Butcher

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Timaru PAK’nSAVE is seeking a full-time butcher, apprentice, or experienced knife-hand for its busy in-store team. The role runs Sunday to Thursday, 40 hours, from 6:00 am to 2:30 pm, onsite. You will prepare cuts to retail specs, label and present products, rotate stock, monitor levels and support ordering, share your knowledge with customers and teammates, and follow all Food Safety and Health & Safety rules while assisting packers and retail staff. The team values a strong work ethic, teamwork, a sense of humor, knife skills, food safety discipline and stock control. Apply online or in-store with a CV and brief cover letter by February 27, 2026. NZ work rights required for overseas applicants.

Join Our Butchery Team at Timaru PAK’nSAVE!

As one of the biggest and busiest retail butcheries in the region, our in-store butchery here at PAK’nSAVE Timaru is proud to play a key role in feeding South Canterbury.  To keep us at the top of our game, we are looking for a butcher, apprentice butcher or experienced knife-hand to join our team. 

We need you to know the ins and outs of what makes a butchery great including:

• Preparing all cuts to retail specifications 
• Ensuring all your hard work is presented well and correctly labelled
• Checking dates and rotating stock
• Monitoring stock levels and supporting our ordering processes
• Sharing your knowledge with our team and customers, providing friendly, professional customer service and help with enquiries
• Following all Food Safety and Health & Safety requirements
• Assisting our packers and retail staff where required

The Wishlist from our butchery team also includes someone with excellent work ethic, a team mentality and a sense of humour. 

This is a full-time role, 40 hours per week Sunday – Thursday, 6:00am – 2:30pm

Interested?  Great! We’d love to hear from you!  You can apply online or in store.  We’re keen to learn a little bit about you so please include your CV and a brief cover letter with your application.

Applications close 27th February 2026.

Overseas applicants must hold New Zealand Citizenship, New Zealand Permanent Residency or a Valid New Zealand Work Permit.