Yard Assistant

About the job
This is a six-month fixed-term role based at CLAAS Harvest Centre – Taranaki, providing hands-on support across the yard and dealership. You’ll play an important part in keeping day-to-day operations running smoothly, helping ensure machinery is prepared and ready to go while supporting the wider Sales and Service teams during a busy period.

• Assist with machine assembly and pre-delivery checks, including inspecting, detailing and preparing machinery.
• Coordinate machinery arrivals and dispatches, including loading and unloading trucks and shipping containers and managing documentation.
• Keep the yard, machinery and equipment well maintained, organised and presented to a high standard.
• Provide practical support to the Sales and Service teams, including machine deliveries, customer enquiries and dealership events.
• Build positive customer relationships by providing helpful service and keeping customers informed throughout the delivery process.

About you
You’ll be a practical, reliable and self-motivated person who enjoys a hands-on role and takes pride in getting things done properly. Comfortable working independently as well as part of a team, you’ll be able to manage changing priorities, use your initiative and contribute wherever needed to keep the dealership running smoothly.

• You have good mechanical aptitude and are confident working around agricultural or heavy machinery.
• You’re organised and efficient, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• You have a Class 1 driver licence, with a Class 2 licence, WTR endorsements, and forklift licence preferred.
• You’re a confident communicator who can build positive relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.
• You understand safe yard operations, ideally with experience in yard maintenance, machinery storage, presentation or detailing.

 
Why join Landpower | CLAAS Harvest Centre
At Landpower, we're committed to helping our people build rewarding careers. Whether you're developing specialist skills, growing into leadership or exploring new opportunities across our business, we'll support you every step of the way.

You'll enjoy:

• Meaningful work that supports Australian and New Zealand agriculture
• Opportunities to learn, develop and grow your career
• A collaborative and supportive team environment
• Working with some of the world's leading agricultural machinery brands
• Modern workplaces and the tools you need to do your best work

Life at Landpower
Great businesses are built by great people. That's why we create an environment where you'll be supported to learn, encouraged to contribute and trusted to make a difference. Our values aren't words on a wall: they guide how we work with each other, our customers and our partners every day.   

• In It Together
• Front Up
• Keep Growing

If this sounds like the kind of team you'd like to be part of, we'd love to hear from you.
  
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We know great people don't always tick every box. If this opportunity interests you and you think you'd be a good fit, we’d love to learn more about what you could bring to the team.