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Plastics Fabricator

About us

At APD, we don’t just manufacture tanks; we are shaping a better future through innovative, sustainable water and systems solutions. As a proudly New Zealand-owned leader in thermoplastic fabrication and rotational moulding, our purpose is simple: Doing Good from the Ground Up.

We are a fast-growing, medium-sized manufacturer specializing in products that protect the environment while prioritizing easy installation. We are known as solution providers designing and engineering products that meet exact customer requirements, saving time and avoiding problems on-site. Our continued growth is driven by our passion for expanding our product range and the diverse markets we serve.

About the role

As a Plastics Fabricator in APD’s Chemical Tank team, you will play a key role in manufacturing HDPE storage systems and bespoke engineered products for a wide range of industries across New Zealand.

This is a hands-on technical role suited to an experienced fabricator who takes pride in precision workmanship, problem-solving, and producing products to a high standard. You will be working in one of New Zealand’s leading HDPE fabrication workshops, using modern equipment and specialised tools to fabricate, assemble, and weld custom products ranging from small bespoke components through to large-scale chemical tanks up to 60,000 litres and beyond.

No two jobs are the same, making this an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, technical challenges, and working within a skilled and supportive team environment. The role may also include occasional site installation work, providing further diversity and development opportunities.

Key responsibilities:

  • Technical Fabrication & Assembly: Fabricate, assemble, and weld HDPE products including chemical storage tanks and custom engineered systems from supplied workshop drawings.
  • Blueprint Interpretation: Read and interpret technical drawings, specifications, and tolerances accurately.
  • Thermoplastic Welding: Perform plastic welding using extrusion welding, butt welding, and other thermoplastic fabrication techniques.
  • Materials Processing: Prepare and fabricate thermoplastic sheet materials including HDPE, PP, and PVC.
  • Quality Assurance & Inspection: Conduct dimensional checks and quality inspections throughout the fabrication process to ensure products meet specification.
  • Testing & Verification: Complete pressure testing, spark testing, and other quality verification checks where required.
  • Compliance & Reporting: Identify and report material defects, quality issues, or non-conformances promptly.
  • Health & Safety Maintenance: Maintain a safe, clean, and organised work environment in line with APD’s health and safety standards.
  • Equipment Maintenance: Carry out daily pre-start checks on fabrication equipment and tools.
  • Process Improvement: Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, efficiency, and safety.
  • Field Support & Installation: Assist with site installations and customer-based project work when required.
  • Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the wider production team to meet production schedules and delivery commitments.

What will you bring:

  • Proven experience in plastic fabrication, thermoplastic welding, or a related manufacturing trade.
  • Strong hands-on experience with extrusion welding and butt welding.
  • Ability to read and interpret workshop drawings and work to specified tolerances.
  • Experience working with HDPE, PP, PVC, or similar thermoplastic materials.
  • High attention to detail with a strong focus on quality workmanship.
  • A practical problem-solving mindset and ability to work through technical fabrication challenges.
  • Commitment to safe work practices and maintaining high health and safety standards
  • Good physical fitness, as the role can involve manual handling, working at heights, and confined spaces.
  • Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • A willingness to learn and develop new technical skills, with training provided on APD’s specialised equipment and machinery.
  • A positive attitude toward continuous improvement and growing your fabrication capability.
  • Forklift licence and current driver’s licence are advantageous.
  • Site installation experience is beneficial but not essential.

Why choose APD?

Where Your Hard Work Meets High Reward.

We know it’s the ‘small stuff’ that makes a big difference. From free GP visits and fresh fruit to choosing your own perks – like birthday leave, wellbeing allowance or extra KiwiSaver – we’ve designed a workplace that actually looks after you. Join a proud NZ-owned leader where you get the stability of a market frontrunner with the heart of a team that celebrates milestones with monthly lunch shouts and regular team-building.

Join APD, and turn Doing Good into your daily job.


Account Manager – Merchants

About us

At APD, we don’t just manufacture tanks; we are shaping a better future through innovative, sustainable water and systems solutions. As a proudly New Zealand-owned leader in thermoplastic fabrication and rotational moulding, our purpose is simple: Doing Good from the Ground Up.

We are a fast-growing, medium-sized manufacturer specialising in products that protect the environment while prioritizing easy installation. We are known as solution providers designing and engineering products that meet exact customer requirements, saving time and avoiding problems on-site. Our continued growth is driven by our passion for expanding our product range and the diverse markets we serve.

