Forklift Operator

JobSpace; Timaru; 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. You will work with a team across shifts, maintaining safety and quality standards in a demanding cold storage setting.

The role requires three years of relevant manufacturing experience, eligibility to work in New Zealand, and pre-employment drug screening. Typical duties include forklift pre-op, pallet transport, frame handling, and coordination of loading

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

• Duties and tasks including but not limited to the following
• 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

Job description

We are seeking an experienced forklift operator for our cold storage environment at our Pareora plant in Timaru, Canterbury.

Job requirements:

• 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

Working arrangements:

• Earn a minimum of $864.60 to $903.90 gross per week.
• Minimum 30 hours per week
• Shift times vary from 5.50am to 3.30pm and 2.50pm to 12.00am depending on site location
• We pay a minimum of $28.82 hourly and maximum of $30.13 hourly

Job Duties:

Duties and tasks including but not limited to the following

• 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

Silver Fern Farms is working hard to maintain a drug and alcohol-free workplace. Pre-employment drug screening is mandatory.

You will need to have the correct eligibility to work in New Zealand.