Truck Driver (Class 2)
Love driving and being hands-on? Join T&G Global as a Seasonal Class 2 Truck Driver, transporting cherries and supporting harvest operations in beautiful Alexandra this season.
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.
Join T&G Global this cherry season and play a key role in helping deliver premium fruit from our orchards to the packhouse. We're looking for a reliable and safety-focused Truck Driver (Class 2) to support our harvest operations in Alexandra.
About the Opportunity
As a Truck Driver, you'll safely transport harvested cherries between orchard sites and the packhouse, ensuring fruit arrives on time and in excellent condition. This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll also assist with orchard, harvest, and packhouse activities when transport duties are not required
Key Responsibilities
Operate a Class 2 truck safely and professionally.
Transport harvested cherries between orchard sites and the packhouse.
Complete vehicle safety checks and report maintenance issues.
Ensure fruit is loaded, secured, and transported carefully to maintain quality.
Support loading and unloading activities, including forklift operation where qualified.
Assist with harvest, orchard, and packhouse tasks as required.
Maintain high health and safety standards
About You
You will be a dependable team player who enjoys practical, hands-on work and can thrive in a fast-paced seasonal environment, you'll bring:
A current New Zealand Class 2 Driver Licence.
Forklift Licence or F Endorsement (Preferred but not essential)
Strong health and safety awareness.
Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team.
Willingness to work extended hours during peak harvest periods.
A positive attitude and willingness to assist across different areas of the operation.
It Would Be Great If You Also Have
Experience operating tractors or horticultural equipment.
Previous experience in horticulture, agriculture, transport, or seasonal operations.
Why Join Us?
Be part of New Zealand's iconic cherry harvest season.
Work in the stunning Central Otago region.
Join a supportive and hardworking team environment.
Enjoy variety in your day with both driving and operational responsibilities.
If you're safety-focused, reliable, and ready to contribute to a successful harvest season, we'd love to hear from you
Apply now and join the team at T&G Global this season!
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.