We’re not after straight-A students – we’re looking for bold thinkers, curious doers, and resilient grads with the guts to speak up, pitch in, and move our people and customers to a better place.
Who are Freightways?
We are an ambitious organisation that comprises of 17 different businesses across NZ and AU, listed on the NZ and Australia Stock Exchange. We employ over 5,000 people and 1,200 contractors. We are a family of brands that operate through four key business divisions:
Express Package and Business Mail
Delivering millions of items annually, Freightways’ network includes esteemed brands such as New Zealand Couriers, Post Haste, Castle Parcels, SUB60, and DX Mail. These services ensure timely and efficient delivery solutions across urban and rural landscapes.
Information Management
Through The Information Management Group (TIMG), Freightways offers secure and efficient data management solutions, including document storage, digitisation, and destruction services, catering to businesses’ evolving information needs.
Temperature-Controlled Logistics
Big Chill Distribution specialise in the transport of temperature-sensitive goods, ensuring the integrity of products such as food and pharmaceuticals through state-of-the-art refrigerated logistics.
How We Work
Our teams and our partners are united by three deeply-held beliefs:
We Take Ownership
We ask everyone who works with us to take responsibility for what we do and what we can improve.
We Think Commercially
The deals we make must make sense for our customers, our contractors, our business, our shareholders and our people.
We Work As a Family
We support our people knowing that, by doing so, they will support us. We prioritise safety and wellbeing by doing everything we can to ensure each person gets home safely each day.
How We Support You
The Freightways Graduate Programme is a two-year programme that allows you to experience what it’s like to work, in real roles, across our various different businesses.
You will rotate four times over your two years, each time taking up a real role that exists inside one of our businesses.
A Structured and Meaningful Induction experience
On your first few days you will be met by key members of the team – including your Manager, Buddy and Mentor. We will introduce you to the Group and its various businesses – who we are, how we work, generate revenue. You will learn about our history, what it means to be NZX and ASX and hear from the Senior Leadership Team and CEO.
Manager, Mentor, Buddy
During the selection process, we hope to get to know you a little better. Based on these interactions, we will connect you with a mentor that will provide regular guidance on your career and work, a buddy who will help to introduce you to people and work at Freightways and help you find your own network, and a manager to lead you through your roles at Freightways
Corporate Projects
You will work on meaningful projects that have the scope to impact and enhance the group as a whole. Projects will be led by members of the Senior Leadership Team and CEO and could see you working on a range of different challenges from Climate, to Safety. You will have time out to work on these projects and spend time with the Project Lead – giving you exposure and opportunity to learn from our most Senior Experts.
Connection & Networking
On your first day you will get the opportunity to spend time connecting with your cohort of Graduates – you will start at the same time, and travel through your rotations together. We encourage you lean on your peer group both professionally and socially.
Regular Training and Information Sharing
During your 2 years you will have access to various learning and development opportunities. You will have a structured induction, Role training for each rotation and various different trainings including regular Graduate seminars and leadership sessions.
Reverse Mentoring
At Freightways, we’ve been doing what we do for a long time, but we know there is always room to learn and improve. During the programme we would love to hear from you about how you think we can innovate or do things better. We call this ‘reverse mentoring’ where you have the opportunity to share your view of the world with us and our leadership team.
Sponsors
Our Graduate Programme is endorsed and sponsored by members of the Senior Leadership and General Management Team. These sponsors will ensure the programme is tracking in the right direction and our Graduates have access to the right people, information and experiences.
Full-Time Permanent Role After the Programme
All going well, graduates will be offered a permanent role at the end of the programme.
Hear from our Previous Graduates
Ethan Barnes
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLGOY
“If you’re ready to launch your career, the Freightways programme is a great way to start, you’re out there getting hands-on experience, learning real skills, and figuring out where you want to go – it’s a great step forward.”
Danny Li
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLGOY
“Kick-start your career with a programme designed to accelerate your development. If you’re proactive, adaptable, and eager to make an impact, this is the environment where you’ll thrive.”
Emma Bingham
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON
“The Freightways Programme helps you build confidence and clarity while you explore where you belong in the business world.”
Archie Shaw
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
“Still have questions about what you want to do? Joining the Freightways programme gave me the chance to build real skills, while exploring different roles within an international company.”
How to Apply and Eligibility – Processing Your Application
Application
Once you’ve submitted your application online, our team will review it and get back to you.
Video Interview
If you’re selected, you’ll be invited to record and send in your video interview – it’s easy and we’ll provide you with all the information you need.
Face-to-face Interview
If your video interview is successful, we’ll invite you for a face-to-face interview either in person at our Auckland Headquarters or online on Microsoft Teams. We’ll then contact you when a decision has been made to let you know the outcome.
Pre-employment Checks
If you’re offered a role with us, we’ll complete the necessary employment checks.
Formal Job Offer
We’ll then send you a formal job offer online. We start recruiting in July/August and all our Graduates start in mid- February.
2026 Applications are now open.
Apply today.
Questions?
Get in touch with our People & Culture Team
Everything we do is about moving you to a better place.
At Freightways, we work hard – but we know having fun is just as important. There will be many opportunities to get stuck in, solve problems but have lots of laughs along the way.
We are excited for you to join us and look forward to you becoming part of our family.
