Quarry Operator

Ravensdown Limited; Dipton; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Health insurance

5% Superannuation

Job summary

Ravensdown Limited is seeking a Full Time Permanent Quarry Operator for the Dipton Lime Quarry. You will oversee the processing plant and its machinery, ensuring production of high-quality lime. Training and mentoring will be provided to grow your skills, including Safe operation of heavy machinery and onsite automation.

Role may involve shift work with shift allowances. A positive attitude towards safety and teamwork is essential, with opportunities to advance within New Zealand’s respected

Qualifications

• Commitment to following all health and safety requirements.
• Mechanical skills and knowledge of basic repair work.
• Tech-savvy and comfortable with automation technologies onsite.
• Initiative and willingness to get stuck in and learn.
• Valid NZ Full driver’s license required.
• Reasonable physical fitness and ability to lift heavy objects.

Responsibilities

• Operate the processing plant and its machinery safely and efficiently.
• Learn to operate heavy machinery including bulldozers, loaders, excavators, ATD dump trucks and the automated processing plant.
• Participate in training and mentoring to grow skills and experience.
• Support shift work as required and adhere to shift allowances.
• Collaborate with a team to maintain safety and productivity.

Skills

Health and safety compliance

Mechanical skills

Tech savvy

Initiative and willingness to learn

NZ Full driver's license

Physical fitness

Tools

Front-end loader operation

Quarrying or mining experience

Class 2, W and T endorsements

Mobile/ fixed processing plant experience

Job description

We're looking for aFull Time Permanent Quarry Operatorto join our crew at theDipton Lime Quarry. You'll look after the effective, efficient operation of the processing plant and its machinery, ensuring production of high-quality lime.

You will get to learn how to safely run all our heavy machinery including bulldozers, loaders, excavators, ATD dump trucks, as well as our highly automated processing plant. You will receive training and mentoring from experienced operators to grow your skills and experience.

We are a busy quarry so there may be periods of shift work involved throughout the year and will be paid shift allowances for this work.

About You

If you already have quarry experience, then that's a definite bonus. But for the right person with a positive attitude towards safety and being part of a team, we're willing to invest the time and training to get you up to speed to use our plant equipment safely and effectively. You will need to be comfortable with technology and embrace the automation technology onsite.

If you are looking for a chance to work your way up the ladder with one of New Zealand's most respected employers, then talk to us today.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• A commitment to following all health and safety requirements
• Mechanical skills and knowledge of basic repair work
• Tech Savvy
• Initiative and willingness to get stuck in and learn
• A valid NZ Full driver's license
• Reasonable physical fitness and able to lift heavy objects

Ideal but not essential:

• Experience operating front-end loaders and the relevant licences (Class 2, W and T endorsements desirable)
• Mobile plant or fixed processing plant experience is beneficial
• Quarrying or Mining experience
• An affiliation with the agriculture industry

For all that you'll bring to the role you can expect plenty ofexcellentstaff benefits:

• Investment in training and development
• Health insurance, life and income protection insurance.
• 5% Superannuation

About the Company

Ravensdown as a co-operative is all about essential farm inputs, and smart people using smart tools with the latest science in mind and our shareholders’ interests at heart.

We are an integral part of the food creation process. We are the only co-operative that tests for, advises about, buys, ships, stores, spreads, measures and maps food creating nutrients and fertiliser in a truly integrated way.

Using technology, science, and smart people, we work in partnership with our farmers to provide the nutrients and agronomic solutions they need, together with innovative environmental products and services.

Through this, we are committed to Smarter farming for a better New Zealand, Ka pūkekotia a Rongomātāne, ka poho kererū a Aotearoa

Ravensdown is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug test.