About the Role

Are you a natural relationship builder who brings a positive mindset into any room you walk into? We’re looking for a high-energy, resilient, and driven Account Manager (Merchants) to take ownership of our vital merchant channels.

This is a dynamic hunter role focused on driving growth in the front stages of the sales cycle. You will be out in the field walking into new environments, striking up instant, engaging conversations, and turning first impressions into long-term strategic partnerships. While the role covers the wider North Island (requiring flexibility for occasional travel), around 80% of your time will be in Auckland managing a portfolio of over 100 high-value touchpoints.

With our Customer Service team backing you up on quoting, post-sale admin, and after-care, your sole focus is to hunt opportunities, ask the bold questions, and challenge merchants to think differently. As you grow in the role, you’ll expand your scope beyond the shop floor – developing your business and financial acumen to engage directly with head office decision-makers, including Category Managers, Product Manages and Managing Directors.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive front-end sales: proactively hunt for short and long term sales opportunities across diverse merchant channels, keeping the pipeline active and growing
  • Master territory management: seamlessly structure and balance a high touch portfolio of 100+ key merchant accounts across Auckland and the North Island
  • Build high impact relationships: build immediate rapport on the branch floor while developing strategic relationships with Branch Managers to drive mutually beneficial business growth as well as grow into working with Category Managers at the support office
  • Act as a trusted advisor: use active listening, sharp questioning, and constructive challenge to help merchants see new possibilities and grow their own revenue
  • Maintain CRM excellence: keep sales pipelines, customer insights, and account interactions meticulously tracked in HubSpot
  • Collaborate for success: partner with our internal customer service team to ensure seamless handoffs for quoting, fulfillment, and ongoing customer care

Responsible for major building and plumbing merchant accounts, including Plumbing World, Reece, Chesters, Placemakers, Bunnings and other major drainage retailers.

What You Will Bring

  • A positive, productive, hard-working mindset with the confidence to walk into any room, engage anyone, and close opportunities, from store counter to the Managing Director
  • Based in Auckland (where 80% of your accounts sit), with the flexibility to travel and manage merchant relationships across the whole North Island
  • The ability to remain nimble in response to market opportunities and move quickly to secure them
  • Exceptional organizational skills to manage a large customer base while keeping HubSpot CRM accurate and up to date
  • Superb communication, active listening, and questioning skills that allow you to challenge the status quo constructively
  • Proven sales background with a hunger for growth. Previous retail and industry experience is a definite bonus, but your passion, drive, and attitude are what matter most!

Why Choose APD?

Where Your Hard Work Meets High Reward. We know it’s the ‘small stuff’ that makes a big difference. From free GP visits and fresh fruit to choosing your own perks – like birthday leave, wellbeing allowance or extra KiwiSaver – we’ve designed a workplace that actually looks after you. Join a proud NZ-owned leader where you get the stability of a market frontrunner with the heart of a team that celebrates milestones with monthly lunch shouts and regular team-building.

Join APD, and turn Doing Good into your daily job.


Account Manager – NI (excluding Auckland)

About us

At APD, we don’t just manufacture tanks; we are shaping a better future through innovative, sustainable water and systems solutions. As a proudly New Zealand-owned leader in thermoplastic fabrication and rotational moulding, our purpose is simple: Doing Good from the Ground Up.

We are a fast-growing, medium-sized manufacturer specialising in products that protect the environment while prioritizing easy installation. We are known as solution providers designing and engineering products that meet exact customer requirements, saving time and avoiding problems on-site. Our continued growth is driven by our passion for expanding our product range and the diverse markets we serve.

About the Role

Are you a self-motivated sales professional who loves turning complex commercial challenges into closed sales? We’re looking for an autonomous, solution-focused Account Manager to expand our reach across key regional North Island markets.

In this dynamic hunter/gatherer role, you’ll take full ownership of our stormwater and drainage portfolio across a wide geographic footprint – primarily targeting the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington regions. You will navigate a diverse stakeholder landscape, focusing on significant drainage installers, developers and where needed, supporting key specification engagement at a local level. You’ll leverage APD’s market-leading brand reputation to solve real world site problems, unlock project opportunities early, and drive revenue.

