Audit & Compliance Advisor - Orchard & Post Harvest

Mr Apple; Whakatu; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure across Orchard & Post Harvest

Structured development opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Mr Apple is seeking a compliance-focused professional to support audit readiness and ongoing regulatory assurance across our Orchard and Post Harvest operations in New Zealand. You will collaborate with internal teams to develop practical, evidence-based solutions and maintain robust documentation.

Join a leading exporter, contribute to improving standards for food safety, certification and customer assurance, and grow your compliance expertise within a collaborative, forward-looking team.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, quality assurance, food safety, auditing, sustainability or another regulated operational environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of teams.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage evidence, documentation and deadlines accurately.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate audit preparation, evidence collation and follow-up activities across regulatory, customer and certification programmes.
• Support compliance requests and assurance reporting across Orchard and Post Harvest operations.
• Monitor compliance schedules, corrective actions and key deadlines to ensure requirements are met.
• Participate in site inspections, internal audits and compliance reviews while helping identify and address improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with operational teams to translate compliance requirements into practical solutions and consistent ways of working.
• Maintain accurate records, documentation and assurance evidence within approved systems.
• Develop broad compliance capability across both Orchard and Post Harvest functions, progressively taking ownership of key programmes.

Skills

Compliance

Quality Assurance

Food Safety

Auditing

Sustainability

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Mr Apple is seeking a compliance-focused professional to support audit readiness and ongoing regulatory assurance across our Orchard and Post Harvest operations in New Zealand. You will collaborate with internal teams to develop practical, evidence-based solutions and maintain robust documentation.

Join a leading exporter, contribute to improving standards for food safety, certification and customer assurance, and grow your compliance expertise within a collaborative, forward-looking team.