and the confidence to ask questions and share what you find.
An eagerness to learn, take feedback, and grow over the course of the programme.
An interest in supply chain, manufacturing, or engineering (a plus, not a requirement).
A sound commitment to data security and privacy practices.
Familiarity with BI and data platforms such as Tableau and Snowflake, or any hands-on experience with AI or machine learning, would be highly regarded — but full training and support will be provided.
Why Join HamiltonJet?
This is an opportunity to join a high-performing global organisation that values craftsmanship, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. You will work alongside skilled professionals who take pride in delivering world-class products to customers around the globe.
What We Offer
A structured 24-month graduate programme with mentoring, training, and hands-on experience across our BI team's four pillars.
Full-time, fixed-term employment for 24 months.
Competitive salary package, depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity to work for a global industry leader and to build a strong foundation for a career in data, analytics, and AI.
A supportive team environment with opportunities for ongoing learning and development.
How to Apply
If you are a curious, motivated graduate looking to launch your career in data, analytics, and AI with a respected and growing global company, we'd love to hear from you.
Please submit your CV and cover letter via the Quick Apply link on SEEK. Applications close on Sunday 13th September 2026
