Project Health and Safety Manager - Project Koru - Taranaki - 11712 - Fonterra

Job Name

Project Health and Safety Manager - Project Koru

General Information

Date Published

27-May-2025

Advertising Ends

08-Jun-2025

ID#

11712

Role Type

Strategy & Project Management

Work Type

Fixed-Term Full-Time

Workplace Type

On-site

Country

New Zealand

Location

Taranaki

Position Description

Our Co-operative

Fonterra’s strength is in the collective I Te Mātāpuna toa takitini

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 | Te whiwhinga mahi

We have an exciting, fixed term opportunity with plenty of variety and challenge for an experienced Health and Safety Manager to be responsible for the continuous improvement of health and safety across our Whareroa Cool stores 1-8 replacement, Project Koru. This two-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.

About you | Mōu

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.

Critical skills and experience required:

• A relevant Health and Safety degree or diploma

• Significant previous experience in construction HSE management

• Experience in lead roles and managing conflict

• Technical health and safety management expertise and 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

• A proven track record in cultivating and maintaining a high performing team culture and project environment

• Excellent communication and influential skills with a proven track record of building and maintaining positive relationships across all levels of internal teams and external stakeholders

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, Sunday 8 June 2025

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