40 | DAIRY INDUSTRY Oceania Dairy Culture of community drives success Richard Loader A culture of community involvement and giving back at every available opportunity are qualities that Oceania Dairy prides itself on. Located near Glenavy, on the boarder of South Canterbury and North Otago, Oceania Dairy is a hi-tech sophisticated operation producing various forms of milk powder, including specialty formulas such as infant formula, and UHT milk. Oceania’s community involvement starts with its very location and the employment of talented staff. Commissioned in 2014, the plant currently employs 400 permanent staff with a large recruitment pool from Timaru, Oamaru and Waimate. To cope with the ebbs and flows of work, up to 40 temporary staff can been employed on any given day. “We’ve worked really hard with local secondary schools in our recruiting drives to bring in talented people straight from school,” says General Manager Logan Hanifin. “We give them the opportunity to come into a modern hi-tech plant like Oceania and understand that what we do is very technical with many opportunities that can blossom from working here. Automated programmes, managed through computers by our skilled operators, run all of Oceania’s processes, and the team operates to page 42 some of the most complex equipment that has been built in all parts of the world. So it’s a fantastic opportunity.” While Oceania is in the dairy industry, the company trains talented people in a diverse range of sectors including electricity, engineering, information technology, automation engineering, accountancy, business analysis, health & safety, shipping and logistics and procurement. “We’re training 400 plus people in some pretty rewarding and transferable skills. We also run scholarship programmes. “We’ve worked really hard with local secondary schools in our recruiting drives to bring in talented people straight from school.” Icon Logistics Ltd proud to be associated with Oceania Dairy 03 477 9595 www.iconlogistics.co.nz 0 77 9595 w ic n gis cs. . • Devanning & Warehousing Specialists • Container & Curtainsider Transport NZ Wide • Licensed Customs Bond Store • MPI High Risk facility
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