Safety Advisor

Mr Apple Careers site; Nelson; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mr Apple is seeking a Safety Advisor who is practical, people‑focused and passionate about creating safe, healthy workplaces across our horticulture operations in Nelson. You will partner with site leaders to strengthen risk management, lead investigations and turn learnings into action.

This role spans orchard operations with support from Post Harvest and Business functions. You will coach leaders, support CCVs, audits and compliance while shaping our Health and Wellbeing Roadmap and fostering

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Health & Safety Advisor, Safety Business Partner or similar role.
• A recognised qualification in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (level 3 or above) or equivalent.
• Strong working knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and associated regulations.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence leaders at all levels.
• Experience leading workplace investigations and implementing meaningful corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of risk assessment, critical risk management and control verification principles.
• Experience conducting audits, inspections and compliance reviews.
• Excellent communication, coaching and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify trends and opportunities from data.
• Confidence working across multiple sites, priorities and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with managers and employees to build health and safety capability and ownership across the business
• Supporting leaders and teams to complete robust Critical Control Verifications (CCVs) and strengthen critical risk management
• Supporting the identification, assessment and management of hazards, risks and critical controls
• Leading and facilitating investigations into incidents, near misses and workplace events in partnership with site leaders
• Turning investigation findings and operational learnings into practical improvements
• Monitoring safety performance and using data and insights to identify trends and drive continuous improvement
• Supporting compliance with company standards, SOPs, legislative requirements and industry best practice
• Supporting contractor management, inductions, audits, inspections and critical risk verification activities
• Coaching and supporting leaders to have effective safety conversations and confidently manage health and safety within their areas
• Partnering with People & Culture and Communications to share safety stories, lessons learned and positive initiatives across the business

Skills

Health & Safety

Coaching

Data analysis

Influence leadership

Education

Workplace Health and Safety Practice qualification

Job description

Help create a safer workplace. Influence leaders. Make a real impact.

At Mr Apple, we're passionate about growing the best people as well as the best apples.

We are looking for a Safety Advisor who is practical, people-focused and passionate about creating safe, healthy workplaces. Someone who can build trusted relationships, influence positive change and bring health, safety and wellbeing to life across our horticulture business.

You'll be a trusted advisor, coach and problem solver, partnering with leaders and teams to build safety capability, strengthen critical risk management and drive meaningful, sustainable safety outcomes.

With a primary focus on Orchard Operations, you will also support Post Harvest and Business Support functions and play a key role in bringing our Safety & Wellbeing Roadmap to life, helping embed a proactive, risk-based approach to health and safety across Mr Apple.

What you'll be doing:

You'll be a trusted advisor across our sites, helping to identify risks, improve safety performance, and champion best practice throughout the business.

• Partnering with managers and employees to build health and safety capability and ownership across the business
• Supporting leaders and teams to complete robust Critical Control Verifications (CCVs) and strengthen critical risk management
• Supporting the identification, assessment and management of hazards, risks and critical controls
• Leading and facilitating investigations into incidents, near misses and workplace events in partnership with site leaders
• Turning investigation findings and operational learnings into practical improvements
• Monitoring safety performance and using data and insights to identify trends and drive continuous improvement
• Supporting compliance with company standards, SOPs, legislative requirements and industry best practice
• Supporting contractor management, inductions, audits, inspections and critical risk verification activities
• Coaching and supporting leaders to have effective safety conversations and confidently manage health and safety within their areas
• Partnering with People & Culture and Communications to share safety stories, lessons learned and positive initiatives across the business

What you'll bring:

We're looking for a safety professional who combines technical expertise with strong relationship-building skills and a genuine desire to make a difference.

You’ll have:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Health & Safety Advisor, Safety Business Partner or similar role
• A recognised qualification in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (level 3 or above) or equivalent
• Strong working knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and associated regulations
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence leaders at all levels
• Experience leading workplace investigations and implementing meaningful corrective actions
• Strong understanding of risk assessment, critical risk management and control verification principles
• Experience conducting audits, inspections and compliance reviews
• Excellent communication, coaching and facilitation skills
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify trends and opportunities from data
• Confidence working across multiple sites, priorities and stakeholders
• Experience within horticulture, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, food processing or other operational environments would be advantageous

Why you'll love working with us:

• A highly visible role where you can genuinely influence culture and outcomes
• Varied, hands-on work across orchards, packhouses, cool stores and support functions
• A supportive People & Culture team that values collaboration, innovation and fresh thinking
• The chance to work for New Zealand’s largest vertically integrated apple grower, backed by NZX-listed Scales Corporation

If you're passionate about health, safety and wellbeing and want to work alongside good people to make a practical difference every day, we'd love to hear from you. Applications close Sunday 11th October.