Quality & Phytosanitary Verification Auditor
Rockit with us!
Based across our packing facilities across Hawkes Bay, the night shift Q&P Verification Auditor is responsible for inspecting, testing and verifying apple products to ensure they meet Rockit strict quality, performance and compliance standards. This role supports operational teams by identifying defects, validating processes to ensure apples meet Rockit specifications before being released to customers.
This permanent opportunity will ideally suit a people orientated quality person who enjoys working collaboratively with various quality and production teams.
What you’ll be doing:
- Perform in-process and final inspections of apples and apple products
- Verify conformance to Rockit Apple Specifications and quality standard for all operational facilities
- Escalate defects, non-conformances and process deviations
- Support root cause analysis and corrective action activities
- Maintain accurate inspection records, reports and quality documentation
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and phytosanitary requirements for all packing facilities
- Proactively collaborate with quality and production teams, management teams and senior quality team as required
- Champion Rockit’s commitment to delivering premium fruit globally
- Contribute to projects that strengthen quality, compliance, and food safety best practices
- Support new product implementation and quality verification activities
Hours & Location:
- Sunday to Friday, 4:30pm – 2:30am
- Based across our packing facilities located in Napier and Hastings
- An immediate start available
What Rocking success looks like:
- You’re reliable and enjoy routine
- You proactively communicate clearly with others
- You follow processes and take pride in accuracy
- You enjoy fast paced production environments
What Rocks You:
- Experience in quality control and HACCP systems for apple export packhouse and cool storage operations
- Completed Phytosanitary training
- A team player with good people and relationship management skills
- Competent computer skills, including ABC, Excel, Microsoft Office
- Organised and proactive
- Flexible in terms of working hours as packing facilities can operate different shift pattern
- Proactive approach to problem solving
- The ability to adapt quickly to changing situations
- Empathy towards different cultures and beliefs in a working environment
- As this role is based at various locations, a full driver licence is required along with your own reliable transport. Rockit has pool vehicles available, otherwise if personal vehicles are used to travel between locations a mileage reimbursement is paid.
Why We Rock-it!
- Friendly, diverse, and supportive team culture
- Competitive pay rate + KiwiSaver
- Night shift allowance
- Health Insurance, Wellness benefit & activities + Birthday leave
- Supply of our delicious apples!
Rockit's Story
We’re a New Zealand company delivering our unique miniature apples to customers all around the world. Joining us means being part of something exciting, energetic, and you will contribute to making Rockit the most loved little apples in the world!
If this sounds like you, then choose different and Rockit with us!
You must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand on a permanent basis and be able to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
