Mill Operator

2 weeks ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Farmlands Full time

Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity

As our new Mill Operator you will be:

  • Working on a production line
  • Operating automated machinery
  • Involved in some heavy, manual lifting tasks
The role involves fortnightly rotating roster consisting of 9 hour shifts:

  • Week 1 & 2: 6.00am
  • 3.30pm
  • Week 3 & 4: 2.30pm am

Mōhou ake | About you

You will need:

  • Previous experience working on a production line
  • Mechanical Aptitude
  • Feedmill experience would be ideal but is not essential
  • Ideally possess a forklift licence with "F" and OSH endorsements
  • A willingness to learn and ability to pick up new tasks quickly
  • To be physically fit

Mō ngā painga | About the benefits


In return you'll be joining a hardworking, high performing and well-connected team, passionate about their customers and New Zealand agriculture.

Aside from our great team, the meaningful work and our inclusive culture, you'll also receive:

  • A competitive remuneration package including a company vehicle
  • Health, life and income protection insurances
  • Sick leave from Day 1, annual flu shots, and access to our EAP Service
  • Access to our Centre of Learning with thousands of elearning modules available for you to upskill
  • Exclusive access to the Farmlands Card for you and another nominated person offering a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners
  • Discounted purchasing within our Farmlands retail stores
  • YourShare opportunity to benefit from our employee bonus scheme and share in the coop's success

Te Tono | How to apply

Mō matou | About us
At Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa, our vision is to be the 'go-to for everyone connected to our land'. We're always backing Kiwi's - rain or shine, year in, year out. We work as one - we help each other, we win together. We're rural people supporting our rural communities looking after our land and our people.

From our humble beginnings in 1962, we've become New Zealand's largest farming co-operative.

With an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion and a team of over 1200, you'll find us in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff.

With a strong core retail business, we have a well-established shareholder card network (75,000+ shareholders and 7,000+ card partner locations), with operations dealing in areas from feed production, nutrition and agronomy, to ecommerce, fuel, and distribution.

We came from a generation of greatness with people joining together to do things differently.

It gives us the solid foundation to move on, focus on the future and use our creativity and ingenuity to build Farmlands for the next generation with our minds open.


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