Nutritional Junior Operator

Westland Milk Products enjoys an international reputation and embodies the West Coast spirit in all that it does. It's taken some good old-fashioned hard work to get where we are, and our committed team are a huge part of our ongoing success. We process over 700 million litres of milk a year and produce a wide range of dairy ingredients and products.
We're looking for a Junior Operator to join our Nutritional plant in Hokitika to learn and develop a range of plant and equipment operating skills and to provide support and assistance to Plant Operators and other department staff in our Nutritional plant. We'll teach you a number of processes including bar-coding, product sampling, quality control points, and hygiene standards to ensure you will be well-equipped to perform in the role. It's a great opportunity to join our committed team, and to learn and develop skills, knowledge and experience in dairy processing and manufacturing with great career satisfaction and development prospects.
Key attributes we are looking for include:
excellent people skills and the ability to be able to work within a team and be a proactive/ constructive team member loyalty, dedication, trustworthiness and commitment strong attention to detail, excellent time management skills and a focus on quality a passion for multi-tasking and the ability to thrive in a day filled with change adherence to health and safety, hygiene, quality and compliance regulations at all times excellent verbal and written communication skills and good computer skills good problem-solving skills and the ability to use your initiative the ability and desire to learn new things and a commitment to up-skilling and career development  If you're a self-motivated, energetic and enthusiastic team player, willing to be personally accountable and keen to develop yourself in a fast-paced learning environment, then we're keen to see your application. Applicants will need to be prepared to work shifts on a 4 on-4 off roster (2 day shifts, 2 night shifts, 4 days off). Please see the accompanying position description (available on our Westland Careers page for further information.