Mechanical Engineer (Accessories Portfolio)
We Go Beyond for A Safer World
Te Tūranga - The Role
Tait Communications is a truly global company, with tens of millions of people around the world depending on our technology to keep communities safe, cities running, and essential services connected. With emerging digital platforms, converging communications technologies, and cutting-edge engineering solutions, this is an exciting time to join Tait.
We have an opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our Christchurch-based Mechanical Engineering team on a permanent basis, supporting the ongoing development and growth of our Accessories Portfolio This role sits within our new product development group and contributes to the full mechanical development lifecycle.
The duties of the role will include:
Ō pūkenga - About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to contribute to a collaborative, high-performing engineering environment.
Required:
Desirable:
Ngā painga - What's in it for you?
We are committed to making a difference in communities across the globe and supporting our people to build rewarding careers. Our values, Commitment to Listen, Courage to Act, and Integrity to Deliver guide how we work together and deliver for our customers.
At Tait, you will enjoy:
Ko wai mātou - About Us
For more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transport, and utility customers worldwide. Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we now operate globally, with a network of offices and customers spanning the world.
Our people value being part of a creative, supportive community committed to delivering technology that makes a real difference. When you join Tait, you join a team with deep expertise, a passion for innovation, and a genuine commitment to helping each other grow.
Ko koe pea tēnei? - Sound like your kind of role?
If you are ready to take the next step in your career and join a high-performing organization where talented people collaborate to achieve great outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Please submit your CV and cover letter with Applications closing on Sunday 15th March 2026
Applications will be assessed as they are received, and your CV will be held unless you request its removal.
Our clients protect communities, power cities, move citizens, harness resources and save lives all over the world. We work with them to create, support and unify the critical communication solutions they depend on to do their jobs.
Digital wireless communication forms the central nervous system of everything we do. Around this resilient, robust core we design, develop, manufacture, test, deploy, support and manage innovative communication environments for organizations that have to put their total trust in the systems and people they work with.
We’ve worked hard to develop genuine insight into our clients’ worlds, and have pursued engineering, operational and services excellence for more than 40 years. This understanding, and our belief in championing open-standards technology, means we can give our clients the best possible choice and value to achieve the human outcomes they’re driven by.
We’re not simply aligned with our clients; we’re devoted to their cause.
Tait Communications’ sole dividend receiving shareholder is a charitable trust which shares the company’s operating profits across several donation and investment streams responsible for research and development, regional reinvestment and education. This rare model means clients can rely on Tait Communications to be an independent long-term player in the critical communications industry and to continue to play its role of ‘open-standards champion’.
