Our Alliance Dannevirke Plant is located in Dannevirke in the North Island of New Zealand. We process sheep.
Climate and Weather:
Due its high altitude, the summer temperatures are often cooler compared to other Eastern North Island towns, such as Masterton, Napier and Gisborne, while in winter Dannevirke can regularly experience frosts.
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SPECIES PROCESSED AT DANNEVIRKE
Sheep
SEASON LENGTH
Up to 11 months
STAFF EMPLOYED
270
Jobs available
Skilled Jobs
Butchers
Our 2024 – 2025 season is kicking off at our Dannevirke Plant. We are currently looking for Skilled Slaughter Board Butchers to join the Team. We are looking for fit, reliable workers with experience cutting, separating and deboning meat into specific cuts and portions or butchering, cutting up and separating the carcass.
The role:
- Humane slaughter of sheep, lamb and bobby calves
- Prepare and dress carcasses for inspection
- Maintain the highest Health and Safety Standards
- Maintain the highest Hygiene Standards
What’s in it for you?
- Earn a guaranteed minimum of $29.66 per hour across a day, plus allowances.
- Minimum of 30 hours a week, usually 40 hours a week
- Up to seven months full-time seasonal employment
- Upskill yourself with an opportunity to gain NZQA qualifications
- Greater work-life balance
- Ability to learn a range of industry skills
- Access to free onsite health services including a nurse, physiotherapist, counsellor
- Access to our free employee assistance programme
Skilled Halal Slaughterers
Our 2024 – 2025 season is kicking off at our Dannevirke Plant. We are looking for highly skilled Halal Slaughterman to join the team.
Our Halal Slaughterman are highly valued members of our team, who play critical roles within our plant. At Alliance we understand the importance of producing quality, certified halal meat for our customers both locally and across the world.
The Role
- Humane slaughter of sheep, lambs, and bobby calves in compliance with the principles of Shariah in the production and certification of halal meat products.
- Complies with all safe food handling, hygiene, and sterilisation procedures.
What’s in it for you?
- Earn a guaranteed minimum of $29.66 per hour across a day, plus allowances.
- Earn up to a maximum of $37.29 per hour across a day, exclusive of overtime.
- Up to 7 months of full-time seasonal employment
- Upskill yourself with an opportunity to gain NZQA qualifications.
- Greater work-life balance
- Receive ongoing training and support.
- Dedicated prayer room
- Access to free onsite health services including a nurse, physiotherapist, counsellor.
- Access to our free employee assistance programme
- Afternoon shift available with either a 4.30pm or 5pm start, and a 1.30am or 2am finish
About You
- Ideally, you will be a qualified and registered Halal Slaughterman, although full training is and can be provided.
- You will be a practicing Muslim and a member of an Islamic Society in NZ
- You will have eligibility to live and work in NZ
- You will pass a pre-employment drug test and medical assessment
- You are willing and able to follow and respect workplace health and safety
- You enjoy working within a team environment
- You are physically fit, committed, and reliable
Unskilled Jobs
Labourer roles
Our 2024 – 2025 season is about to kick off at our Dannevirke Plant. We are currently looking for Meat Process Workers to join the team.
Right now, we are looking for:
- Skilled Slaughter Board Labourers and Knife Hands
- Further Processing Labourers
- Freezer and Load out Labourers.
If you’ve got experience doing the mahi – awesome, but if you’ll be coming in fresh and just keen to earn while you learn – that’s good too, we’ll train you up!
What’s in it for you?
- Earn a guaranteed minimum of $28.25 per hour + allowances.
- Greater work-life balance
- Ability to learn a range of industry skills.
- Afternoon shift available with either a 4.30pm or 5pm start and a 1.30am or 2am finish.
FAQs
Do you currently have vacancies at Dannevirke?
Yes we are now recruiting for the new 2024/25 season at Dannevirke. Please see the job listings above and apply online.
What are the hours for shifts at Dannevirke?
Shift start/finish times vary by department, dayshift generally between 6.00am and 3.30pm, with nightshift hours generally between 4.30pm and 2.00am.
Do you employ workers from outside New Zealand?
No we are not currently able to employ workers from outside New Zealand.
What is the closest city to Dannevirke?
Dannevirke is just under an hour from Palmerston North and 1 hour 20 minutes drive from Napier. You can find accommodation and a wide range of services in the region.
Our people are our future
We are committed to investing in them, developing individuals and teams, and supporting a high-performance culture so that we remain an employer of choice and continue to deliver value to our farmer shareholders. If you want to be part of an organisation and industry that really matters – to our farmers, our global customers, the rural communities we support, and to our people – Alliance could be the place for you.
