Freight Team Leader Jobs in New Zealand

About the role:

You’ll be working in our Yard and Drive-thru area as part of the team, serving customers, loading, and unloading products onto vehicles and trucks. Daily you will be responsible for –

• Assisting our customers within our timber yard & Drive Thru department
• Loading of goods on to customer vehicles
• Processing customer orders and transactions
• Picking orders for delivery when needed
• Monitoring inventory, cycle counts
• Assisting as directed to ensure an efficient warehouse is maintained.
• Operating a Forklift

This is a permanent full-time role, offering 40-45 hours a week. Working Monday to Friday with one rostered Saturday a month. Based out of our Ahurir


About you:

• Physically fit, as there will be a lot of heavy lifting and manual handling, so a keen eye for health and safety values is also important
• Ability to work well in a team environment is key, we want someone who enjoys lending a hand
• Customer focused mind, you will need to be a people person and someone who thrives in building rapport customers
• Great attention to detail and be organised
• Trade/product knowledge or warehousing experience is ideal but not required

A clean/ current Full NZ Drivers Licence and Forklift experience is essential. However we can help you gain your forklift licence/ endorsement.


Our Benefits:

• Competitive hourly rate & Staff-buying privileges
• Genuine development opportunities that come with being part of the Fletcher Building Group
• Employment Education Fund
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Joining an inclusive and diverse team and company

Pre-employment checks including references, medical, drug test and a Criminal background check is required as well as the legal right to work in NZ indefinitely.


We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand.