Field operation manager - Whakatane

We are looking for a Field Operations Manager for meeting daily operations of our business in Bay of Plenty area. Successful candidate should be capable to keep up with a physically demanding role and ability to work rostered as per the work demand between Monday to Sunday between 8am to 6pm, minimum of 30 hours to maximum 45 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities and tasks include:

• Responsible for handling of all the field operations.

• Providing strong leadership, mentoring and support to a large and diverse team.
• Manage and train orchard staff/supervisor’s, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
• Focus on customer satisfaction through delivering effective management skills.
• Maintain client contracts and ability to negotiate before all client contracts to be finalized.
• Oversee the daily operations of the orchards, ensuring optimal growth
• Monitoring performance metrics, identifying efficiency improvements, and implementing solutions

• Oversight of compliance and Health and Safety.
• Take growers/business clients feedback and maintain a feedback register and ensure to improve quality of work and quality of fruit.
• Handle employees’ complaints in an ethical manner.
• Ensure compliance of health and safety regulations.

Job Requirement:

• To be successful you must have at least 2 years of relevant work experience or at least level 5 diploma qualification or higher in management
• Should have confidence and skills to encourages other team members to achieve results.
• Clean character background
• Ready to work in extreme weather conditions to reach the targets on time.
• Can pass pre-employment drug and alcohol test

Salary can be negotiated as per your proven experience level; it will range from $28 to $34 per hour.

If you are interested in the above role and can handle peak hour pressure with full energy, positive attitude then this is the right opportunity for you.