Because the main team is based in Auckland, you’ll enjoy a high degree of independence while acting as a sharp internal advocate for your regional clients. You’ll also lend strategic support to our local merchant channels across your territory where needed. With our Customer Service team managing quoting and post-sale servicing, your core mission is clear: get out in front of potential decision-makers, uncover opportunities, and turn our trusted brand into bottom-line growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive regional sales: proactively identify, target, and win new stormwater and drainage opportunities direct to customers across the rest of North Island, focusing on the key areas: Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington regions.
  • Navigate a diverse ecosystem: build strong, trust-based relationships across a broad customer base, including drain layers, developers and where needed, strategic specifiers.
  • Deliver problem solving value: position APD’s engineering capabilities to solve complex site drainage challenges, acting as a trusted technical and commercial advisor and conduit to other specialist team members.
  • Maximize market presence: leverage APD’s brand reputation to generate high-value leads and convert market awareness into sustained sales growth
  • Support merchant channels: provide secondary support to regional merchant partners to align distribution with direct project demand
  • Advocate internally: act as a strong, articulate internal voice for regional business opportunities, using solid business and financial acumen to pitch viable deals to internal leadership
  • Manage territory & HubSpot CRM: work independently to plan efficient travel schedules while maintaining accurate pipeline data and customer insights in HubSpot

What You Will Bring

  • A track record as a hunter/gatherer who thrives on finding potential customers, managing sales cycles, and operating independently away from head office
  • Ideally based in the Waikato or Bay of Plenty, with the willingness to undertake regular regional travel across the North Island territory
  • The ability to understand technical drainage issues and tailor solutions that save customers time and money on-site
  • Strong relationship building skills with existing networks, or the proven drive to quickly figure out ‘who’s who’ in regional drainage and specifier networks
  • Sharp communication and business acumen to build sound commercial cases, negotiate deals, and advocate for customer opportunities internally
  • A resilient, proactive mindset with the organisational discipline to manage extensive territory travel alongside Hubspot CRM admin

Why Choose APD?

Where Your Hard Work Meets High Reward. We know it’s the ‘small stuff’ that makes a big difference. From free GP visits and fresh fruit to choosing your own perks – like birthday leave, wellbeing allowance or extra KiwiSaver – we’ve designed a workplace that actually looks after you. Join a proud NZ-owned leader where you get the stability of a market frontrunner with the heart of a team that celebrates milestones with monthly lunch shouts and regular team-building.

Join APD, and turn Doing Good into your daily job.


Logistics Manager

About us

At APD, we don’t just manufacture tanks; we are shaping a better future through innovative, sustainable water and systems solutions. As a proudly New Zealand-owned leader in thermoplastic fabrication and rotational moulding, our purpose is simple: Doing Good from the Ground Up.

We are a fast-growing, medium-sized manufacturer specialising in products that protect the environment while prioritizing easy installation. We are known as solution providers designing and engineering products that meet exact customer requirements, saving time and avoiding problems on-site. Our continued growth is driven by our passion for expanding our product range and the diverse markets we serve.

About the role

As our Logistics Manager, you will take full ownership of driving end-to-end supply chain efficiency and elevating our warehousing and distribution operations.

We are ready for a step-change in digital transformation and process sophistication. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will lead the selection and rollout of a modern Warehouse Management System (WMS) with barcode tracking, establish real-time inventory visibility, and serve as the vital bridge between Customer Service, Sales, and Production. You aren’t just keeping things moving; you are optimising the supply chain to ensure seamless delivery to our customers!

This is a key leadership role responsible for stores management, yard operations, procurement, and specialised over-dimensional freight, while fostering a high-performing, service-oriented culture across your team.

Key responsibilities:

You will be responsible for the oversight, efficiency, and alignment of our end-to-end supply chain and warehousing operations, including:

  • Supply chain & freight leadership: drive distribution performance, oversee inwards/outwards goods, manage transport partnerships, and coordinate specialised, over-dimensional HIAB logistics and site access
  • Digital transformation & WMS: lead the selection, testing, and rollout of a modern Warehouse Management System (including barcode tracking) to achieve real-time stock visibility and eliminate inventory audit discrepancies
  • Production & stores integration: develop a seamless operational link between manufacturing and warehousing, ensuring the timely, efficient delivery of raw materials to the production line and the systematic removal and staging of finished goods to prevent production bottlenecks
  • Stores & yard management: maintain optimal warehouse layouts and safe outdoor yard storage, optimising traffic flow for mobile plant operations and manufacturing output
  • Planning & procurement: oversee raw material acquisition, evaluate vendor performance, eliminate container demurrage/detention risks (including MPI biosecurity compliance), and align supply with dynamic production schedules
  • Team leadership: lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team (including the Production Purchaser/Planner and 2 Store persons) with clear KPIs/OKRs and a collaborative culture
  • Quality & H&S integration: maintain raw material (resin/polymer) batch and lot traceability for ISO 9001 compliance and drive a safety-first culture using the Teammate App for hazard and non-conformance reporting

