Site Manager

GrainCorp; Timaru; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work and flexible leave options

Health & wellbeing support

Family Inclusive Workplace

Job summary

GrainCorp Animal Nutrition seeks a Site Manager for our Timaru site. You will lead and manage the team and store, ensure safety, and oversee operations to meet production schedules and quality standards.

The role requires operational supervisory experience in bulk handling/logistics, strong communication, and a hands-on approach to safety and efficiency, with occasional weekends and flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Operational and front-line supervisory experience in feeds or bulk handling/logistics.
• Deep commitment to customer, quality and safety.
• Comfortable with change, pressure and autonomy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the site runs safely.
• Overseeing capital expenditure projects.
• Managing stock inwards & outwards and relevant documentation.
• Rostering staff.
• Overseeing repairs and maintenance programmes.
• Actioning toolbox talks.
• Ensuring production schedules are met.
• Inventory management.
• Ensure site policies and procedures are followed.
• Liaise with transporters.

Skills

Team leadership

Stock management

Health & safety

Communication skills

Adaptability

Loader driving

Rostering staff

Problem solving

Job description

About our team

GrainCorp Animal Nutrition is a national animal feed business, dealing directly with corporate and farming customers across New Zealand. Offering a comprehensive range of high-quality dry and liquid dairy supplementary feeds suitable for a variety of feeding systems. GrainCorp Animal Nutrition has a solution for every customer, with a focus on helping improve on-farm production, reproduction, performance, and profitability.

GrainCorp Animal Nutrition utilise specialised tools to analyse diets and production limitations to identify individual farm opportunities to help achieve customer goals. We are local at heart with the backing of GrainCorp, one of Australasia's largest agribusinesses.

About the role

Reporting to the Operations Manager - New Zealand, we are seeking a Site Manager for our Timaru site in a permanent role. This role will see you join an established, industry leader in animal feeds. You will lead and manage the team and Store. Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the site runs safely
• Overseeing capital expenditure projects
• Managing stock inwards & outwards and relevant documentation
• Rostering staff
• Overseeing repairs and maintenance programmes
• Actioning tool box talks
• Ensuring production schedules are met
• Inventory management
• Ensure site policies and procedures are followed
• Liaise with transporters

About the person

Our ideal candidate has both operational and front-line supervisory experience in the feeds industry or in a similar bulk handling / warehousing / logistics operation. A deep commitment for customer, quality and safety is essential.

We’re also seeking the following attributes:

• Comfortable with change, pressure, autonomy
• Confident, articulate and collaborative written and oral communication skills / style
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies, systems and software
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems and solutions-focused
• Heavy wheels endorsement and experience with loader driving
• 8 hr days. Reasonable additional hours and occasional weekends

What we offer

• Hybrid work and flexible leave options
• Health & wellbeing support including birthday leave
• We’re proud to be a Family Inclusive Workplace accredited employer, supporting balance, care and flexibility in every career