People & Safety Coordinator - Sawmill

Millari NZ Limited; Gisborne; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Millari NZ Limited is seeking a practical, organised People & Safety Coordinator to support HR, Health & Safety, ACC, injury management and return-to-work across our Gisborne sawmill. You will work with managers and employees to keep People & Safety processes accurate, compliant and moving.

This hands-on role requires independent work, strong relationships and a proactive approach in a busy manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years’ experience across HR, Health & Safety or people administration.
• Organised with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable working onsite in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ACC and return-to-work preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate HR administration and employee records.
• Support attendance, leave, payroll and timekeeping.
• Oversee Health & Safety administration and reporting.
• Manage incident, hazard and corrective actions.
• Support ACC/rehabilitation and return-to-work cases.
• Deliver inductions and training coordination.

Skills

HR administration

Health & Safety

ACC rehabilitation

Injury management

Return-to-work

Training coordination

Education

HR/OSH qualification

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

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We’re looking for a practical, organised and people-focused People & Safety Coordinator to join our sawmill team at Millari NZ Ltd.

This is a hands‑on role supporting our people and operations across HR, Health & Safety, ACC, injury management and return‑to‑work within our busy timber manufacturing environment.

Working closely with HR, managers, supervisors and employees across the mill, you’ll help ensure our People & Safety processes are organised, accurate and followed through.

We’re looking for someone who can take ownership, work independently, build strong relationships and get things done.

Join our Millari NZ whānau

About the Role

You’ll support and coordinate across:

• HR and employee administration
• Employee records, documentation and HR systems
• Recruitment and onboarding
• Attendance, leave, payroll and timekeeping support
• Health & Safety administration, systems and reporting
• Incident, hazard and corrective‑action follow‑up
• ACC and injury management
• Return‑to‑work and suitable duties coordination
• Training, competency and compliance registers
• Employee inductions and pre‑employment requirements
• Workplace drug and alcohol testing coordination and, where appropriately trained/certified, administration of testing in accordance with Millari NZ policy and procedures
• People & Safety reporting
• Systems and continuous improvement

This isn’t a desk‑only role. You’ll work both in the office and across our operation, building strong relationships with our people and supporting managers to keep things moving.

About You

You’ll ideally bring 2–5 years’ relevant experience across HR, Health & Safety, ACC/rehabilitation, injury management or people administration.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Practical, proactive and solutions‑focused
• Confident working independently and taking ownership
• Approachable and able to build relationships at all levels
• Strong with systems, records and administration
• Comfortable managing competing priorities
• Professional with a high level of integrity and confidentiality
• Confident following up actions and seeing things through
• Comfortable working onsite within a manufacturing environment

Experience with ACC and return‑to‑work, H&S systems, HR/payroll systems, training coordination or workplace drug and alcohol testing would be highly regarded.

Experience or certification in administering workplace drug and alcohol testing would be an advantage.

Experience within manufacturing, forestry, engineering or another operational environment would also be beneficial.

A relevant HR, Health & Safety, rehabilitation or business qualification would be advantageous.

Why Millari NZ?

You’ll join a growing Gisborne business and gain broad exposure across People, Safety and operational HR.

This is an opportunity for someone who wants more than a traditional administration role. You’ll have ownership, variety and the opportunity to grow your capability, while making a practical difference to our people and operation.

At Millari NZ, we’re working together to build a strong and sustainable future for our whānau and community.

If you’re organised, approachable, confident getting stuck in and enjoy seeing things through to completion, we’d love to hear from you.