Compost Apprentice

**2 year development opportunity with rotations in relevant work areas**:

- **Work alongside specialists to develop leadership and technical expertise**:

- **Permanent, full-time salaried position based in Dunsandel**

Looking for a unique and exciting opportunity to develop and grow your expertise and leadership skills with an industry leader? Does compost production, primary industry, operating and working around heavy machinery excite you? This position can help you achieve your goals.

Here at Meadow Mushrooms, we believe that our success depends on our people. We are committed to providing the best foundations to nurture individual talents through leadership, knowledge, and meaningful experiences. To support this, we have created a position that aims to grow the leadership potential of an individual through training, mentoring, and exposure to diverse operations across the business.

**The Opportunity**

This is your opportunity to join a high-performing, passionate, and knowledgeable team. Your willingness to learn, and desire to succeed and work together with other team members, will help you stand out in this role.
- Permanent, full-time salaried position
- Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, occasional weekend work
- 7am start
- Dunsandel based location

**About Us**

Since beginning in 1970, Meadow Mushrooms continue to be a market leader for New Zealand’s fresh mushroom industry. With a community of close to 500 people from within the Canterbury region we supply 9 million mushrooms weekly nationwide. As a market leader with a strong reputation for excellence and sustainability you will notice a difference. Be part of our business that offers innovation along with a talented and diverse community to deliver quality fresh mushrooms to major retailers across NZ.

**The Role**:
This role is designed for someone who has experience working in an agricultural or manufacturing field and is looking for long term career development, leadership, and a desire to achieve technical competence in the compost industry.

**About You**

To be successful you will have a desire for learning, continuous improvement, team success and collaboration. You will be physically capable, practical, and willing to work outdoors. You will possess high attention to detail and have a solution focused mindset.
- Short listed applicants will be required to undertake a pre-employment health assessment and drug test. _

This is a great opportunity to learn and work in a precise and dynamic environment and be part of a company that champions the success of its people.

Join a team who are:

- _Creators_ who lead the way
- _Specialists_ that bring our best every day
- _A Community _that's in it together

**How to apply**:
To discuss this opportunity further, please contact **Emily Byers
- Recruitment Advisor - 0275976939**

To find out more about working at Meadow Mushrooms or to view other opportunities please visit careers.meadowmushrooms.co.nz

**Applications close Friday 21**st** June 2024.