Primary Butchery Required In Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand

Job Description

As a Team Leader in Primary Butchery at our Waitotara site, you will be responsible for providing operational support to your team on the floor by proactively supporting them to meet their daily production requirements, as well as observing and monitoring quality and safety compliance. With the support of the leadership team, you will have the chance to drive continuous improvement initiatives and grow your career with a range of development opportunities. Successful candidates must be flexible in work hours as we are a seasonal business. We work full days from 6am, occasional overtime on Saturdays and evening shifts for part of the year.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate what food safety, quality and compliance requirements are specific to your team and actively observe the chain to ensure these are maintained at all times
• Train and coach members of your team to understand what specifications and production targets mean and how they relate to the team member’s work
• Organize daily production requirements in conjunction with your manager and clearly communicate this with your team

About You

The successful candidate will demonstrate leadership qualities and experience from their time in the manufacturing, FMCG or primary industries; and be driven by building a safe, quality focused and positive culture within their team. They will be confident with identifying areas for improvement within the plant and have a desire to progress their career in the red meat industry where opportunities are endless. They will need to be confident with directing people, have a sense of humour and be resilient.

• Passionate about inspiring others; and providing personal and professional development opportunities to team members
• Display leadership qualities and proactively drive a strong culture that aligns with Silver Fern Farms values – Unstoppable Together, Improving Tomorrow and Always Caring
• Experience in the food processing industry would be beneficial
• Basic computer literacy and strong communication skills

Why work at Silver Fern Farms

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

For you, we offer heavily discounted staff meat sales through our on site Butcher’s Block, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required), BOOST employee retail discount scheme, subsidized health insurance, and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling. There’s the added bonus of free on-site parking and a SFF branded clothing allowance also.