Senior Supervisor - Secondary Butchery

Te Tūranga /About the Role

This Senior Supervisor role, titled internally as Group Leader is a frontline production leadership role and is responsible for whole shift delivery in the Secondary Butchery (Boning/cutting room) department at our Finegand site. Critical to the effective operation of the entire department, the Group Leader provides direction to their Team Leaders as well as oversight across daily operations, health and safety, quality, and compliance. 

This role is on evening shift so successful candidates will need to be available from 3pm – midnight, Monday to Friday with some Saturday overtime. 

Te Mahi/Key Responsibilities

• Providing direction to the department to achieve daily production targets whilst developing a positive team culture
• Review daily production performance and investigate with department leaders when required
• Understand food safety and quality requirements, and how these apply to your team
• Build an uncompromising safety culture 
• Champion continuous improvement and encourage team members to find new ideas to improve work practices

Ōu Pūkenga/About You

The successful candidate will be experienced as a leader within the food manufacturing industry and ideally have specific skills around training and developing team members. They will demonstrate experience with developing and driving team culture through leading by example and have a solid understanding of standard production processes and principles. 

• Minimum of two years’ experience in a hands-on production leadership role, ideally within the food manufacturing or FMCG industry
• Proven background in training, coaching and mentoring team members to increase the skill level in all areas of your department 
• Successful experience with influencing others and proactively driving a strong culture that aligns with the Silver Fern Farms values – Unstoppable Together, Improving Tomorrow and Always Caring
• Knowledge of employee relations principles and confident with assisting your Team Leaders with workforce management
• Excellent knowledge of regulatory and hygiene compliance requirements and issues
• Competent to an intermediate/high level in Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook

Te Ahurea /Why work at Silver Fern Farms? 

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment. 

For you, we offer heavily discounted staff meat sales through our on site Butcher's Block, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required),and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling.  There’s the added bonus of free on-site parking and a SFF branded clothing allowance also.

Tono Mai /To Apply: 

Click on ‘Apply’ to submit your application.  Applications will be assessed in the New Year and will close on 18 January 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