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PART-TIME RETAIL AND WORKSHOP SUPPORT

Location: Whangarei workshop

Hours: Around 20+ hours per week (roughly 10am–2pm, Monday–Friday, but we’re flexible)

 The Role

We’re looking for someone to help keep the wheels turning in our Whangarei workshop and retail store.

This job is part retail assistant, part organiser-of-chaos, part workshop support… and regularly boss-wrangler.

You’ll be the friendly face in the shop, the calm voice on the phone, and the person who knows where everything is when everyone else has no idea.

 Your day might involve:

• Keeping stock under control (ordering, selling, shipping, counting, finding the thing that mysteriously vanished)
• Helping the boss with personal assistant tasks (he needs the help… badly)
• Answering the phone and pointing farmers in the right direction when something important breaks
• Looking after customers in-store and over the phone
• Keeping the shop, workshop and vehicles tidy, so that visitors don’t think we’re completely feral
• Helping organise deliveries, collections and freight
• General admin – emails, supplies, mail, helping our admin manager stay sane
• Selling and advising on retail gear
• The occasional payroll or invoice job
• Keeping health & safety records in order
• Helping with waste management and general workshop logistics
• Covering the odd bit of leave in Whangarei or Dargaville if needed

Basically… if it keeps the place running, it might be your job.

What We’re Looking For

You don’t need to know everything about farming or pumps or cowsheds — but you do need to be organised, practical, and good with people. 

We’d love someone who:

• Enjoys dealing with customers and helping people solve problems
• Can run a retail store like they own the place
• Is steady and reliable (some of our clients call when things are genuinely urgent)
• Can translate farming jargon into plain English
• Has a solid sense of humour (this helps… a lot)
• Is flexible, dependable and generally someone who gets stuff done
• Bonus points if you’re the type who notices things before anyone asks.

What’s In It For You

• A down-to-earth team that actually enjoys working together
• Work that genuinely helps farmers and rural businesses
• Competitive pay, bonuses, and a few celebrations through the year
• A workplace where your ideas are welcome and useful

If you’re organised, practical, good with people, and not afraid of a bit of workshop chaos…

We’d love to hear from you. 

Northland | Part-time

Email your CV to the boss-man, Grant Shaw

grant@northlandfarm.co.nz

 

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SERVICE TECHNICIANS

Location: Based in our Whangarei and Dargaville workshops, working from Cape Reinga to Helensville.
Employment Type: Full-time (on-farm & workshop) 40 hours per week, with rostered emergency breakdown cover

What You’ll Be Doing

• Servicing, maintaining and installing farm equipment, milking systems, water pumps, effluent and irrigation systems.
• Diagnosing faults, issues and breakages; fault-finding and repairs — both on-site and in our workshop.  
• Assisting with installations, trenching, setting up water-management or effluent systems, pumps, drainage and farm infrastructure.
• Keeping accurate records of work carried out; completing paperwork, service logs, job cards.
• Ordering job-specific products
• Providing great customer service — working closely with farmers, clients and suppliers, offering advice where needed, and helping problem solve.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working with agricultural machinery, farm equipment, or rural servicing — ideally with mechanical, electrical or hydraulics background.  
• Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently and reliably.  
• Good communication and customer-service skills — able to explain issues clearly to farmers and clients.
• A hands-on, can-do attitude: willing to tackle varied tasks, adapt to changing priorities, and get stuck in on-site or in workshop work.
• A great sense of humour—because some days, you just have to laugh.
• Someone who is flexible to cover leave, reliable, consistent & “gets sh*t done”.
• A valid New Zealand driver’s licence

What’s in It for You

• Join a well-established, trusted rural services company with strong ties to Northland’s farming community.
• Variety and challenge — every day is different, with a wide range of equipment and systems to work on.
• Opportunity to build technical skills across mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems, with ongoing learning as farm technology evolves.
• Be part of a supportive, down-to-earth team who understand rural life and value quality workmanship and service.