Senior Data & Insights Analyst – Education

University Of Otago; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaan's is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to provide dedicated support across the business, reporting to the Operations Manager, Team Leaders and staff. The role focuses on fostering a positive safety culture, identifying hazards and ensuring robust safety systems are followed in a busy operation.

You will work closely with Team Leaders and employees to promote safe practices, coordinate risk assessments and incident investigations, and support ACC and return-to-work processes in a practical,

Qualifications

• Experience in Health & Safety Officer/Coordinator/Advisor roles.
• Knowledge of NZ Health & Safety legislation.
• Experience with hazard management and incident investigations.
• Strong relationship-building skills across all levels of the business.
• Practical, solutions-focused with balance to operational realities.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of Health & Safety plan across the business.
• Identify hazards, assess risks and strengthen H&S practices.
• Coordinate hazard and incident management, investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain and improve H&S and wellbeing systems and processes.
• Support legislative compliance, injury management and effective return-to-work processes.

Skills

Health & Safety experience

Stakeholder engagement

Hazard management

Incident investigation

Return-to-work processes

Education

Health & Safety qualification

Job description

Health & Safety Advisor

Job Description

Support Kaan's Health and Safety by driving a positive safety culture, moulding processes and building relationships with a diverse range of employees.

About Kaan's:

Kaan's are proud to be Otago's largest, privately family owned and operated wholesale food distribution business. They supply over 3000 products and directly import items from all over the world. They employ over 200 team members and operate over 80 delivery vehicles from North Canterbury to Bluff and everywhere in between. They have depots and branches in Dunedin, Invercargill, Central Otago, Timaru, and Christchurch.

They know fresh is best, buying daily from both local markets and all over NZ to ensure their customers get the freshest possible ingredients. They have in-house vegetable processing & butchery facilities that helps customers reduce kitchen prep time, food wastage and wage costs.

Kaan's value cultural differences, and prides themselves on offering services in Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai & Indian. This ensures they can easily help all customers meet their requirements.

The role:

This newly created role will provide dedicated Health & Safety support across Kaan's, reporting to their highly experienced Operations Manager, Team Leaders and employees across the business.

You’ll have a strong presence across the operation, supporting safe ways of working, identifying and managing risks and ensuring Health & Safety systems and processes are effective and consistently followed. This is a practical role for someone who enjoys working directly with people and wants the opportunity to make a visible difference to safety across a busy operational environment.

Role Responsibilities / Duties:

• Support the delivery of Kaan's Health & Safety plan, and promote safe, practical ways of working across the business.
• Work alongside Team Leaders and employees to identify hazards, assess risks and strengthen H&S practices.
• Coordinate hazard and incident management, investigations, reporting and corrective actions.
• Maintain and improve H&S and wellbeing systems and processes.
• Support legislative compliance, injury management and effective return-to-work outcomes alongside ACC and external providers.

Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience in a Health & Safety Officer, Coordinator, Advisor or similar position.
• Good working knowledge of NZ Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience across hazard management, incident investigation and corrective action.
• Strong relationship building skills with confidence to engage with people across all levels of the business.
• Practical and solutions focused with the ability to balance safety requirements with operational realities.

Desirable:

• A relevant Health & Safety qualification or currently working towards one.
• Experience within food distribution, manufacturing, warehousing, transport or a similar operational environment.
• Experience working with ACC, injury management and return-to-work processes.

This is a great opportunity to join an established business in a newly created position where you can build strong relationships across the operation and play an important role in continuing to improve how Health & Safety is managed day to day.

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