Engineering Graduate Programme (Nov 2024)

• Receive the best start to your careers as a future leader in engineering with a strong support network and mentoring from a senior leader.
• Thrive across the broad scope while flexing your individual passions.
• Be supported to shape and deliver purposeful work and develop technically as an engineer.
• Competitive salary, connected cohort and a guaranteed role at the end of the programme.

Our Co-operative  Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini  

We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.  

As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.   

When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.  

Join us | Haere mai 

Embark on an exciting journey with our 2-year Engineering Graduate Programme, designed to provide you with a diverse range of experiences, enhance your cultural competency, and offer broad exposure across our dynamic company. The programme includes rotations through various core engineering teams and functions at National, Regional, and Manufacturing site levels. 

Opportunities await | Te whai waahi  

Your qualifications, skills, and interests will shape the projects you undertake as you rotate through Fonterra's engineering sectors. Each 6-month rotation is designed to provide you with hands-on experience and the chance to make significant contributions.  

Throughout the programme, you'll forge strong relationships across various teams, backed by a robust support system, including mentorship from a senior engineering leader.  

You will develop proficiency across engineering functions, with opportunities to contribute to groundbreaking capital projects focused on sustainability and risk reduction. If your ambition is to gain chartership, we'll guide you as part of the Engineering New Zealand Emerging Professionals Development Programme.  

In addition to your rotations, you'll collaborate with your cohort on group projects and participate in development workshops. Beyond work, you'll have opportunities to socialise with your group and graduates from our parallel programmes.  

Upon completion, you'll transition into an exciting role within our engineering teams across New Zealand Manufacturing or Technical Excellence, with continued support to fast-track your career at Fonterra. 

About you | Moe koe  

• You're in your final year of study in Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Food Technology, or equivalent
• You'll have a Full Driver's License by November 2024
• You're a New Zealand citizen, Australian citizen, Permanent Resident in New Zealand or eligible for a post-study work visa
• You're flexible and mobile to move around New Zealand

We're seeking individuals who embody a collaborative spirit, resilience, learning agility, a growth mindset, demonstrate curiosity, and show potential for leadership.  

Join Fonterra, where we're committed to nurturing emerging talent and shaping the engineers of the future.

The benefits of life at Fonterra | Te ora i Fonterra  

Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work.  

Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.   

Sound good to you?  Come join our whānau and let's solve for better, together.   

You, me, us together.  Tātou tātou. 

Applications close Sunday 24th March.