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Te Mātāpuna toa takitini
Fonterra’s strength is in the collective
We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Our rich history is built on farming families working together to share the natural goodness of our dairy with the world.
Collaboration, innovation, and passion was the cornerstone of our creation and something we continue to value today through our commitment to care for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk. Our milk creates goodness through nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients that are loved here in New Zealand and around the world.


About the opportunity
We have an exciting, fixed term opportunity with plenty of variety and challenge for an experienced or up and coming Health and Safety Manager to be responsible for the continuous improvement of health and safety across our 3 year Whareroa Coolstores 1-8 project. This three year fixed term role is based at our Whareroa manufacturing site will provide you with growth and opportunity to progress your health and safety career and make tangible, rewarding impacts to the safety of work.
You will directly report to the Project Manager and will have autonomy to make this role your own and bring in new ideas. You will work towards the uplift of the team capability, and guide and coach the project staff on best practice Health and Safety. This role has no direct reports.
A key focus of your role will be to support the proactive management of risks, lead strategic and tactical improvements, and upskill the business in health and safety procedures. You will be a trusted advisor, providing hands-on leadership and coaching to the project leadership team, supporting continuous improvement, and bringing transformational change in the operations’ overall Health and Safety approach. Your day-to-day will include building effective relationships, sharing best practices, coaching, and mentoring to ensure implementation of a consistent approach, and ensuring compliance requirements are met.

What you’ll bring and develop
You will not only have strong technical health and safety knowledge, but will also know how to coach, guide and influence staff across best possible health and safety practices. Ideally coming from a construction or operational background, and with exposure to process safety.
You will need to be confident with presenting to large groups of people and ideally have had people management or coaching experience under your belt. A passionate relationship-builder, your stakeholder relationship skills will be second to none, and your natural resilience and ability to manage expectations proactively will see you go far in this role.

To make an impact in this role you will have:

• A relevant Health and Safety degree or diploma
• Experience in lead roles and managing conflict
• Technical health and safety management expertise
• An understanding of process safety or experience in major hazard facilities
• Ability to instil trust across a diverse workforce and establish meaningful relationships with stakeholders
• Have business acumen and strong organisational skills
• Ability to manage ambiguity
• Excellent communication and influential skills

Our Story
Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit gives us all a common strength and purpose. Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people who are at the heart of what we do, we want our farmers, employees, customers, and communities to thrive. Kaitiakitanga, ensures we take care of the land. We are committed to farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
Whakaohooho constantly inspires ourselves and each other with great career development opportunities and benefits. We enable flexibility and balance to suit everyone’s lifestyles and choices.
Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau. You, me, Us Together Tᾱtou tᾱtou.
Apply Now! This role closes midnight, Thursday 19 September 2024