Fresh Veg Packout Specialist

Season's Best; Ashburton; On-site; NZD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Season's Best delivers New Zealand-grown vegetables and potato products with fast processing and consistent specs built for busy kitchens, reliable menus, and steady supply.

This is a hands-on, multi-skilled role working across our vegetable packout operation. You will be trained across multiple stations and may work in different areas of Packout and Processing depending on production requirements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in agriculture, horticulture, food production, manufacturing, processing, packing, production or similar operational environment.
• Good reliability and punctuality.
• Good communication skills.
• Sufficient literacy and numeracy to complete production, safety and quality records.
• Ability to follow instructions, SOPs and quality procedures accurately.
• Willingness to learn and work across multiple production stations.
• Physical capability for manual handling and standing for extended periods.
• Ability to work in a chilled food-production environment.
• Strong commitment to health and safety, food safety and quality.
• Flexibility to work across different production areas and shifts as required.

Responsibilities

• Operate packout equipment and stations (case packers, cartoners, palletisers, metal detectors, check weighers).
• Inspect product and remove defects or foreign matter.
• Pack, stack and handle finished product.
• Assist box making and packaging operations.
• Check labels, date codes and product presentation.
• Complete safety, quality and production checks.
• Monitor rework, waste and rejected product.
• Support packaging and consumables supply to production areas.
• Maintain hygiene, GMP, cleaning and housekeeping standards.
• Complete production, quality and safety records accurately.
• Report equipment faults, downtime, quality concerns, hazards and near misses.
• Work across different packout stations and areas as required.
• Support vegetable processing ops when trained and needed.
• Follow all health and safety, food safety and SOPs.

Skills

Reliability

Punctuality

Communication

Literacy & numeracy

Follow SOPs

Willingness to learn

Multi-station adaptability

Physical stamina

Chilled environment

Safety awareness

Job description

Season's Best delivers New Zealand-grown vegetables and potato products with fast processing and consistent specs built for busy kitchens, reliable menus, and steady supply.

This is a hands-on, multi-skilled role working across our vegetable packout operation. You will be trained across multiple stations and may work in different areas of Packout and Processing depending on production requirements.