General Hand Hoki 2025

Sealord is one of the largest seafood companies in the Southern Hemisphere.  And with more than 60 years of fishing experience, farming, processing, and marketing operations, our business consistently delivers quality seafood to our customers around the world.

Established in 1961, Nelson Sealord is half owned by the Māori people of New Zealand, through Moana New Zealand (Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd), and half owned by global seafood company Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd (Nissui).  Sealord is one of the largest quota holders in New Zealand with partners and subsidiaries around the world through Nissui’s global links.  Sealord Group has fishing operations, which include all deep-water fishing activities as well as international and joint venture deep fishing activities, in New Zealand and Australia.

Sealord are now recruiting for General Hands for their land-based factory based in Nelson, New Zealand for Hoki season 2025.

The season runs from mid-May until the end of September 2025, and additional work until December 2025 is also expected.

Employment will be full time for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Shifts will be 6.00am to 2.30pm for day shift and 3.00pm to 11.00pm for afternoon shift, Monday to Friday. Additional work may be available on Saturdays. Day and afternoon shifts available.

Tasks / responsibilities include:

• Manufacture product to specification
• Undertake production line cleaning tasks of equipment and work areas as required
• Packing fish into required portions
• Trimming fish fillets

To be considered you will:

• Be 100% committed to Health and Safety

• Be able to work with continuous processing
• Have good time management skills
• Have good hand to eye coordination
• Be able to do heavy lifting of 5-10kg
• Have good knife skills (beneficial not essential)

There are no minimum qualification or work experience requirement and full training will be provided.

You will be paid from $25.51 to $26.00 per hour for all hours worked.

In the interests of health and safety all applicants are required to undertake a pre-employment health assessment and drug test.

If you think this is the role for you, please apply online at www.sealord.com with a CV and cover letter.