Looking for an opportunity to step up your retail career into Management?  We are fishing for a confident Assistant Branch Manager with a “can do” attitude.  If you have a strong interest in boats, fishing and/or motorhomes and enjoy retail, this is a great opportunity to join a growing company and mix work with your passion!  There’s plenty of opportunity for career development in our national chain. To apply, you must: •strive for customer satisfaction •be a methodical, organised person •have retail experience, and •(ideally) management experience •be able to work alternate weekends We offer excellent pay, an uncapped monthly… Read More

Qualified and experienced boat builder and or cabinet maker required Immediate start. Enquire to Bluefix Boatworks: [email protected] / Tel 09 407 3021 Read More

C-Tech is looking for boatbuilders or composite laminators with prepreg experience to work on exciting custom projects. Apply today! COMPOSITE BUILDER/SPAR MAKER •Permanent full time positions available •Boatbuilders or composite laminators with prepreg experience C-Tech is looking for full-time employees to join the composite team at our factory in Rosebank Road, Avondale.  The role involves manufacturing specialist composite components for marine and industrial use.  C-Tech’s carbon fibre masts, spars, carbon tubes and sailbattens are exported world-wide.  Our products are used on Moths and Skiffs, right up to the largest of superyachts.  We also have some very exciting, innovative, non-marine projects… Read More

Dave Hammond qualified as a marine system engineer with Sovereign Yachts in May 2002 and has already written the book – or at least a logbook – to improve efficiency in his tasks. Since graduating in his apprenticeship, Dave, 25, has worked on superyachts in Europe and America as either first or second engineer. He is also qualified as Y3 and 4 under the MCA ruling, and is second engineer on the 230ft Utopia. An engineer’s job includes recording of maintenance issues to ensure all systems are as reliable as possible. Most engineers maintain computer records, but create a hand-written… Read More

Doyle Sails New Zealand is looking for a new apprentice sailmaker to join the company’s busy and expanding marine sail making industry.  Experience is not necessary as training will be provided and an NZQA qualification is achievable after completion of the course. This role will suit a candidate who’s ready to take on a position they can turn into a career. The work is varied, making sails for vessels of all sizes and types, from dinghy sails, grand prix race yachts and sails to the world’s biggest superyachts.  You will be part of a team of highly experienced people who… Read More

Gurit (Asia Pacific) Ltd Position:  Composite Structural Design Engineer Reports to: Engineering Manager – APAC Location:  Albany, Auckland, New Zealand   AIM To provide high quality composite engineering and laminate specifications and processing advice to internal and external customers within the APAC region OVERVIEW This role is a member of a specialised structural engineering team focused on providing high quality composite engineering and processing advice to internal and external customers. Based in New Zealand, the candidate will be a part of a small, busy and dynamic team that services external customers from the West Coast of the US, through Asia… Read More

  She arrived tired, drab and lacklustre. She will leave with a gleaming dark blue hull with gold trim, on a colour-matched trailer and ready to party on a private lake. In between, she has given apprentices at Andrew Fink Marine in Hamilton a solid sense of achievement. The seven-month restoration was done mostly by third-year boatbuilding apprentice Jeremy Farr and fourth-year boatbuilding apprentice Morgan Roberts with assistance from fellow apprentice Zack Christensen. Hauiti is a small riverboat, built in fibreglass to a mould taken off a harbour boat, circa early 1900s. The current owner bought her for sunset cruises.… Read More

Lisa Grant was already a successful industry figure when she decided she could do more. Here, Lisa tells us about her motivation to undertake a marine industry apprenticeship to build on the impact she’d made in an industry she’d grown to love. Lisa Grant is a highly successful sales person, and has built a sterling reputation for herself within the marine industry. Now sales consultant at So-Pac Marine, Lisa has also taken part in New Zealand Marine industry training and specifically, the apprenticeship program. So-Pac takes pride in quality products and service, and Lisa embodies this mantra, and her efforts… Read More

We require the services of a full-time Marine Broker at our Whangarei office.  Preference will be given to applicants with sales experience and a good knowledge of boats and boating.   This is a commission only position. Please reply by email to [email protected] Gulf Group Marine Brokers Ltd Read More

Doyle Sails New Zealand is looking for a new apprentice marine trimmer to join the company’s busy and expanding marine trimming department. Experience is not necessary as training will be provided and an NZQA qualification is achievable after completion of the course. This role will suit a candidate who’s ready to take on a position they can turn into a career.  The work is very varied, making covers and upholstery for vessels of all sizes and types, from dinghy covers, spray dodgers and sail covers to the world’s biggest superyacht interiors encompassing seating cushions, beds, floor covers, outdoor awnings and… Read More