Cold-Storage Forklift Operator

Zohorecruit; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 39,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Silver Fern Farms is seeking an experienced Forklift Operator for our cold storage environment at our Pareora plant in Timaru, Canterbury. The role requires working as part of a team and meeting safety and quality standards for frozen meat products.

We offer shifts from early morning to late evening with a minimum of 30 hours per week and a pay rate of $28.82–$30.13 per hour or $864.60–$903.90 gross per week, depending on location and shift. Eligibility to work in New Zealand is required.

Qualifications

• A team player who can work closely with others.
• Must have three years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment
• Be eligible to work in New Zealand

Responsibilities

• Transporting and stacking racks, frames, pallets and containers throughout cold stores
• Removing frames once empty
• Forklift pre-op and general maintenance
• Operating a strapping machine
• Inspecting export product for quality control to meet customer standards
• Transporting chilled consolidation
• Rotating racks and racking frames of finalised frozen meat product
• Consolidating contracts
• Assisting in loading transport vessels as required

Skills

Team player

3 years manufacturing experience

Eligible to work NZ

Job description

Silver Fern Farms is seeking an experienced Forklift Operator for our cold storage environment at our Pareora plant in Timaru, Canterbury. The role requires working as part of a team and meeting safety and quality standards for frozen meat products.

We offer shifts from early morning to late evening with a minimum of 30 hours per week and a pay rate of $28.82–$30.13 per hour or $864.60–$903.90 gross per week, depending on location and shift. Eligibility to work in New Zealand is required.