Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Graduate Programme 2024 - IT, Digital & Connected Ecosystem (Jan 2024)
Auckland
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 62000 / Year
- + KiwiSaver or FPA Super Scheme or Student Loan Quickpay and other benefits
- 3 vacancies
- Apply by 22 Jan 2024
- Start date 21 Jan 2024
At Fisher & Paykel Appliances we aspire to be the most human-centred appliance brand in the world. Design for a changing world shapes our response and guides our thinking. It’s about Human connection, which is more important than ever. We view sustainability as the movement of our time.
As a graduate, you will be given an opportunity to build experience and exposure in some of our key technical functions, spanning across our IT and Digital departments in a global environment.
Working alongside some of our best in class, we will help you develop and grow an incredibly strong core skills base, that will prepare you for wherever you take your career. Our CEO started here as a graduate. When we say career growth at Fisher & Paykel Appliances is tangible, we really mean it.
What’s on offer for 2024…
During your graduate programme you will work on rotations across Data & Analytics, Architecture & Platform Engineering, Solutions & Digital (UX, Project management) and Connected Ecosystem – building skillsets while working across day-to-day BAU work and critical project work. As a graduate, you will be immersed in each area, face challenges, find solutions and be supported and mentored by your peers and leaders.
That’s the role, so who are you?
You will be completing your degree in 2023 and will be ready to start your career in January 2024. We are seeking Graduates with degrees in:
- Computer Science/ Software Engineering
- Digital
- Data Analytics
- Degree in User Experience Design, Graphic Design or similar.
Be a NZ Citizen or NZ Permanent Resident. Be curious, motivated, a great communicator and above all, a team player.
What’s on offer…
As a team, we take a collaborative approach and have a working environment where all ideas are heard, evaluated, and tested against our leading goal - to be the world's most human-centred appliance brand.
Our diverse culture is one in which our people can constantly develop, working alongside a team of talented and skilled professionals. You will be part of a team-based culture that offers great development opportunities, a challenging and supportive work environment, leading technology, work/life balance, hybrid working and a full on-site subsidised cafeteria.
Ready to apply, you will need to attach:
- A cover letter
- Your CV
- Your most recent academic transcript.
Applications close 31st August 2023
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Product Development Engineer is my title but its more of a Software Development Engineering role by tasks. I work on fixing bugs and implementing new features for the current wall oven.
This is still generally positive, as in my previous role I took over responsibilities of a senior worker, giving me huge opportunities to pick up skills I previous did not have. However, in this current rotation I have been given far less.
I work on projects relating to new product development, understanding baseline performance of new products to be developed and how these align with our internal performance standards, and functionality on our existing products. This involves a combination of testing products using a variety of test types and functions, data analysis of these results, and meetings and discussions around planning of work to achieve these performance goals inline with the overall project goals and objectives. However, long term this doesn't align with the level of data analysis work I wanted to do in my role.
About the employer
Fisher & Paykel Appliances
4.0
1,000 - 50,000 employees
R&D and Manufacturing
Fisher & Paykel has a long history of hiring engineering & science grads & interns, providing them with real world experience and career development.
Pros and cons of working at Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Pros
The people are super kind, open, relaxed, and happy to help. The work culture and environment are super healthy and welcoming.
Managers are very accessible. Easy to walk up to a leader/manager and talk with them about anything. Lots of great mentors, especially within your own team who are more than happy to assist you.
Big push to be Carbon Net Zero by 2050. Lots of intern projects looking at new and innovative ways to reach this goal as well as ongoing projects.
My company has strong support around the flexibility of work hours, and particularly for testing when these hours can increase, is the best approach to take.
Lots of opportunities to move up in the company. Some people who have started as graduates have ended up as leaders and executives.
Cons
Some decisions and actions within the business can be quite slow due to the large size of the company and the procedures in place that usually require communication between multiple levels and areas of the company before clear decisions are made.
The fact that it is in Auckland, I am not a fan of the traffic. But that is not a big deal.
Formal training programmes are relatively general and corporate. On-the-job training depends on the department and team.
Decision-making can be tedious or take longer than it needs which can be frustrating.
The inability to allow a hybrid work environment for graduates.