Products Supervisor

Position: By-Products Supervisor

South Pacific Meats provides the world with New Zealand’s finest premium beef and lamb products for all to experience and enjoy. We serve over 80 markets globally, supported by an operation which includes twelve processing plants throughout New Zealand.

SPM sources top-quality, sustainable, grass-fed, New Zealand Beef and Lamb products from our network of farmer suppliers. We are 100% New Zealand-owned and operated and a proud member of the Talley’s Group;
New Zealand’s leading exporter of meat, dairy, seafood, and vegetable products.

About the role

Reporting to the Production Manager, you will in charge of supervising three key areas, By Productions Collection, Salt Shed and Raw Rendering. You'll set up the floor, run prestart and pre-op checks, and allocate tasks to your team across the three areas. You'll keep product moving all day, so nothing backs up behind the two chains running at full speed. When the chains stop, you'll manage clean-down, departmental paperwork, ensure there is stock and consumables for the next shift, and ensure the department is ready for any post op engineering / maintenance work.

Key

responsibilities

• Complete floor set-up, process control sheets, pallet checks and pre-op forklift checks.
• Allocate labour across the basements, salt sheds, raw rendering and pre-breaker areas.
• Keep product clear of both chains and coordinate bin, cage and pallet movements.
• Supervise the end-to-end operations of hide processing, grading, skin pressing, strapping, wrapping, labelling and palletising.
• Oversee receipt, segregation and handling of offal, paunch, blood, raw material, and condemned and denatured product.
• Maintain accurate records, traceability, ECERT documentation and daily timesheets.
• Maximise by-product recovery while minimising waste, downgrade and discharge to the effluent system.
• Ensure compliance with MPI, the Animal Products Act, halal and export market requirements, and site HACCP and Quality Manual.
• Lead health and safety, and make sure your team is trained, competent and supervised.
• Completing ECERT documentation requirements
• Coordinate maintenance priorities and safe isolation, cleaning and restart.

Qualifications

• Supervisory or leading hand experience in by-products, rendering, hides and skins, offal, or a similar processing environment.
• A hands-on, can-do leader who communicates clearly and gets the best from a diverse team.
• Practical knowledge of health and safety, chemical handling and environmental risk.
• Strong organisation, time management, record-keeping and computer skills.
• Able to make sound decisions and keep standards high under pressure.
• Flexible to work hours that suit operational and seasonal needs.

Additional information

To ensure a safe workplace, SPM conducts pre-employment medical checks and drug screening. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.