Compliance & Assurance Specialist: Orchard & Post Harvest

mrapplecareers; Nelson; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure across Orchard & Post Harvest

Structured development opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Mr Apple in Nelson is seeking a compliance-focused professional to support assurance and regulatory standards across Orchard and Post Harvest operations. You will coordinate audits, manage evidence, and help translate complex requirements into practical working practices across teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience in food safety or regulated environments, strong stakeholder collaboration, and meticulous record-keeping within standard systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, quality assurance, food safety or a regulated environment.
• Strong attention to detail with evidence management and record-keeping ability.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams and manage deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate audit preparation, evidence collation and follow-up across programmes.
• Support compliance requests and assurance reporting for Orchard and Post Harvest.
• Monitor compliance schedules and corrective actions to meet deadlines.
• Participate in site inspections, internal audits and reviews with improvement focus.
• Translate compliance requirements into practical, consistent ways of working.
• Maintain records and evidence within approved systems.
• Develop compliance capability across Orchard and Post Harvest functions.

Skills

Compliance experience

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

MS 365 proficiency

Auditing / quality assurance

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Mr Apple in Nelson is seeking a compliance-focused professional to support assurance and regulatory standards across Orchard and Post Harvest operations. You will coordinate audits, manage evidence, and help translate complex requirements into practical working practices across teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience in food safety or regulated environments, strong stakeholder collaboration, and meticulous record-keeping within standard systems.