Rev up your career with us – join our team and enjoy a dynamic, hands-on role in the heart of New Zealand's farming community
THE OPPORTUNITY
Step into a dynamic role as a Machinery Operator at Cape Foulwind Machinery, where your hands-on skills will help drive the success of our farm operations. You’ll operate a wide range of machinery - including tractors, trucks, bikes, ATVs, cultivation, spraying, and harvesting equipment.
As part of our close-knit team, you’ll help maintain the property and assets, ensuring everything runs smoothly and securely. Daily you’ll be on farms, your days will be diverse, working across several Pāmu farms in the region. You will support the farms in growing and harvesting productive pasture through activities such as fertilizer spreading, mowing, and re-grassing.
You’ll be trusted to work independently, flexibly adapting to changing priorities and a variety of tasks, while always keeping safety, animal welfare, and environmental compliance front of mind.
This is a drive in drive out role with no accommodation available.
ABOUT US
Pāmu Landcorp Farming Limited is a State-Owned Enterprise with over 110 farms across New Zealand. Our purpose is to lead the delivery of innovative and sustainable agriculture solutions for future generations.
ABOUT CAPEFOULWIND MACHINERYM
Cape Foulwind Machinery is a complex that supports five large Pāmu farms across the Cape Foulwind region, the focus for this complex is to support the farms to grow and harvest productive pasture.
ABOUT YOU
Ready to make a real impact in a hands-on role where every day brings new challenges? If you’re passionate about machinery and farm operations, you’ll thrive here.
You’ll bring:
BENEFITS
You’ll have access to a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and long-term success. This includes health and life insurance, enhanced parental leave benefits, up to 4% KiwiSaver matching, an additional day of leave over Christmas, and ongoing training and development opportunities.
APPLY NOW
Applications close midnight Sunday 07 June 2026, and we will be interviewing candidates as we go, so please don’t hesitate to apply.
If you’ve got any questions, please contact Phillip Hurst – Machinery Manager: hurstp@landcorp.co.nz.
To be eligible for this role, you must be available for an in-person interview and have unrestricted legal rights to work in New Zealand. We are unable to accept applicants on temporary work visas for permanent opportunities.
Pāmu provides a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test and undergo a criminal background check prior to being appointed.
Our values are core to who we are at Pāmu and the way that we all work together. We are Grounded, Genuine, Bold, and Shoulder-to-Shoulder. To read more, click on this link to see them on our website. To see what it's like to work in our Dairy team, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Dairy Assistant at Pāmu, or to learn about what our Livestock team is all about, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Shepherd at Pāmu.
Pāmu is the brand name for Landcorp Farming Limited, and successful applicants will be employed by Landcorp Farming Limited.