Trinder / Waimea Engineering

Build your career in Nelson, on the doorstep of New Zealand's best outdoor playground.

We're growing and we're looking for a 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 to bring their expertise and precision to our team.

We’ve built a reputation for excellence in engineering. If you’re an experienced fabricator welder, 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸. 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Start with a confidential email or chat: Call Kerry on (+64) 3 544 8024 or email 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺@𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳.𝘤𝘰.𝘯𝘻

Congratulations to Ryan (Chappy) from our Manufacturing Division who was presented with his New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) - General Engineering Level 4 certificate this morning.

Another dedicated tradesman rising the ranks of the Trinder Group!

The Annual MESNZ Maintenance Engineering Conference is just 4 weeks away, it's time to secure your registration and make room in your calendar for the most valuable 2 and half days of learning, networking, motivation and problem solving for you and your engineering team.

For more information or to register online - https://mesnz.org.nz/conference/

Congratulations to Reegan from our Jobbing Division who was presented with his New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) - General Engineering Level 4 certificate last week.

Another dedicated tradesman rising the ranks of the Trinder Group!

"Cheers and Beers" at The Trinder Group workshops recently, featuring a sheep on our inhouse spit (shout out to Geordan + Sonny), DIY heating, and good chat.

The Trinder Group proudly supporting 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 - 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝟭𝟬'𝘀 team training tees for the 2026 tackle season.
In conjunction with Asphalt and Construction.

Engineering stronger communities, on and off the field. Today's young players are tomorrow's leaders.

Our General Manager and Director of TTG, Kerry Hill is walking the walk and stepping up in his dancing shoes as contestant #5 for the Olive Estate Dancing for a Cause - Nelson Hospice 2027.

Here's what he has to say -

𝘏𝘪, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺.

𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱. 𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯-𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯-𝘵𝘰-𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 “a𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥” 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 , 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 “v𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥” 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦.

𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴… 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳t!

For more information or to see how you can get involved too, see www.dancingforacause.co.nz or check out their page: https://www.facebook.com/dancingforacausenelson

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