Team Leaders

2 weeks ago


Te Puke, New Zealand Vardaan Enterprises Limited Full time

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.

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**:

- Te Puke (required)

Application Deadline: 06/01/2025


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