Glasshouse Team Member

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Southern Fresh Group is seeking a full-time Glasshouse Team Member in Tamahere, Waikato, to support harvesting salad greens and herbs, crop maintenance, planting, and glasshouse upkeep, with potential to progress to a 2IC or team support role. The role emphasizes food safety, timely transport to the factory, documentation, and learning day-to-day glasshouse operations. The right candidate will be reliable, punctual, a strong team player, physically fit for warm humid environments, able to follow instructions, safety minded, detail oriented, and eager to develop leadership. Starting rate $25.50 per hour with on-the-job training and growth opportunities; NZ working rights are required. To apply, show reliability, a positive attitude, and a clear willingness to learn and progress, and tailor your CV to highlight harvesting or planting experience and teamwork.

About the Company

Southern Fresh is a leading provider of specialty produce including salads, herbs, and baby vegetables. Owned by the Dunn family, Southern Fresh is an exciting and rewarding business to work for, with every day bringing new challenges and possibilities. Everything we grow is handled with skill and care so that our customers receive 100% quality every time – quality grown within.

Our produce is in high demand, and we are constantly growing, exploring new markets, and launching new products. We value reliability, professionalism, and a strong safety culture.

About the role

This is a hands-on role supporting our glasshouse operations, with a main focus on harvesting salad greens and herbs to meet production demand, food safety requirements, and quality standards. The role also supports crop maintenance, planting activities, and general glasshouse upkeep.

We are ideally looking for someone who not only enjoys hands-on work, but also has the right attitude, reliability, and leadership potential to grow with the team and step into a 2IC / team support role over time.

As a Glasshouse Team Member, you will be involved in:

• Harvesting crops according to production schedules and quality specifications
• Following food safety and hygiene procedures during harvesting
• Transporting harvested crops to the factory in a timely manner
• Assisting with daily crop monitoring for pests, disease, or other issues
• Keeping the glasshouse, equipment, pathways, and work areas clean and tidy
• Supporting planting activities, including planting seedlings into gullies
• Completing basic harvesting and crop maintenance documentation
• Reporting any crop, equipment, health and safety, or quality concerns
• Learning the day-to-day running of the glasshouse area, with the opportunity to take on more responsibility over time

About you

We are looking for someone who is:

• Reliable, punctual, and consistent
• A strong team player with a positive attitude
• Physically fit and comfortable working in a glasshouse environment, including warm and humid conditions
• Able to follow instructions and work to required standards
• Detail-focused, safety conscious, and willing to learn
• Confident communicating with others and helping keep the team on track
• Interested in developing leadership skills and stepping up when needed
• Experienced in crop harvesting, planting, food production, or team support would be an advantage, but is not essential

What we offer

• Starting rate: $25.50 per hour
• A hands-on role in a growing food production business
• Supportive team environment
• On-the-job training
• Opportunity to learn about indoor cropping, harvesting, planting, and glasshouse systems
• Potential to grow into a 2IC / team support role over time

How to apply

If you are reliable, hardworking, and interested in growing with our glasshouse team, we would like to hear from you.

Please note, only candidates with current New Zealand working rights will be considered for this role.