Role Type: Permanent full-time
Location: Kokiri (20 minutes out of Greymouth)
Salary Range: VTS Range 6: $113,838 to $142,297 per annum. Starting salary will be dependent on skills and experience of the successful applicant.
In addition to salary, we offer overtime, penal time, and shift allowances.
Koreromo te turanga - About the Role If you are a veterinary verifier looking for the next step in your career, we have an opportunity available for a Supervising Veterinarian (VTS1) based at ANZCO Foods Kokiri, near Greymouth.
As a VTS1, you will be based at ANZCO Foods Kokiri, which is a beef processing plant that operates a day shift only, 5 days a week, and operates on occasional Saturdays as overtime in the height of the processing season.
This position would be a great opportunity for a veterinarian with a demonstrated track record of effective communication and stakeholder relationship skills.
MPI Verification Services (VS) provides a range of food safety and biosecurity verification and certification services to support market access strategies and setting standards.
Our core purpose is to deliver independent, cost-effective, and high-quality verification, certification, inspection, and clearance programs to ensure operators meet all regulatory requirements.
This position works to a 5-day x 8 hours roster. For most of the year, shifts will include Monday - Friday, with occasional Saturday work.
Within this role you will be expected to: Ensure that official assurances issued for export products are valid and withstand third-party reviews through audit and verification of the operators and their processes.
Ensure that operators put into place timely and effective corrective and preventative actions.
Responsibly manage your workload, including recognizing workloads and ensuring tasks are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
Work successfully with & support the regional MPI team, as well as the wider MPI team such as the technical team and other external stakeholders such as farmers.
Work with operator personnel of different levels from plant manager to frontline staff and tailor your communication with them effectively.
Attend and facilitate internal, external, and market access reviews, demonstrating the process to these reviewers and facilitating, in conjunction with the operator and MPI, resolution of any review findings.
Mo te peka - About the Team This position reports to the Team Manager Establishments Nelson. The VTS1 work covers processing times on plant.
Any overtime is compensated and early starts or late finishes are recognized with penal time payments, as well as shift leave accumulation.
The role sits within the close-knit Nelson team which looks after four plants, with plenty of support only a call away. The premises are located in Kokiri, a 20-minute easy drive from Greymouth in Westland.
Area has all that the West Coast offers in terms of the great outdoors: tramping, fishing, and hidden hot pools, and not to mention sand flies.
Nga Pukenga me nga Wheako - Skills & Experience The successful candidate will:
Be a New Zealand registered Veterinarian (or be able to obtain registration with VCNZ).
Hold a full New Zealand driver's licence (or be able to obtain a full NZ licence by converting a current overseas driver's licence).
Experience as an establishment VTS is preferred or demonstrated experience working as a senior veterinarian.
Have verbal and written skills, and analytical reasoning skills.
Experience demonstrating resilience and working under pressure and managing stakeholder relationships.
Persuading and influencing, teamwork, planning, and organizing.
Computer literacy, including operating standard and customized software to an acceptable standard (e.g., word-processing, Excel, internet, email, database, secure sites, electronic certification, residues, etc.). Knowledge of HACCP/Quality Assurance in Food Safety is advantageous; however, this is included in your training.
Nga hua o te Mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI Professional membership reimbursement.
Wellness benefit for employees.
Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes.
Whakamatau Whakapoauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening
Please note, given this position is safety sensitive, the preferred applicant/s for the position will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol pre-employment screening test.
Further information on this process can be found on our careers site under the application process, on the pre-employment checks page.
Kua rite koe mo tenei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference? We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, which includes working closely with iwi, hapu, whanau, and hapori.
We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities.
As an organization, we are committed to making Manatu Ahu Matua a great place to work for all.
In your cover letter, we'd like to know about you, your values, your interest and motivations for this role, and the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organization, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.
To view the position description and/or apply online, please click Apply or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it. Click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.
Applications close at 11:59 pm on Sunday, 6 October. If you have any questions about the role, please email ****** .
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