Team Leaders

Multiple Kiwifruit Orchard Team Leaders wanted to join our growing teams in Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Whanganui.

These are full-time, permanent positions guaranteeing at least 30 hours of work per week, but you will usually work between 40 to 50 hours per week. The pay rate is $29.66 per hour.

These are leadership positions, leading your own team and ensuring quality standards, performance standards and health & safety standards are maintained.

Responsibilities:

· Daily leading and training a team of orchard workers from various cultural backgrounds.

· Keeping accurate timesheet records for all workers assigned to the team, and prepare weekly timesheet report for the orchard supervisor.

· Monitoring production and ensuring the quality of work is to the highest standard that team timings and targets are met.

· Notify senior management of any quality issues identified, including issues from pests and disease, produce maintenance and handling etc.

· Ensuring all staff production targets for contract work are met and managed.

· Train staff on orchard tasks and grower expectations.

· Accurately and timely communicate with your team, supervisors, growers and the management team.

· Ensuring company health & safety policies and procedures are followed at all times.

· Maintain a positive and inclusive team, resolving issues to achieve a positive outcome directing issues through the correct pathway to be dealt with in a timely matter.

· Be able to complete all aspects of vine maintenance work including thinning, pruning, picking/harvest, stringing etc., and provide effective training to the team to ensure they perform this correctly.

· Following all hygiene and PSA protocols and ensure that the required standards are observed and followed by the team.

Requirements:

· Tertiary qualification (level 4 or higher), ideally in horticulture, but will also consider qualifications in management/business/administration and leadership, or

· At least 3 years’ experience in the kiwifruit industry, with excellent knowledge of kiwifruit vine husbandry (knowledge will be extensively tested at interview)

· Intricate knowledge of all quality standards. Including but not limited to all classes of fruit defects. (Knowledge will be extensively tested at interview)

· Knowledge of flower and fruitlet loading to maximize crop. (Knowledge will be extensively tested at interview)

· Ability to communicate effectively to a multi-cultural team, growers and other supervisors/management.

· Willing and able to work long hours/days (7 day a week operation with rostered days off).

· Strong work ethic, reliable and a positive attitude.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $29.66 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 30 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Application Question(s):

• Are you prepared to be police vetted?
• Are you prepared to undergo pre-employment drug testing?

Location:

• Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui (Required)

Application Deadline: 06/01/2025