Working for Norwood
Think our business is all about tractors? Think again.
For over 75 years, we have been an integral part of New Zealand's agricultural landscape, contributing to its heritage and progress. In recent years, we have further solidified our position as a provider of world-class construction solutions, introducing innovative machinery and technologies to the market. We are proud to supply the most trusted machinery brands in the world, backed by expertly trained staff who understand the importance of keeping farmers and contractors moving when it matters most.
A career with Norwood will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a world class company right here in New Zealand. With a team of 350 people across our 22 Norwood dealerships and National Support Office, we are proud to have some of the most experienced people in our industry on board.
Our Current Vacancies
Our Apprenticeship Program
At Norwood, we don't just sell machinery; we cultivate careers. Join us in shaping the future of agriculture and construction, and making a meaningful impact on communities across New Zealand
Norwood works with customers across New Zealand’s agriculture, construction, viticulture, horticulture, lifestyle, and recreational sectors. This ensures you will be provided with diverse opportunities to apply your skills and grow your career.
Candidates joining Norwood can expect to be part of a dynamic team of sales professionals, service technicians, parts specialists, and technical supports experts. With a focus on maximizing uptime for our customers' businesses, our dedicated teams are backed by the largest agricultural parts warehouse in the country, ensuring quick and reliable delivery of parts when they're needed most.
Norwood’s Vision, Purpose, and Values & Behaviours.
Vision
Exceptional solutions for every customer, every time.
Purpose
Keeping Farmers Moving.
Position
Here when you need us.
Values & Behaviours
- Be positive and support others when they come up with a good ideal or action and let them know.
- Face the tough conversations and say what's on our minds with humility and tact.
- We're all different. Take time to listen and truly understand others point of view or ideas.
- Share ideas, knowledge, experience, successes, and learnings with others.
- Develop relationships outside of our own teams to better understand how we can work together within Norwood.
- Connect with our customers and the community to help them achieve their desired outcomes.
- When it's the right thing to do, take the initiative and make things happen.
- Embrace change. Be proactive and seize the moment when an opportunity presents itself.
- Take responsibility for meeting commitments and follow through on actions.
At Norwood we believe in working together to make it happen. We provide a fun, positive working environment with great employee benefits and perks. These include:
ANZ
The ANZ@work Standard Package offers you special personal banking benefits thanks to ANZ’s relationship with Norwood Group, that will help make your money go further
Norwood Uniform
Dealerships provide branded clothing to employees relevant to their position. National Support Office employees can also apply to their Manager for Norwood branded clothing so you can look the part at events, meetings and in front of our external stakeholders.
Nib Health Insurance
As a valued employee of Norwood we are pleased to provide you with fully subsidised health cover with nib for permanent employees working 20 hours or more per week, with the option to add your family members to your policy at discounted rates.
40 days Sick Leave
Norwood offers employees significantly more than the legal minimum by giving you the opportunity to accumulate up to 40 days Sick Leave (10 days per annum) in case you need an extended period off due to serious ill health or surgery.
Toolkit Purchase Support for Apprentices
When you are an Apprentice with Norwood, we will support you to build your Toolkit by providing you with access to a tool account of up to $5,000. Repayments must be at least $50 per week until the debt is repaid.
Tool Accounts for Service Technicians
If your role at Norwood is as a Service Technician, Norwood will establish a Tool Account of up to $2,000 to be used for the specific purpose of purchasing tools of the trade. Repayments must be at least $100 per week.
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
Norwood partners with EAP to offer all of our employees the opportunity to receive free, completely confidential counselling services if required. Please visit eapservices.co.nz for full details of the services available to you
Paid time off - Donating Plasma and Blood
We support you doing your bit for others and will pay you while you are donating blood or plasma.
Flexible Working Policy
We are proud to have a Flexible Working Policy which is designed to allow employees to do their job at a time, place and way that helps balance life and work while still meeting our customer expectations. Talk with your Manager to learn more about this.
Social Clubs
Norwood operates social clubs in most locations. If there is one in your location, you will be invited to join when you start employment with the company. When you start at Norwood you can find out more about Social Club activities from your Manager. You can also join at any other time of course!
Staff Purchasing
Norwood employees are offered the opportunity to purchase parts and selected accessory stocked products from Norwood for their own personal use at a significantly reduced cost from retail price. You can talk with your Manager about this to find out more.
Retail Discounts
Through Norwood, you can receive a 20% discount at Max stores and a 30% discount at Barkers stores. Score! There are also some other big box retailers who offer Norwood employees special buying privileges. Ask your Manager for more details.
Grow your future
At Norwood, we understand that our success is driven by our people. While we sell and service some of the world's most reliable farm and constriction machinery and technology, it's our expert staff who make the biggest difference to our customers and their operations.
We value our employees' broad range of skills and expertise and are committed to providing the tools to help them realize their full potential. Our purpose-built National Training Centre in Palmerston North was opened in 2021 to facilitate technical and product training. Our team of Technical & Product Specialists continually develop in house training on our products using our diagnostics equipment and technical strategies.
We are committed to developing our employees, it’s a vital part of our success and strategy. Your career progression with Norwood can include moving within a department at dealership level, relocating to another dealership within the dealership retail network, and moving from the dealer retail network to the national support office based in Palmerston North.
At Norwood, we love what we do and we’re committed to bringing more people from a wide range of backgrounds into our industry. We offer an industry leading Apprenticeship Programme with training that has been developed by industry for industry.
Find out more about our apprenticeship programme here.