Facilities Coordinator

About the role

As our Facilities Coordinator, you'll be the friendly face of our Dunsandel site while playing a key support role behind the scenes to ensure our facilities operate smoothly across both our Dunsandel site and Christchurch office.

From welcoming visitors to coordinating minor maintenance, managing service requests and keeping our workplaces looking their best, you'll make a genuine impact every single day.

Whether you're a graduate ready to start your professional career, or someone with a few years’ experience looking for greater variety and responsibility, this role offers a strong foundation for your future career. You'll build highly transferable skills in a fast-paced, multi-site environment while working with teams across the entire organisation. You'll gain valuable commercial experience and exposure across facilities management, workplace operations, maintenance coordination and business support.

This role is available to start from September to allow for a smooth handover.

What You'll Be Doing

At the heart of our operations, you'll be the person who supports in keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes while creating a welcoming experience for everyone.

• Being the face of Synlait, welcoming visitors, managing front-of-house reception and responding to phone and general enquiries.
• Providing coordination support to the Facilities Manager to ensure the day-to-day operation of our Dunsandel and Christchurch office space.
• Managing Facilities ServiceDesk requests, coordinating minor repairs, and contractor support to keep our sites operating seamlessly.
• Building strong relationships with contractors, courier providers, cleaning teams and service partners, ensuring work is completed to a high standard.
• Partnering with teams across the business to solve problems, respond to requests and deliver an exceptional workplace experience for everyone at Synlait.
• Keeping our workplaces stocked and ready to go by ordering stationery, café supplies, cleaning products and other workplace essentials.
• Creating a great first impression for new employees by coordinating lockers, access cards, office equipment, EV charger access and other workplace essentials before day one.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone with a great attitude who enjoys helping others and takes pride in creating an exceptional workplace experience. You may come from a background in facilities, administration, office coordination or project support and be looking for your next step in a busy, multi-site environment.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Friendly, bubbly and approachable, with a genuine passion for working with people.
• Switched on and the kind of person that notices what needs doing and just gets it done.
• Well-presented and confident being the first point of contact for Synlait.
• Organised and able to keep multiple priorities on track in a busy environment.
• Calm under pressure and adaptable when things change quickly.
• A natural relationship builder who connects easily with people at all levels.
• Someone who notices the little details that matter and takes pride in delivering quality work.
• Confident using systems and comfortable picking up new tools quickly.

About Us – The Synlait Spirit

Synlait is more than a global leader in milk nutrition – we're a purpose-led team that’s Doing Milk Differently For A Healthier World. Our Synlait Spirit guides everything we do, from how we show up each day to the impact we create together. You’ll be joining an authentic, down-to-earth team that lives the three values that underpin the Synlait Spirit.

Be The Difference means we understand before we act – that means asking why, supporting each other to think differently, stay curious, and continuously look for smarter ways to deliver value. Whether it’s in the paddock, the plant or the boardroom, we’re driven by impact and inspired to make a meaningful difference every day.

We

Move as One by working together with respect, trust and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. We collaborate across teams to deliver innovative solutions and create opportunity for those around us.

We feed the world’s most vulnerable, including newborn babies, so we have to be Right on the Mark. That means we take accountability seriously, act with courage and focus our energy on what matters most. We combine expert farming and state of the art processing to deliver high quality nutritional products to all over the world.

At Synlait you’ll be challenged and supported to grow. We know everyone brings something unique to the table so we’re an inclusive workplace, where diverse perspectives fuel innovation and success.

What we offer

• Health insurance cover & partnered with top brands for great benefits and discounts
• Excellent parental leave with our Matua policy
• B Corp TM certified
• Social Club membership opportunities

What's next? Apply now!

Include your most recent CV and cover letter summarising your abilities and what you can bring to Synlait. We wish you the best of luck in your application. We encourage you to apply early as we will be reviewing applications regularly and may close the advertisement early. Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.

Applicants outside of New Zealand will only be considered if you have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.