Vegetable Packout Operator

Seasons best; Ashburton; On-site; NZD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Season's Best delivers New Zealand-grown vegetables and potato products with fast processing and consistent specs built for busy kitchens, reliable menus, and steady supply.

This is a hands-on, multi-skilled role working across our vegetable packout operation. You will be trained across multiple stations and may work in different areas of Packout and Processing depending on production requirements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in agriculture, horticulture, food production, manufacturing, processing, packing, production or similar operational environment.
• Good reliability and punctuality.
• Good communication skills.
• Sufficient literacy and numeracy to complete production, safety and quality records.
• Ability to follow instructions, SOPs and quality procedures accurately.
• Willingness to learn and work across multiple production stations.
• Physical capability for manual handling and standing for extended periods.
• Ability to work in a chilled food-production environment.
• Strong commitment to health and safety, food safety and quality.
• Flexibility to work across different production areas and shifts as required.

Responsibilities

• Operate packout equipment and stations (case packers, cartoners, palletisers, metal detectors, check weighers).
• Inspect product and remove defects or foreign matter.
• Pack, stack and handle finished product.
• Assist box making and packaging operations.
• Check labels, date codes and product presentation.
• Complete safety, quality and production checks.
• Monitor rework, waste and rejected product.
• Support packaging and consumables supply to production areas.
• Maintain hygiene, GMP, cleaning and housekeeping standards.
• Complete production, quality and safety records accurately.
• Report equipment faults, downtime, quality concerns, hazards and near misses.
• Work across different packout stations and areas as required.
• Support vegetable processing ops when trained and needed.
• Follow all health and safety, food safety and SOPs.

Skills

Reliability

Punctuality

Communication

Literacy & numeracy

Follow SOPs

Willingness to learn

Multi-station adaptability

Physical stamina

Chilled environment

Safety awareness

Job description

Season's Best delivers New Zealand-grown vegetables and potato products with fast processing and consistent specs built for busy kitchens, reliable menus, and steady supply.

This is a hands-on, multi-skilled role working across our vegetable packout operation. You will be trained across multiple stations and may work in different areas of Packout and Processing depending on production requirements.

What you'll be doing

• Operating packout equipment and stations, including case packers, cartoners, palletisers, metal detectors and check weighers
• Inspecting product and removing defects or foreign matter
• Packing, stacking and handling finished product
• Box making and supporting packaging operations
• Checking labels, date codes and product presentation
• Completing food safety, quality and production checks
• Monitoring rework, waste and rejected product
• Supporting the supply of packaging and consumables to production areas
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene, GMP, cleaning and housekeeping
• Completing production, quality and safety records accurately
• Reporting equipment faults, downtime, quality concerns, hazards and near misses
• Working across different packout stations and operational areas as required
• Supporting vegetable processing operations during the season when trained and required
• Following all health and safety, food safety and standard operating procedures.

What we're looking for

• A minimum of 2 years' relevant work experience in agriculture, horticulture, food production, manufacturing, processing, packing, production or a similar operational environment
• Good reliability and punctuality
• Good communication skills
• Sufficient literacy and numeracy to complete production, safety and quality records
• The ability to follow instructions, SOPs and quality procedures accurately
• The ability and willingness to learn and work across multiple production stations
• The physical capability to undertake manual handling and stand for extended periods
• The ability to work in a chilled food-production environment
• A strong commitment to health and safety, food safety and quality
• Flexibility to work across different production areas and shifts as operational requirements change.

Experience in vegetable processing, food manufacturing, packing, inspection, production machinery or similar duties would be an advantage.

Further details

• Permanent, full-time position
• Rotating day and night shifts across our 12-hour, 7-day-a-week operation
• Minimum guaranteed hours: 30 hours per week
• Starting Pay rate: $27.00 per hour
• Flexibility to work rostered shifts is required, particularly during peak seasonal production periods.

About you

You'll be a practical, safety-focused team member who is willing to learn, takes responsibility for your work and can adapt to the changing requirements of a busy food-production environment.

If you have experience working in agriculture, horticulture, manufacturing, processing or production and are looking for a hands-on role where you can develop additional skills, we'd like to hear from you.

Season's Best Limited is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace.

Cost Centre: Production / Supply Chain / QA