• Quality and R & D focus
• Play key role to help business grow
• Based in Silverdale

Join an Australasian leading supplier of flexible packaging for the food industry. Strongly reputed for their name in the industry, use your technical expertise to provide quality, innovative products and solutions to long-term customers.

Outline of the role:
• Research and Development into packaging contributing to business growth
• Collaboration with sales and marketing departments
• Support raw material sourcing
• Manage compliance and specification database
• Quality testing of all art work and packaging material
• End-to-end quality control and quality assurance

Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Tertiary qualification in Food Technology/ Packgaing Technology or Polymer Science or similar
• Experience working in packaging – flexible/polymer is ideal
• Intermediate Computer skills
• Exposure to Quality systems of the food industry


The successful applicant would be required to communicate across the business and needs to display the ability to communicate effectively. Customer services or sales support experience would be highly regarded but not essential.

When applying for this role, highlight where you have worked with packaging material or any specific projects that you have conducted in relation to packaging.

If interested, please send your CV and covering letter to Nitika@str.co.nz quoting reference number 11a/1112/NS or phone (09) 525 5520 for more information.

Note that New Zealand employers will only make job offers following a face-to-face interview.  Candidates should already be in New Zealand, or very close to arrival, or be prepared to cover the costs of travel to New Zealand for an interview.  If you do not meet these criteria we may not be able to progress your application.  Candidates will also be required to provide written evidence of the status of their Work Permit or Permanent Residency applications.