| Position | Pipe Welding-Team Leadership role |
| Posted | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Expired | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Company | Kernohan Engineering Ltd |
| Location | Nelson | NZ |
| Job Type | Full Time |
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Pipe Welding-Team Leadership role
Due to company growth, we need a Team Leader for our pipe welding business. Is that you?
About the role
Our Team Leaders have really stepped up as our business has grown and are now a key part of our operations. they play a proactive hands-on leadership role overseeing teams of professional tradespeople providing trade engineering expertise to a wide and varied range of customers including fisheries, food production, aquaculture and marine, sawmills, MDF/LVL manufacturing and more.
Working in both stainless and mild steel, you and your team will be creating pipe solutions for a varied range of industries, including fisheries, food manufacturing, waste water and marine.
So, in this role you will get to use your extensive pipe skills, knowledge and abilities to manage diverse on-the-job technical challenges. You will also get the chance to really extend your existing leadership experience through proactively leading, training and coaching your team.
About you
Trade qualified in a relevant engineering discipline, you could be in an existing foreman/supervisory role but ready for a changeup, or you could be an experienced tradie or leading hand looking for the next step. Either way you will be:
You don't want just a job, but a career step where you are expected to think for yourself and make decisions. You want to be given the opportunity to not only grow your leadership skills and to be fairly rewarded for your talent, but to also grow the skills of your team in order to create a group of high-performance professionals like yourself.
You are definitely someone who relished being trusted to do what you do best- work smart, work safe, find solutions, and own what you do.
As a minimum, you will ideally have:
About us
We have an excellent reputation as an employer, one that genuinely cares about the people who are part of our team, no matter what role they are in. Providing expert maintenance services to multiple industries has been a key part of our business since 1972. It can be a complex and risky job, and we stand by our commitment to deliver services safely, to the right standard, on budget and on time. We routinely help customers with:
Our Nelson facilities are a great base from which to service both local and nationwide customers. With years of experience providing specialist maintenance services to nationwide customers, we've had ample opportunity to refine our skills in mobilising people and plant. And now you can be part of all of this!
How to Apply
Apply now with your CV and Cover Letter.
Applicants for this position will already have NZ citizenship or residency or if not, the capacity to gain a valid work visa.
Kernohan Engineering Ltd is an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ.
You must also be able to pass a pre-employment medical assessment, including a drug-and alcohol screen.
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