EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Fonterra - Health and Safety Advisor, fixed-term opportunity
Te Rapa, Waikato
Our Co-operative
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
An exciting 12 months fixed-term contract has come about for a Health & Safety Advisor supporting our Te Rapa site in the Waikato. Reporting to the Health and Safety Manager this role will give you the opportunity to develop your health & safety career with plenty of variety and challenge.
In this role you will work closely with our other Te Rapa HS Advisor and site teams to guide on best practice health and safety. You will strive for the continuous improvement of our health and safety capability and support the pro-active management of risks and incident investigations.
As a part of a broader Health and Safety community with plenty of exposure and variety, you will also have the opportunity to guided and mentored by seasoned H&S Advisors, setting you up for success.
Please note that occasionally you might be required to work from other Fonterra sites in the Waikato region – so flexibility is required.
About You
Whilst Health & Safety experience is advantageous, above all we are looking for someone with a great attitude, a passion for Health & Safety and a desire to learn. You will naturally be a relationship-builder and have strong investigation as well as problem solving skills.
To make an impact in this role you will have:
• Ability to instill trust across a diverse workforce and establish meaningful relationships with stakeholders
• Systems savvy – comfortable creating spreadsheets and quickly learn how to navigate around our H&S management system
• Coaching, mentoring and influencing skills, ability to facilitate discussion
• Adaptable to change and ambiguity
• Exposure to hazardous substances management and legislation is desirable
• Exposure in hazardous risk assessments and H&S event plans is beneficial but not required
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.
For more details or to apply please visit the Fonterra Careers site and search via reference number 8419.
For more information contact Tanja Lohr, Senior Sourcing Consultant at Tanja.lohr2@fonterra.com
