Cherry Bucket Runners
Be at the heart of harvest! Operate quad bikes, support pickers, track fruit, and help keep our cherry season running smoothly in beautiful Alexandra. Fast-paced, active, and rewarding seasonal work.
About us
For over 125 years, T&G Fresh has nourished generations of Kiwis with fresh fruit and vegetables. We grow, pack, market, sell, distribute, import, and export fresh produce from our own orchards and farms, as well as from over 700 Kiwi growers.
Hinton’s Orchard is based in Alexandra and spans 120 hectares, one of New Zealand’s largest stonefruit orchards. Hinton's is a long-standing fruit growing business known for producing premium cherries, apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, and peacharines for consumers in New Zealand and across Asia.
About the Opportunity
We're looking for energetic and reliable Cherry Bucket Runners to join our team for the upcoming cherry harvest season.
This is a fast-paced and physically demanding role that plays a critical part in ensuring quality fruit moves efficiently from our pickers to the packhouse. Working closely with supervisors and harvest teams, you'll help keep the harvest running smoothly while maintaining accurate harvest records.
Key Responsibilities
Operate a quad bike daily throughout the orchard
Supply empty buckets to pickers and collect full buckets
Scan and record harvested buckets using a mobile device
Transport and unload harvested fruit ready for collection
Support efficient harvest operations while maintaining fruit quality
About You
To be successful in this role, you'll bring:
A Full or Restricted New Zealand Class 1 Driver Licence
Good physical fitness and the ability to work outdoors all day
Confidence learning and using mobile technology
Ability to work quickly and accurately in a fast-paced environment
Good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
Reliability, initiative, and a strong work ethic
Willingness to work extended hours during peak harvest periods
It Would Be Great If You Also Have
Orchard or horticulture experience
Experience operating machinery or quad bikes
Knowledge of orchard equipment and basic maintenance
Why Join Us?
🍒 Be part of a busy and exciting cherry harvest season
🌄 Work outdoors in beautiful Central Otago
🤝 Join a supportive team environment
📈 Gain valuable horticulture and harvest experience
🚜 Take on a varied role that is critical to harvest success
Apply Now
If you're a fast learner, enjoy working outdoors, and thrive in a busy environment, we'd love to hear from you !!
Proof of eligibility to work in New Zealand is required for all applicants and any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory security check.
We want T&G to be a place where everyone is accepted, respected and celebrated for who they are – regardless of our similarities or differences. It’s essential that everyone can be themselves and thrive, and that together we create a diverse and vibrant workplace.
- Team
- Growing
- Location
- Alexandra
- Employment type
- Temporary
Grow your career with us
Help us grow healthier futures, and your own too.
At T&G, you do more than join a company. You grow healthier futures. Not only your own future, but everyone and everything around you – your whānau, community and our natural environment.
This single purpose – to grow healthier futures – is what gets us out of bed every morning and why we do what we do.
How we make this happen is through our 2,000+ people. It takes a diverse range of great people, united by our energy, care, creativity and drive, to grow, distribute and sell delicious fresh fruit and vegetables to Kiwis and consumers around the world. And with our incredible 124-year history, we’re passionate about growing an even stronger and better T&G for generations to come.
If you’d like to be part of our exciting journey, come and join us. We offer unlimited opportunities to grow your future with us.
About T&G Global
Our story began more than 125 years ago as Turners and Growers, a fruit auction business in Auckland. Today, as T&G, our fresh, delicious produce nourishes people in more than 60 countries around the world. Together, we’re united in growing healthier futures.