Hotshot Precast Worker / Concrete Labourer

JobSpace; Upper Hutt; On-site; NZD 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora New Zealand is seeking a hands-on precast concrete worker to support day-to-day operations in a busy precast facility. You will engage in cutting, bending, tying reinforcing reo, pouring concrete and stripping molds to produce high-quality precast products.

The role emphasizes quality control, teamwork and a Kaizen mindset. Applicants should be NZ residents or have a valid NZ work visa; full-time, on-site schedule with day shifts.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on precast work including cutting, bending, tying reo and pouring concrete.
• Stripping and preparing molds for casting.

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

We’re looking for someone who is insanely resourceful and skilled when it comes to helping the day to day operations of a precast concrete factory.

Fast-paced, progressive business requires your help.

Our team is looking for someone to help tackle the fun challenges that come with making and producing Precast concrete products from beginning to end. Cutting, bending, tying reo to pouring concrete to pulling concrete products out of molds.

Ranging from..

• Hands on precast work
• Cutting, Bending, Tying Reo
• Stripping and preparing molds
• Pouring and finishing concrete
• Quality Control
• Various other tasks

Working with us is definitely not for everyone. We're on a mission to manufacture quality products for building New Zealand's infrastructure. To help build more homes for kiwis, to create better roads and railways. And for building beautiful things to help make the world a better place. This is no small feat, and will only be possible with the right kind of team members.

And we're not just looking for skills and experience. Having shared values is just as important.

Here are ours:

• Progress over perfection: Taking regular imperfect action towards your intended goals
• Be happy: Everything begins with gratitude. As Jon Kabat Zinn says - "if you're breathing, there's more right with you than wrong". We believe that happiness precedes results.
• Say Yes: Courage precedes growth - which requires an attitude of sometimes taking on tasks that scare us and are new. This is where growth and fulfillment comes.
• Be wrong: Problems will NEVER EVER go away. New solutions even lead to new problems. But unless we can first see and admit that there's a problem, we can't even begin to solve it.
• Hungry to learn and grow: Staying still is just as bad as moving backwards. Staying curious and always seeking to learn and grow is the surest way to creating a big future.
• Discover over create: Why spend countless hours solving something that's already been solved?
• Manage systems over people: If there's a problem - first look at the system before blaming others. How could we fix the issue at the root by modifying or improving our systems?
• We serve: Why does a business exist in the first place? Customers give us money in exchange for us giving them a result - at the very heart of this is our ability to serve.
• KISS: "Simplicity is the ultimate in sophistication" - Leonardo da Vinci
• Team first: There's no "I" in team. And without a strong team, we'll never be able to compete at the highest level.
• Do it anyways: There will always be some amount of doing things that we'd rather not. Hard work is required in order to achieve great things.
• Kaizen mindset: We share a commitment towards continuous small improvements so that we can make our tomorrows better than our todays.

Who this is NOT for:

• You don't like solving problems
• Growth and learning aren't a top priority for you
• You don't consider yourself to be resourceful
• You don't enjoy working with others

Think you're a fit?

We need someone who is:

• Resourceful and can read between the lines and figure s#$t out in a pinch
• LOVES improving systems and making things better
• Has solid experience working in the industry
• Has a borderline obsessive knack for quality and doing a good job

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

$27 – $30.00 per hour

Schedule:

7am - 4pm. Currently working winter hours 7:30am-4pm.

Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• What makes you the ideal candidate for this role?
• Describe your relevant experience
• Describe your interest in the job

Experience:

• Precast Concrete: 2 years (Preferred but not essential, training can be provided for the right candidate)
• Welding: 1 year (Preferred but not essential, training can be provided for the right candidate)
• Cutting, Bending, Tying Reinforcing: 2 years (Preferred but not essential, training can be provided for the right candidate)
• Concrete Placing: 2 years (Preferred but not essential, training can be provided for the right candidate)
• Forklift Operating: 1 years (Preferred but not essential, training can be provided for the right candidate)

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.