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MACHINE OPERATOR FOR DAY SHIFT - COATED FACTORY 

Sealord is the largest seafood companiy 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.

• Excellent opportunity to learn and develop
• Fixed Term position for 3 months
• Opportunity to use your mechanical aptitude

Sealord is a global seafood enterprise with a world-wide fishing, processing and marketing network. Sealord retains its home base in New Zealand and has led the seafood industry in the careful and sustainable management of fish and seafood resources.

A Fixed Term position has become available for a Machine Operator in Coated Products on day shift. The role is Monday – Friday, 6am to 2:30pm however at times you may be required to start earlier some days in the week.

This role requires good mechanical aptitude and the ability to think and plan, managing the requirements and timing of product changes so that processing downtime is minimized. Flexibility for some early starts is expected. To be successful in this role you will need to have capability with working with machinery, ensuring the machines are efficiently and correctly set up for production.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be:

·         100% committed to health and safety

·         Able to work with continuous processing lines

·         Have good hand to eye coordination

·         Physically able to do lifting

·         Punctual, reliable and good time management.

A satisfactory pre-employment drug test and a physical medical assessment will be required to be considered for this role. Applicants must have legal entitlement to live and work in New Zealand.

If you are interested and able to fulfil the requirements, please apply online at www.sealord.com.