Trainer

Te Tūranga | About the Role

Silver Fern Farms Takapau are on the look for an enthusiastic, people person interested in joining our team as a Trainer . This role is ideal for a person who is passionate about training people to enable them to competently undertake their jobs safely and to meet our regulatory compliance obligations.

Our ideal candidate will be people-focused, an outstanding communicator, and enjoy assisting with various training programmes. You will be involved with onboarding and liaising with departmental Group Leaders and Management to facilitate on-job training.

Hours of work generally fall between 6am to 3.30pm.

Ideally, you will view training as a holistic experience where interaction and communication is equally important as knowing how to do the job.

We have two vacancies for this position; one is dayshift between the hours of 6am and 3.30pm. The other is split shift, hours are between 10am and 8pm. Please specify your preference in your cover letter.

Ōu Pūkenga /About You

We are looking for the following:

• Experience in a training or development capacity
• High-level attention to detail and organisational skills
• The ability to "think on your feet" and make sound operational decisions
• Tech savvy, enjoys working with systems and processes
• A sound knowledge of the processing requirements of a modern meat processing site would be an advantage

This position is critical in ensuring documentation for training is accurate and complete and where possible, the training is aligned to industry unit standards. Silver Fern Farms is working hard to maintain a drug and alcohol-free workplace. Pre-employment drug screening is mandatory.

What We Offer

• Be part of a supportive, and fun team
• Opportunity to work with industry leaders
• Career progression – Plenty of room to development & gain skills
• Discounted meat sales – Help feed your whanau

This opportunity is ideal for someone looking for the challenge of working for a large progressive company that supports career development.

Tono Mai | To Apply

We assess applications as they are received so don’t delay click on "Apply" below to submit your application today. Applications close 24 June 2026.

Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us. You can see more about our commitments to our people and their work by visiting our Belong Here webpage: https://careers.silverfernfarms.com/nz/en/belong-here