Veterinarian | Hamilton

Job Description

Job Title: Veterinary Technical Supervisor 2

Role type: Permanent, Full-time

Location: Morrinsville

Salary range: $88,440 to $110,550 + extras depending on skills and experience.

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

The purpose of this role within Verification Services (VS) is to provide a range of food safety verification and certification services to support market access strategies and setting standards. 

Reporting to the Team Manager Establishment Morrinsville, the role sits within the Establishment group of the Verification Services directorate.

The role is varied, and you will be doing the following

• Carry out verification of Risk Management Programs at meat processing establishments
• Communicate well with internal and external stakeholders
• Complete ante mortem inspections and provide oversight of post-mortem inspection
• Maintain contact within the farming communities by being involved in on farm verification
• Provide certification for animal product exports

Mōu - About You

The role is suitable to someone who is organised and flexible as well as able to take the initiative to get tasks done. All qualified candidates will be considered.

The successful candidate will:

• A Qualified and registered Veterinarian
• Verbal and written skills, verbal and analytical reasoning skills
• Integrity and trust, ethics and values, resilience, adaptability and openness
• Persuading and influencing, team work, planning and organising
• Computer literacy – can operate standard and customised software to an acceptable standard e.g. word-processing, excel, internet, email, database, secure sites, electronic certification, residues etc

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team  

The Team Manager Establishment for Waikato is looking for a NZ registered Veterinarian to join the team in a permanent Veterinary Technical Supervisor 2 role based at Greenlea Morrinsville.

This is an attractive role positioned in the centre of Waikato which is known for its dairy farming.

Greenlea Morrisonville is a bovine and bobby calf processor, working a day and night shift, throughout the year. You will be working with 3 other veterinarians, the supervising veterinarian (VTS1) who covers day shifts and two meat veterinarians (VTS2), one covers one day shift and the other one night shift. The Waikato team is culturally diverse group of 20 friendly/supportive vets based on meat premises from Benneydale to Auckland.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.

Watch some of our team describe why they love the role that they are in and their journey into a career with Verification Services – Click Here 

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

• Annual Wellness payment
• Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
• Professional membership reimbursement

Whakamātau Whakapōauau 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, here.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei 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, hapū, whānau and hāpori.

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” 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 midnight on Sunday 26^th March 2023.

If you have any questions about the role, please email samantha.eaton@mpi.govt.nz 

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