SEASONAL PACKHOUSE OPERATORS

LeaderBrand Produce Limited; Gisborne, Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

LeaderBrand Produce Limited is seeking a Seasonal Packhouse Operator in Gisborne to help meet daily production targets for squash and melon season. You will work with a dedicated team to grade, pack, and prepare produce for export and local markets, while maintaining cleanliness and food safety standards.

The role emphasizes accuracy, reliability, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment. Legally entitlement to work in New Zealand and pre-employment drug testing are noted requirements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in food manufacturing or warehousing with health and safety awareness.
• Familiarity with food safety and quality requirements in manufacturing settings.
• Strong written and verbal communication to coordinate with team members.
• Accurate, reliable and organised work approach in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring a clean and organised workspace.
• Carefully grading and packing fresh produce.
• Maintaining food safety protocols.
• Keeping accurate records.
• Building bins.

Skills

Food manufacturing

Warehousing

Communication

Health and safety

Quality awareness

Organisational skills

Multitasking

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Job description

Join our Seasonal Team as a Packhouse Operator, where you’ll help us meet production targets, handle fresh squash with care, and ensure top quality for export and local markets in a fast-paced environment!

In this role, you’ll work alongside a dedicated team to achieve daily production targets for our squash and melon season.

As a valued team member, you’ll take on a range of important responsibilities, including:

Ensuring a clean and organised workspace

Carefully grading and packing fresh produce

Maintaining food safety protocols

Keeping accurate records

Building bins

If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and contribute to a productive season, we’d love to have you join us!

About You

We’re looking for someone with hands-on experience in food manufacturing or warehousing who understands the importance of health and safety standards. Ideally, you’re familiar with food safety and quality requirements within a manufacturing setting and can uphold these consistently.

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential as you’ll be interacting with various team members to ensure smooth operations. Your approach to work is accurate, reliable, and organised, and you’re comfortable managing tasks in a fast-paced environment, always aiming for a high standard of quality.

Desired Experience and Skills:

Physically fit to meet the demands of the role

Experience in food manufacturing or warehousing

Familiarity with food safety and quality requirements

Strong health and safety awareness

Good communication skills, both written and verbal

Accurate, reliable, and detail-oriented

Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise workload

Ability to multitask and work well in a fast-paced environment

Works well independently and in a team

Please note for applications to be considered you must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand and pre-employment drug test will be required for all successful applicants.

About LeaderBrand

At LeaderBrand, we’re passionate about evolving fresh food for a healthier world. As a proud family-owned business, our goal is to be New Zealand’s most innovative and consistent fresh food producer. We farm across three key growing regions, process and pack in state-of-the-art post-harvest facilities, and are supported by a nationwide sales team delivering fresh produce to every corner of Aotearoa. Our 400+ people are central to our success. We’re always on the lookout for new talent with energy, passion, and a drive to learn – people excited to help shape the future of fresh food.

Gisborne is the heart of our business and the place where LeaderBrand was founded more than 50 years ago. Over that time, LeaderBrand has become integral to the story of our community, with the next generations of those who started with us returning to shape the future alongside us. We also have farms in Pukekohe and Chertsey.

We have a strong vision for the future of our business, our people, and our industry. We’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our continuous improvement mindset grounds us as one of New Zambia’s leading horticultural businesses. We seek, harness, and develop the best people, technology, land, and machinery to shape the future of food.