Farming Team Leader

Inghams Chickens; Matamata; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call remuneration included

Job summary

Inghams Chickens in Matamata is seeking a Farming Team Leader to guide daily site operations, from feedouts to coaching your team in a dynamic farming environment.

You will lead and develop staff while ensuring WHS, quality, biosecurity, and animal welfare guidelines are followed; you will also handle cleaning duties and ensure a safe workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in farming or livestock handling preferred.
• Knowledge of animal welfare standards.
• Knowledge of chemical handling and basic maintenance.
• Strong time management and attention to detail.
• Computer literacy in MS Word and Excel.
• Proactive, reliable, and hardworking attitude.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Flexibility to work rostered weekends and meet on-call requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily site operations including feed outs and livestock care.
• Coach, train and develop the wider team.
• Ensure compliance with WHS, Quality, Biosecurity, and Animal Welfare guidelines.
• Process and inspect livestock safely and to quality specifications.
• Identify and escalate Animal Welfare, Food Safety, and Quality issues.
• Ensure humane treatment of livestock at all times.
• Complete cleaning duties and maintain a tidy, safe workspace.
• Store and maintain materials, equipment, and tools.
• Uphold company policies, environmental standards and legal requirements.

Skills

Farming experience

Animal welfare knowledge

Chemical handling

Time management

MS Word & Excel

Proactive attitude

Autonomy & teamwork

Weekend/on-call flexibility

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Job description

We’ve been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we’ve been crafting for over 100 years.

A large part of our strong growth and success is because we’re always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together.

Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand’s first choice for poultry.

Job Description

Farming Team Leader - Matamata

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Farming Team Leader to join our Matamata team. This is a hands-on leadership role where no two days are the same — you’ll be leading daily site operations from feed outs through to coaching and developing your team in a dynamic farming environment.

About the Role

This is a permanent, full-time position Tuesday to Saturday 7:00 am-3:30 pm. The role also includes an on-call component of 2 nights per week. This is a genuine requirement of the role, so please consider this before applying.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing daily site operations including feed outs and livestock care
• Coaching, training, and developing your wider team
• Ensuring compliance with WHS, Quality, Biosecurity, and Animal Welfare guidelines
• Processing and inspecting livestock safely and to quality specifications
• Identifying and escalating Animal Welfare, Food Safety, and Quality issues
• Ensuring livestock is treated humanely at all times
• Completing cleaning duties and maintaining a tidy, safe workspace
• Storing and maintaining materials, equipment, and tools
• Upholding all company policies, environmental standards, and legal requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Previous farming or livestock handling experience (preferred)
• Knowledge of animal welfare standards
• Knowledge of chemical handling and basic maintenance
• Strong time management and attention to detail
• Computer literacy -MS Word and Excel
• A proactive, reliable, and hardworking attitude
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Flexibility to work rostered weekends and meet the on-call requirements of the role

Why Join Inghams?

• Lead and develop a team in a hands-on farming environment
• Permanent role with stable hours at a well-established New Zealand organisation
• Be part of a company that takes animal welfare and team wellbeing seriously
• On-call loading included in remuneration

Inghams values diverse experiences.