Production Assistant
Pako International New Plymouth, Taranaki
Job Description
Production Assistants / Small Goods team members required at manufacturing and distribution plant in New Plymouth
2:00pm-10:30pm Monday - Friday
You will primarily be responsible for turning out quality burgers, meatballs, sausages and mince, while lending a hand to keep our production running smoothly, which includes:
Working on our production lines, including tray sealing and labelling
Assisting with operational tasks including making boxes and cleaning your work station and production room
Allocating batch numbers and best before dates to packed products
Completing relevant food safety and health and safety forms in accordance with established on-site systems
Our ideal person will be experienced working in a fast paced and high-pressure work environment, along with:
· Having experience working with fresh food (not essential)
· Have reliable transport
· An eye for detail and a quality focus
· Strong written and numerical skills
· The ability to work in a temperature regulated environment
· Be physically fit and able to manually handle equipment and products
· Excellent time management and organisational skills
· Have the ability to build rapport with your co-workers and have a bit of fun!
Accommodation available if necessary.
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Pako International
Member since: August 2025
This employer uses a pakoint.co.nz email account.
Description:
Pako New Zealand was originally set up in New Zealand in 2022 to bring Migrant Workers from Vietnam and Cambodia predominately into the Abattoir & Meat Industry on 3-year Accredited Employer Work Visa’s. This has proved very successful, so much so that we are now expanding the industries to which we can supply and the avenues from which we source the trained, motivated people that ambitious New Zealand businesses are demanding.
We are now placing migrants in the Heathcare, Aged Care, Engineering, IT and Food Production sectors and have established recruitment partnerships in Sri Lanka and South Africa.
PAKO New Zealand is an Accredited Employer Work Visa specialist and, Relocation Service in New Zealand. We have a soft-landing approach to pastoral care and endeavour to treat our Migrant Workers like family. This philosophy has led us to have 600 Migrant Workers in country as well as finding worker for over 100 people on Working Holiday Visas.
Industry:
Recruitment