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
As National Health and Safety Manager (H&S), reporting to the GM Operational Safety and covering several sites across the Lower North Island Region, which includes Waikato and Taranaki, you will ensure Fonterra has the regulatory strategy, capability, and capacity to ensure our people are safe and we meet all H&S requirements.
In this varied and challenging role, you will manage a team of 7 direct reports – 6 H&S Advisors and one H&S Manager.
Proactively you will help develop our H&S strategy and systems to provide expertise to the Fonterra business.
While providing excellent management and guidance to your team you will be able to travel to several sites frequently and are willing to travel across a large geographically spread region across Taranaki and Waikato.
Key responsibilities include:
Ensure an overview of trends and developments in H&S legislation is maintained
Ensure Business Units act in accordance with the regulatory framework, and monitor and report on compliance
Provide guidance and strategic direction for the Health and Safety teams
Please note that you can be based in various locations with the option to work from home but must be willing and flexible to travel to several sites (Whareroa, Eltham, Kapuni, Longburn, Paihiatua, Hamilton) as required. You could be based in Hamilton, New Plymouth, Taupo, and other cities if you are open to travel. Please note that this role comes with a company car with personal use.
About You
We are looking for an exceptional leader who brings diversity of thought and long-term Health and Safety expertise to the role. As an accomplished manager within the H&S sector you know how to influence without authority and guide your team to success.
Having worked in food production/manufacturing is beneficial but not required. As a strong H&S generalist with robust understanding around legislation and implementation of H&S programmes plus management expertise you will be able to hit the ground running.
To make an impact in this role you will have:
Strong technical health and safety expertise
Exposure to process safety
Excellent communication skills, ability to influence, ability to build effective relationships with a wide variety of people
Tertiary qualification in management or technical discipline, with a key focus on Health & Safety
Demonstrated management role in delivery of regulatory H&S strategy in a large and complex business
Exposure and understanding of Major Hazard Facilities would be ideal
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment plus being adaptable to change and ambiguity
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.
To apply for the role, please visit the Fonterra careers site and search via reference number 8356.
For more information contact Tanja Lohr, Senior Sourcing Consultant at Tanja.lohr2@fonterra.com