What will you bring:

  • Proven track record in a Logistics, Warehouse, or Supply Chain Management role, ideally within a manufacturing, engineering, or industrial production environment
  • Solid experience with inventory optimisation, procurement workflows, stock-taking frameworks, and ERP/MRP systems
  • Demonstrated ability to lead digital workflows and system implementations (WMS rollout and barcode tracking experience is highly desirable)
  • Strong understanding of domestic/international freight, container devanning, and handling specialised or over-dimensional freight logistics
  • Safety first leadership with a strong commitment to H&S standards around heavy machinery and mobile plant operations
  • Collaborative communication and relationship building skills, equally effective partnering with factory floor teams, internal stakeholders, and external freight/vendor partners
  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain, or Operations (preferred, but equivalent practical experience is highly valued)
  • A practical, solutions-focused mindset with the resilience to navigate changing production demands and supply chain challenges

Why Choose APD?

Where Your Hard Work Meets High Reward. We know it’s the ‘small stuff’ that makes a big difference. From free GP visits and fresh fruit to choosing your own perks – like birthday leave, wellbeing allowance or extra KiwiSaver – we’ve designed a workplace that actually looks after you. Join a proud NZ-owned leader where you get the stability of a market frontrunner with the heart of a team that celebrates milestones with monthly lunch shouts and regular team-building.

Join APD, and turn Doing Good into your daily job.


Account Manager

About us

At APD, we don’t just manufacture tanks; we are shaping a better future through innovative, sustainable water and systems solutions. As a proudly New Zealand-owned leader in thermoplastic fabrication and rotational moulding, our purpose is simple: Doing Good from the Ground Up.

We are a fast-growing, medium-sized manufacturer specialising in products that protect the environment while prioritizing easy installation. We are known as solution providers designing and engineering products that meet exact customer requirements, saving time and avoiding problems on-site. Our continued growth is driven by our passion for expanding our product range and the diverse markets we serve.

About the Role

Are you a self-motivated sales professional who loves turning complex commercial challenges into closed sales? We’re looking for an autonomous, solution-focused Account Manager to expand our reach across developers and social housing across the North Island, focusing on Auckland.

In this dynamic role, balancing 70% account management with 30% new opportunity generation, you’ll take full ownership of our relationships with large property developers, group home builders, and social housing providers across multi-unit residential complexes, large-scale subdivisions, or multi-stage development programmes. You will navigate a diverse stakeholder landscape, focusing on winning large projects and working closely alongside our specification team to influence designers early in the phase. You’ll leverage APD’s market-leading brand reputation to solve real-world site problems, unlock project opportunities early, and drive revenue.

Because key opportunities reside in Auckland, it will be your primary focus, though scope exists across the wider North Island. With our Customer Service team managing quoting and post-sale servicing, your core mission is clear: get out in front of key decision-makers, uncover opportunities, and translate our trusted brand into bottom-line growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Target large housing developments: proactively identify, target, and win major residential development programmes and social housing projects, with a primary focus on the Auckland region while selectively pursuing key opportunities across the North Island.
  • Navigate the developer ecosystem: build strong, trust-based relationships with large property developers, group home builders, social housing bodies, and civil contractors to secure early-stage project involvement.
  • Deliver problem-solving value: position APD’s engineering capabilities to solve complex stormwater and site drainage challenges, acting as a trusted technical advisor to ensure APD products are specified and selected.
  • Technical Support Backing: tackle complex site drainage and stormwater challenges with full confidence, supported by dedicated internal engineering and design resources.
  • Maximise market presence: leverage APD’s market-leading brand reputation to unlock large-scale development opportunities early and convert brand strength into sustained revenue growth.
  • Collaborate with internal teams & partners: partner with Customer Service to manage quoting and post-sale servicing, while aligning with regional merchant channels to fulfil project demand seamlessly.
  • Advocate internally: act as a strong, articulate internal voice for developer customer needs, using solid business and financial acumen to present viable deal structures to leadership.
  • Manage territory & HubSpot CRM: work autonomously to plan efficient client visits and travel while maintaining accurate project pipeline data and key stakeholder insights in HubSpot.

