Health and Safety Manager Timaru

Position Title: Health and Safety Manager - Timaru

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time

Position Location: Timaru

Requisition ID:38968

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

McCain Foods Timaru is seeking an experienced and proactive Health & Safety Lead for a 12-month fixed-term this pivotal role you will drive the implementation and ongoing enhancement of our sites safety management system ensuring a secure and compliant environment for employees contractors and visitors alike. You will collaborate closely with operational teams to deliver hands-on support in risk management incident reporting compliance and safety addition you will champion a culture of continuous safety improvement by actively engaging with frontline teams supporting innovative safety initiatives and ensuring rigorous adherence to relevant health and safety legislation and company policies.

What youll be doing.

• Coach Key Risk Area (KRA) working groups and provide expert safety guidance; act as the primary escalation point for project issues.
• Coordinate the Central Safety Committee and manage KRA group presentations in line with the H&S Due Diligence Calendar.
• Facilitate and coach process-based risk assessments ensuring alignment with the annual safety plan.
• Lead investigations of high-potential incidents and oversee event/action management to ensure compliance by line leadership.
• Support the Senior Safety Manager and operational teams in the H&S aspects of McCains continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a key liaison for employees in the return-to-work process.

What youll need to be successful.

• Experience with risk assessments and control implementation
• Knowledge of incident investigation principles
• Understanding of emergency preparedness and response
• Site inspection monitoring and audit experience
• Proficient in interpreting H&S audit/inspection data
• Experience developing or updating H&S documentation
• Skilled in coaching and influencing frontline teams on H&S systems
• Experience or willingness to coordinate return-to-work and injury management programs

About the team.

Youll be joining a small but high-performing and collaborative team that prides itself on delivering results while maintaining a supportive and enjoyable work environment. We work hard tackle challenges together and make sure to have fun along the way.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Job Family:Manufacturing
Division:ANZ
Department:Timaru Sr Health and Safety
Location(s): NZ - New Zealand : Canterbury : Timaru

Company:McCain Foods (NZ) Limited