Senior Health & Safety Advisor
Who We Are:
Moana New Zealand is the largest Maori owned Fisheries Company in New Zealand.
Our Opportunity:Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to enhancing their experience, so every employee can be at their best at work and go home safely every day.
Reporting to the Site Production Manager, and indirectly to the Group Safety & Wellbeing Manager, this role has significant responsibility and is an integral member of the Mt Wellington Site Team. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead, execute and embed a high culture of zero tolerance and best in class health and safety practices.
With accountability across the Inshore day and nightshifts, the overall focus is to develop and execute a workplan that optimises health, safety and compliance performance across the site ensuring that all legislation and standards are continually met.This includes working closely with the Group Safety & Wellbeing Manager, and site leaders to deliver programs, initiatives, and change to safeguard business continuity and worker safety.
As an experienced Health & Safety leader you will be process driven, a natural communicator and facilitator who works in a collaborative, open and integrated way. You will relish the opportunity to have accountability for a significant site health & safety program, and the ability to cultivate a highly engaged, and unified culture.
Key focus areas:- Contribute to the design and development of the Mt Wellington health and safety annual workplan and take the lead on delivery and execution
- Responsibility for Inshore Operations health and safety performance; planning, monitoring, reporting, and achievement of KPIs and targets
- Execution of the annual Inshore Mt Wellington training calendar to deliver internal and external training to employees and managers
- You will ensure that our health and safety systems and processes are effectively managed and functioning appropriately, identifying areas for improvement
- Leadership and support for continuous improvement initiatives in health & safety areas, aligned to site leadership expectations and accepted best practice
- Review site standard operating procedures and other H&S documentation, ensuring they are fit for purpose, and assisting with reviews and updates
- Assist managers with audits, reviewing incidents and investigations.
- Design and deliver fit for purpose training programs
- Provide advice to managers on risk and mitigation, carrying out safety observations and facilitating H&S training for them and their teams.
As a culture champion, you will inspire, encourage, and support managers in leading their teams through a program of change that sustainably embeds best in class health & safety practices; implementation of Safety Management System, tools and resources, coordinate and deliver training, and design initiatives that drive awareness, understanding and responsibility for health & safety at an individual level, across all roles.
You will need to hit the ground running in this busy role, building confidence and credibility quickly with managers and employees. A big picture thinker, who is hands on you will quickly garner a sound understanding of business drivers and pressures.
What You Will Bring:You must be a highly experienced health & safety professional, with sound knowledge and hands on experience working in FMCG/Manufacturing and/or primary industries.
A natural leader, who is agile and resilient you will enjoy the challenges and rewards of leading a site in delivering results that surpass expectation and creating an environment of collective and individual accountability for safety.
You will be experienced in developing workplans with clear objectives, workstreams, performance targets and activity, aligned to strategy. An operational doer, you will have a flair for presenting and delivering training workshops that connect with a diverse workforce, and accelerates employee understanding, and application of health & safety practices.
You must be able to demonstrate your ability to successfully embed behaviours and processes as well as create trusted partnerships, and respected relationships at all levels. Along with a reputation as a professional, who possesses a high level of integrity, and energy, it is essential you are organised and able to manage multiple and conflicting priorities.
Whakapa Mai | Contact us
Please send your resume c/o Moana’s recruitment team to recruitment@moana.co.nz and in the subject box put the job title. Closing date for applications is 14 June 2025
Please note our recruitment process:To be considered for this role, you must be legally able to work in New Zealand on a permanent, full-time basis. For all agencies- this role will be managed internally. If we need the support of an agency, we have established partners.