Ready to make a real impact on how we hire?

Due to an internal move, we’re looking for a Talent & Engagement Specialist to lead end-to-end recruitment and help deliver ongoing strong candidate and hiring manager experiences.

What you’ll be doing:

As our Talent & Engagement Specialist, you’ll deliver recruitment strategies that attract, engage and retain both permanent employees and a large seasonal workforce. You’ll be hands-on across the full recruitment lifecycle, partnering closely with hiring leaders and using Greenhouse (ATS) and other sourcing technology to deliver quality candidates to your hiring managers while providing a positive candidate experience.

This is a true end-to-end role where you’ll own briefing, sourcing, shortlisting, hiring manager support and candidate care across a wide range of roles. You’ll also lead and mentor some of our seasonal team members to deliver volume recruitment campaigns hiring our seasonal workforce.

Based at our Whakatu Recruitment office, you’ll run a seamless recruitment process for both hiring managers and candidates. You’ll contribute to projects that shape the future of talent at Mr Apple, including smarter use of automation and AI-enabled tools (used responsibly) and use simple reporting that make confident hiring decisions.

Your role will be varied daily and include:

• Source, screen and hire great people for permanent and seasonal roles (end-to-end)
• Partner with hiring managers to shape role requirements, interview plans and selection decisions
• Build and run targeted sourcing campaigns across multiple channels (including talent pools and referrals)
• Use technology to recruit smarter by managing workflows in Greenhouse and trialing tools that lift speed and quality (including AI where appropriate)
• Track and report recruitment metrics 
• Continuously refine and improve the processes
• Stay across recruitment trends and bring fresh, practical ideas into the business

You will bring: 

• Proven recruitment experience (agency, RPO or in-house)
• Confidence running high-volume and entry-to-mid level recruitment using a range of sourcing channels
• Strong stakeholder management skills ̶   you can influence, advise and keep things moving
• Experience building proactive, multi-channel sourcing strategies
• Solid capability with recruitment technology (ATS/CRM)  
• Interest and some experience using AI tools to support recruitment 
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across all levels 

What’s in it for you? 

• Learn from experts across horticulture and People & Culture
• Real scope to shape smarter ways of working (process improvement, tech and AI adoption)
• A team culture built on honesty, support and high performance
• A workplace that values diversity, fresh thinking and individuality
• Great perks  ̶   including health insurance and apples all year round

If you want to be part of a business that delivers world class people experiences alongside world class apples, then please apply now! 

New Zealand’s largest integrated apple grower, Mr Apple, is leading the way in technology adoption across the horticulture sector.

With continued growth in our Data Team, we’re looking for a motivated Data Engineer—graduate to intermediate level—ready to help drive innovation and optimise how data flows through our business.

What you’ll be doing:

As one of our data engineers, you’ll contribute to the planning, building, and optimising our data pipelines across systems, databases, and our cloud data platform. You’ll design scalable, resilient data solutions and play a key role in shaping how data is used across the organisation.

Your day-to-day work will include:

• Building, monitoring, and maintaining data pipelines across Azure, Snowflake, and a range of SaaS applications
• Working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Communicating clearly with both technical and non technical teams
• Applying strong problem-solving skills and lateral thinking to improve processes and unlock efficiencies

What you’ll bring:

Required:

Practical experience writing code (Python preferred).
Practical experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred but equal experience with AWS or GCP considered).
Practical experience with SQL (Snowflake preferred).
Ability to pass pre-employment checks.
Eligibility to work in New Zealand and availability to work full-time onsite in Hawke’s Bay.

Bonus:

• Proven ability to automate business processes.
• Poven ability to scale systems.
• Experience with Git.

What we offer:

• A future focused team of passionate technologists
• Ongoing training and upskilling opportunities
• Exposure to leading technologies and modern data tooling
• The chance to contribute to one of Hawke’s Bay’s largest employers

If you’re excited about delivering world class data solutions in a business that produces world class apples, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now.