21 May 2026

FRESH CUT – QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN (AFTERNOON SHIFT 2-10:30PM)

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About The Role

This role ensures our food safety and quality standards are met across raw materials, production, and finished products. You’ll help monitor processes, verify product quality, and ensure any non-conforming product is quickly identified and controlled. This role is for our afternoon shift from 2pm – 10:30pm.

Key responsibilities:

  • Identify and manage out-of-spec or unsafe product, supporting corrective actions
  • Complete finished product checks and manage retention samples
  • Monitor critical control points (e.g. wash systems, metal detection, temperatures) and escalate any issues
  • Assess raw materials and aged stock against specifications
  • Carry out microbiological and environmental sampling
  • Maintain accurate QA records to support compliance and traceability
  • Support a safe working environment by following health and safety practices
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About You

You’re detail-focused and proactive, with a strong understanding of food safety and quality standards. You communicate clearly, work well with others, and take ownership of identifying and acting on issues to maintain product integrity.

Essential:

  • Experience working within food production, quality assurance or a related environment.
  • Understanding of food safety and quality requirements, including basic HACCP principles.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to follow standard procedures.
  • Ability to accurately complete documentation and records.
  • Effective communication skills and ability to escalate issues.

Preferred:

  • Previous experience in a Quality Assurance Technician role within the food industry.
  • Experience monitoring CCPs or completing verification activities.
  • HACCP or food safety training certification.
  • Familiarity with production or QA systems
About LeaderBrand

At LeaderBrand, we’re passionate about evolving fresh food for a healthier world. As a proud family-owned business, our goal is to be New Zealand’s most innovative and consistent fresh food producer. We farm across three key growing regions, process and pack in state-of-the-art post-harvest facilities, and are supported by a nationwide sales team delivering fresh produce to every corner of Aotearoa. Our 400+ people are central to our success. We’re always on the lookout for new talent with energy, passion, and a drive to learn – people excited to help shape the future of fresh food.

Gisborne is the heart of our business and the place where LeaderBrand was founded more than 50 years ago. Over that time, LeaderBrand has become integral to the story of our community, with the next generations of those who started with us returning to shape the future alongside us. We also have farms in Pukekohe and Chertsey.

We have a strong vision for the future of our business, our people, and our industry. We’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our continuous improvement mindset grounds us as one of New Zealand’s leading horticultural businesses. We seek, harness, and develop the best people, technology, land, and machinery to shape the future of food.