Business South October 2020

34 | T to page 37 DAIRY INDUSTRY Oceania Dairy Stainless Electrical Products www.stainlesselectrical.co.nz Hamilton - New Zealand QUALITY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS 134 Riverlea Road, Hamilton | 07 859 1118 info@stainlesselectrical.co.nz | www.stainlesselectrical.co.nz Technical Distributor S.E.P is a privately owned company located in Hamilton, New Zealand providing quality products from stainless sheet metal and stainless steel wire. Our locally manufactured components, accessories and complete machines are used in industries such as dairy & food. We now offer a complete solution from the supply of ABB Limited, New Zealand LV rack components to a complete assembled solution designed and built to your speci c requirements. Building an experienced team key to success Oceania provides buses for the many workers who are required to work rostered shifts. T from page 32 Talk to us today, the feature profile experts Phone: 03 983 5500 waterfordpress.co.nz PROJECT AND PRESENCE... PROFILE During Stage 1 construction, 80 staff were re- cruited ranging from managers, technical peo- ple, maintenance people, project managers, process controllers, lab staff and warehousing staff to get the plant up and running. “Finding the right people with those skills was challenging. We realised quite early on that there was no way we could find 80 experienced staff at one time so we focused on finding the right type of people with the right attitude with a sprinkling of experience amongst it and built the experience base up from within.” Referring to it as a ‘grow your own’ ap- proach, Richard says the strategy has been successful, enabling the business to rapidly expand to its current staff levels. “Part of the challenge is that people don’t want to work in what they think is a factory, so as an industry we struggle to attract young people. We look for mechanical and technical aptitude and an adaptable can-do attitude to work. We can teach the technical part so the ability to learn complex and technical processes is key.” With a strong duty of care to its employees, Richard says Oceania has recently made the call to put on buses for the many who work rostered shifts.