What You Will Bring

  • A proven track record in autonomous, solution-focused technical sales, ideally gained within civil construction, stormwater management, or building materials
  • Demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and secure business across large property developers, group home builders, social housing entities, and civil contractors
  • Strong technical aptitude with the ability to understand complex site drainage challenges and present engineered solutions
  • Ability to operate as an energetic hunter, proactively mapping territory, unlocking early-stage project opportunities, and converting APD’s strong brand reputation into revenue
  • Focus on the Auckland region as the primary key market, alongside willingness to travel across the North Island as needed
  • Solid commercial and financial acumen, paired with high organisational discipline for managing pipeline activity in HubSpot CRM
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Why Choose APD?

Where Your Hard Work Meets High Reward. We know it’s the ‘small stuff’ that makes a big difference. From free GP visits and fresh fruit to choosing your own perks – like birthday leave, wellbeing allowance or extra KiwiSaver – we’ve designed a workplace that actually looks after you. Join a proud NZ-owned leader where you get the stability of a market frontrunner with the heart of a team that celebrates milestones with monthly lunch shouts and regular team-building.

Join APD, and turn Doing Good into your daily job.


Marketing Coordinator

About us

At APD, we don’t just manufacture tanks; we are shaping a better future through innovative, sustainable water and systems solutions. As a proudly New Zealand-owned leader in thermoplastic fabrication and rotational moulding, our purpose is simple: Doing Good from the Ground Up.

We are a fast-growing, medium-sized manufacturer specialising in products that protect the environment while prioritizing easy installation. We are known as solution providers designing and engineering products that meet exact customer requirements, saving time and avoiding problems on-site. Our continued growth is driven by our passion for expanding our product range and the diverse markets we serve.

About the Role

Forget stock photos and distant corporate red tape. Based at our Wiri manufacturing site with flexible hybrid working, this role offers an exciting, hands-on playground for a creative marketer! As our Marketing Coordinator, you will bridge the gap between our thermoplastic engineering and the market, turning complex technical processes into compelling visual stories.

You’ll have direct access to our factory floor, cutting edge machinery, and passionate experts to capture authentic ‘behind the scenes’ content, execute multi-channel digital campaigns, and elevate our brand identity across LinkedIn, web, eDMs, and industry events. Working closely with our Product and Sales teams, you will have true creative autonomy to test new ideas, build digital strategies from the ground up, and directly influence APD’s growth across New Zealand’s construction, civil, and industrial sectors.

Key Responsibilities

  • High impact visual & technical content: capture authentic photo/video content on our manufacturing floor and turn dense engineering specifications into engaging visual assets, LinkedIn posts, website case studies, and sales enablement collateral
  • Digital footprint & campaign management: manage our organic social media calendar, maintain and optimise our WordPress website (including AEO/SEO best practices), and execute targeted email marketing campaigns to our specifier and trade networks
  • Brand custodianship & creative ownership: protect and evolve APD’s visual identity across all print, digital, and event touchpoints while directing external creative vendors (photographers, videographers, print partners)
  • Lead administration & sales support: track marketing engagements in HubSpot CRM, support merchant networks, and design high converting collateral that equips our sales team to win key projects
  • Tradeshows & industry events: plan and coordinate logistics, visual displays, and collateral for major industry trade exhibitions, presentations, and merchant events

What You Will Bring

  • Creative vision & storytelling: a passion for content creation (video, design, and copy) with a knack for translating technical or complex B2B concepts into clear, engaging messaging
  • Digital & channel savvy: hands on experience with social media strategy (particularly LinkedIn), WordPress CMS, email marketing platforms, and basic CRM lead tracking (HubSpot preferred)
  • Self-starter autonomy: a dynamic, hands-on mindset – someone who enjoys stepping out onto the factory floor, collaborating directly with engineers, and bringing fresh ideas to execution
  • Commercial & brand focus: strong organisational skills with keen attention to detail to keep campaigns on brand, on time, and aligned with business growth goals
  • Relevant background: experience in B2B marketing, industrial/manufacturing, or construction sectors is a strong plus, alongside tertiary qualifications in Marketing, Communications, or a related field

Why Choose APD?

Where Your Hard Work Meets High Reward. We know it’s the ‘small stuff’ that makes a big difference. From free GP visits and fresh fruit to choosing your own perks – like birthday leave, wellbeing allowance or extra KiwiSaver – we’ve designed a workplace that actually looks after you. Join a proud NZ-owned leader where you get the stability of a market frontrunner with the heart of a team that celebrates milestones with monthly lunch shouts and regular team-building.

Join APD, and turn Doing Good into your daily job.