On-Site Health & Safety Coordinator

Silver Fern Farms Limited; Takapau; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Silver Fern Farms Limited is seeking a Health & Safety Coordinator for our Takapau plant in Hawke's Bay. The role supports the Health & Safety Manager, delivering risk management, injury prevention and wellbeing initiatives. Regular hours are Monday to Friday, 11am–7pm, with occasional extra hours as needed.

You will lead risk assessments, manage incidents, and coordinate training across site teams, driving a proactive safety culture and compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Health & Safety with 2–5 years’ experience.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, incident management, and compliance.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with all staff levels.
• Data literacy with ability to turn data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Support and coordinate the implementation of H&S frameworks, policies, and processes at site level, ensuring compliance.
• Lead proactive risk assessments, hazard management, and emergency preparedness.
• Deliver training and induction sessions to upskill leaders and employees.
• Support incident investigations, ensuring root causes are identified and actions followed up.
• Manage reporting and insights for the plant with robust H&S data.
• Support injury management programmes and wellbeing initiatives.
• Engage with production teams to build trust and a culture of safety.

Skills

Health & Safety

Risk management

Incident management

Data reporting

Communication

Education

Health & Safety qualification

Tools

Databases

Reporting systems

Job description

Silver Fern Farms Limited is seeking a Health & Safety Coordinator for our Takapau plant in Hawke's Bay. The role supports the Health & Safety Manager, delivering risk management, injury prevention and wellbeing initiatives. Regular hours are Monday to Friday, 11am–7pm, with occasional extra hours as needed.

You will lead risk assessments, manage incidents, and coordinate training across site teams, driving a proactive safety culture and compliant operations.