Optical Retail Associate — Part-Time, Flexible Hours

Essilorluxottica; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent role

Saturdays off

Job summary

Service Foods in Christchurch is hiring for its busy Produce Processing day team in Woolston. You'll join a dynamic group that prepares, processes, and packs fresh vegetables and fruits to customer orders.

We offer a permanent, full-time role with Sunday to Monday shifts (Saturdays off). Hours roughly 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, immediate start once cleared.

Qualifications

• Experience in fresh produce or warehousing/processing.
• Ability to work in a cold environment.
• Physically fit with ability to perform heavy lifting.
• Flexible with hours and reliable team member.

Responsibilities

• Clean, wash, and process fresh produce.
• Grade, cut, dice, and peel vegetables & fruits.
• Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients.
• Monitor product quality before packaging.
• Operate machines to peel, core, slice, and dice.
• Frequent use of processing machinery.
• Vacuum package and label packed produce.
• Clean equipment, pumps, hoses, and storage areas.
• Follow food safety and H&S protocols.

Skills

Produce industry experience

Knife handling

Physically fit

Team player

Literacy & numeracy

Job description

We are looking for team members to join our busy Produce Processing day team in Woolston, Christchurch. You will be part of a dynamic group that prepare, process, and pack fresh vegetables and fruits according to customer orders.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning, washing, and processing fresh produce
• Grading, cutting, dicing, and peeling vegetables & fruits
• Weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients
• Monitoring product quality before packaging by closely inspecting
• Operating machines to peel, core, slice, and dice fruits and vegetables
• Frequent use of processing machinery
• Vacuum packaging and labelling packed prepared produce
• Clean equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels, and work area
• Strictly adhere to food safety standards and observe H&S protocols

What’s in it for you

• Permanent, Full-time role.
• Working days: Sunday to Monday (Saturdays off)
• Working hours between 8.00 am to 4.30 pm (approx.)
• Immediate start.

What you need

Our ideal candidates will be someone with relevant experience in the Fresh Produce industry or warehousing/processing roles. You must be able to work in a cold environment. You would be physically fit and strong as some heavy lifting is involved. Good knife-handling skills are beneficial.

• Have intermediate literacy and numeracy skills
• Have basic knowledge of food ingredients
• Be hardworking and reliable and must possess good work ethics
• Be flexible with hours and an excellent team player
• Have reliable transport and must be able to commit to full-time hours

About us

Service Foods is one of New Zealand's largest privately family owned and operated food service distribution businesses. With items imported from over 20 countries as well as our locally produced offerings, we have close to 14,000 products for you to discover.

We employ around 800 team members, operate over 220 trucks, and have 15 strategically placed branches across New Zealand. Learn more about us at

Eligibility

Applicants must have NZ citizenship, residency, or a valid work visa. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via phone, text, or email.

Pre-employment Checks

To ensure a safe and compliant work environment, successful candidates will be required to complete satisfactory pre-employment checks. These will include satisfactory employment references, government agency verifications (Ministry of Justice and ACC) as well as alcohol and drug testing conducted by an accredited provider for workplace substance testing in New Zealand.