Extraction Supervisor

Leadership

Support recruitment for required roles in partnership with the manager and HR Business Partner.

Assist with candidate screening and recommend suitable applicants for interview.

Lead interviews and support candidate selection.

Coordinate new employee inductions and provide required onboarding materials.

Identify and coordinate staff training needs.

Lead the team to achieve outcomes while fostering a positive performance culture.

Extraction of honey

Manage honey extraction operations and identify opportunities to improve throughput and extraction times.

Check and record incoming honey box paperwork, ensuring correct batching and storage.

Coordinate pallet decontamination and hot room loading.

Maintain batch integrity throughout the extraction process, from receipt to full drum storage.

Lead and motivate the team to meet daily production targets.

Check and record honey batch data and E-Cert documentation accurately.

Maintain extraction room records, filing systems and drum traceability documentation.

Monitor and control factors that may impact honey quality.

Sample batches during extraction and complete all required paperwork accurately.

Maintain a clean, tidy and organised extraction facility.

Procurement

Develop relationships with suppliers to ensure high-quality service and supply.

Monitor the levels of consumables and reorder as required

Ensure pricing and approval is requested where appropriate.

Inwards Goods

Identify bulk products (drums and boxes) as it arrives

Check associated paperwork is received and correct

Work with the Yard Manager to ensure boxes are organised with the correct paperwork.

Dispatch

Communicate and work effectively to return extracted boxes to the regions

Communicate and work effectively to send honey drums to Te Awamutu warehouse.

Accurately record the required dispatch details

Maintain Extraction equipment

Ensure the extraction equipment is operated properly and safely within recommended operating requirements

Ensure the plant is maintained and operated to the correct standards. Ensure there is a maintenance schedule in place that is adhered to at all times.

Effectively meet all extraction schedules

Ensure a full maintenance programme is in place and adhered to at all times

Ensure that any problems are reported where required in a timely manner

Minimise downtime of machinery through the peak season through proactive management

Audits

Asist with internal and external audits

Update audit plans and related documents as required

Ensure preseason check are completed and SOPs are updated as required.

Non-Seasonal

Cleaning of honey drums and other apiculture assets.

Perform a thorough post-season deep cleaning of the facility, ensuring all equipment and areas meet the highest cleanliness standards.