Supervising Veterinarian (VTS 1)

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Role Type: Permanent full-time

Location: Kokiri (20 miuntes 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.

Kōreromō te tūranga - About the Role

If you are 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. We are committed to providing a range of food safety and biosecurity verification and certification services to at least 2,000 processing companies across New Zealand, including the meat, seafood, game, and dairy industries.

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;
  • Recognising workloads and ensure that tasks are completed accurately and in a timely manner and ensure efficient use of resources and hours.
  • 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 will be able to tailor your communication with them effectively.
  • Attend and facilitate internal, external and market access reviews. Demonstrate the process to these reviewers and facilitate, in conjunction with the operator and MPI, resolution of any review findings.

Mō 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 recognised 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 is located in Kokiri 20 minutes 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. It is also home to the renowned pounamu. And housing is still affordable.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.

To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Ngā Pūkenga me ngā 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 of demonstrating resilience and working under pressure and managing stakeholder relationships
• Persuading and influencing, teamwork, 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

It is advantageous if you have knowledge of HACCP/Quality Assurance in Food Safety however, this is included in your training.

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

• Professional membership reimbursement
• Wellness benefit for employees
• Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes

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 under the application process, on pre-employment checks page.

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, whanau 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 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; 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” 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 11:59pm on Sunday, 6 October

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

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