Health & Safety Business Partner
Rockit Global Limited (RGL) is an innovative and vertically integrated fruit grower, packer, exporter and marketer of unique miniature apples under the Rockit™ apple brand.
Little in size but big on taste, Rockit™ apples are a deliciously healthy snack for every occasion. We’re always looking for bigger and better ways to have a positive impact.
The Role
Help us embed “Rockit Safely Every Day” across our high energy, high growth operation. As our Health & Safety Business Partner, you’ll lead critical risk management, so our people make the right safety choices, every day. You’ll report to the GM People & Culture with a dotted line to the CEO and closely partner with SLT, COO, People & Culture and operations leaders across our Hastings sites.
The impact you’ll make:
- Lead H&S strategy and critical risk management across the organisation, reporting regularly to SLT and the Board on safety performance.
- Build, improve and simplify systems—from risk management to SOPs—so they’re easy to use and understood by everyone. Champion our H&S platform to strengthen our reporting culture.
- Lift compliance and assurance, run internal audits and keep the business aligned to global and local health safety and wellbeing legislation.
- Promote our wellbeing and safety culture—build and promote our wellbeing calendar, events and initiatives, facilitate H&S meetings and committees, deliver safety workshops and ongoing training, and encourage pro-active and preventative reporting.
- Turn insights into action—prepare timely reports, support incident investigations and implement improvement plans with managers.
- Strengthen contractor management—own audit schedules, approvals and contractor systems.
What you’ll bring:
- 3–5 years’ Health & Safety experience in similar roles; tertiary H&S qualification or diploma is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of the Health & Safety at Work Act (HSWA) and experience advising in high risk operational environments.
- Self-driven and organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects, and embed wellbeing and safety into organisational decisions.
- Practical experience with Controlled Based Risk Management (CBRM) and critical risk projects; behavioural based safety understanding.
- Proven training and facilitation skills; excellent written and verbal communication; analytical, detail focused, solution oriented and self motivated with high EQ.
- Sector familiarity in food processing is desirable.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and health insurance
- Friendly, supportive and fun team environment
- Wellbeing benefit and initiatives
- Delicious apples and Birthday leave!
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a dynamic business environment and make a positive impact throughout our teams.
Applications close: 12 January 2026
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