Careers at CAKE Commercial
Why work with us
Our people are the reason we win the work we win. We have built the business around training, safety and doing the job properly, and that shapes what it is like to work here every day. We take on complex, high-value projects that most contractors cannot, which means our teams get to work on things you will not find anywhere else in the country, and often anywhere else in the world.
We were recognised with an award for our employee experience, but the part we are most proud of is simpler than that. People come to CAKE and they stay, because they grow here.
We invest in our people
There was no formal qualification for protective coatings in New Zealand, so we went and built one. We brought recognised training in from overseas, adapted it, and now deliver it in-house through a full-time training manager. Our people are trained properly, kept current, and given the room to keep getting better.
That investment runs all the way up. We have a full-time quality manager and a full-time compliance manager, and we have developed our own senior leadership programme to bring our managers through. When we say we train our people at every step of their career, we mean it.
We also run accredited training courses. Learn more about Train the Painter →Where a career at CAKE can take you
Some of the people leading our business today started on the tools. Cam joined us as a painter on transmission towers at seventeen and now runs our national towers operation. That path is not unusual here. We would rather train someone up and keep them than watch good people leave, so we put real effort into helping our team progress.
We also work closely with our crew in Fiji, where team members train alongside our New Zealand teams and, over time, some move into permanent roles here. Wherever you start with us, there is a way forward.
The values we hire for
Our values were created by our team, not handed down, and they are the thing we look for most in the people who join us. When we grow, we look for people who genuinely connect with how we work.
Encourage personal growth
Mutual respect for everyone
Be a safety leader
Be the best at what you do
Enjoy your job and do an honest day's work
Safety is not negotiable
A lot of the work we do is high risk, from energised transmission towers to confined spaces and live environments where the public is close by. We do not take shortcuts, and we do not carry people who do. Every person on our team is expected to be a safety leader, and we back that with the systems, training and equipment to make it real. It is a big part of why our clients trust us, and a big part of why our people go home safe every day.
