Casual Security Officer - Timaru

McCain Foods; Timaru; On-site; NZD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training provided

Supportive team environment

Additional hours during peak seasonal

Staff BBQs and site celebrations

Monthly recognition programmes

Staff sales access

Free on-site parking

Job summary

McCain Foods is seeking a Casual Security Officer for the Timaru site. This temporary, part-time role supports 12-hour night shifts and ensures a safe, secure, and professional environment for employees, contractors, visitors, and deliveries.

As the first point of contact, you will manage site access, uphold security procedures, and assist with weighbridge operations and visitor management. Full training is provided, and weekend or peak-season hours may be available.

Qualifications

• Previous security experience is preferred but not essential.
• Strong commitment to health and safety.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Customer-focused approach with a positive first impression of McCain.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Proficient with standard software such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Control the entry and exit of employees, contractors, visitors and delivery vehicles at our 24/7 site.
• Provide professional, courteous, customer-focused security services at the site’s main entrance.
• Ensure compliance with site security procedures and company policies.
• Administer site access systems, including Cardax ID card system.
• Support weighbridge operations and associated administration.
• Assist with visitor management, contractor requirements, and staff sales.
• Build positive relationships with employees, visitors, contractors, and external stakeholders.
• Support a safe, secure, and efficient working environment across the site.

Skills

Security experience

Health and safety

Interpersonal skills

Customer-focused

Organisational skills

Computer literacy

Outlook

Word

Excel

Shift availability

Tools

Cardax ID card system

Job description

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Position Title:Casual Security Officer - Timaru

Position Type: Temporary - Part-Time

Requisition ID:44138

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

We currently have an opportunity for a Casual Security Officer to join our Timaru team.

As the first point of contact for employees, contractors, visitors, and delivery drivers entering our 24/7 manufacturing site, you'll play an important role in maintaining a safe, secure, and professional environment.

This role exists to provide coverage for planned and unplanned leave within our Security team, as well as additional support during busy operational periods, including our peak potato harvest season.

Please note this is a genuine casual position with no guaranteed hours or regular rostered shifts. Shifts are offered based on operational requirements and leave coverage needs.

Successful candidates must be available to work both:

• 12-hour night shifts (7:00pm - 7:00am)

Full training will be provided, including training on our systems, processes, and site requirements.

What you’ll be doing.

• Control the entry and exit of employees, contractors, visitors, and delivery vehicles at our 24/7 operational site.
• Provide professional, courteous, and customer-focused security services at the site's main entrance.
• Ensure compliance with site security procedures and company policies.
• Administer site access systems, including the Cardax ID card system.
• Support weighbridge operations and associated administration.
• Assist with visitor management, contractor requirements, and staff sales.
• Build positive relationships with employees, visitors, contractors, and other external stakeholders.
• Support a safe, secure, and efficient working environment across the site.

What you’ll need to be successful.

• A strong commitment to health and safety.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to engage professionally with employees, contractors, visitors, delivery drivers, and other external stakeholders.
• A customer-focused approach and the ability to provide a positive first impression of McCain.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Sound computer literacy, including confidence using software such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• A willingness to learn new systems and processes.
• Availability to work both 12-hour day and night shifts as required.
• Previous security experience is preferred but not essential.

Benefits of the role.

• Full training provided from day one, with ongoing support and development.
• Be welcomed into a supportive and inclusive team environment and become part of the McCain family.
• Opportunities to work additional hours during peak seasonal periods.
• Staff BBQs and site celebrations.
• Monthly recognition and reward programmes.
• Access to McCain staff sales.
• Free on-site parking.
• The opportunity to build skills and experience within a global food manufacturing business.

About McCain

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please

let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Job Family:Manufacturing

Location(s): NZ - New Zealand : Canterbury : Timaru