Quality Health Safety & Environment Coordinator

At Goodman Fielder our purpose is simple. It's about making everyday food better for everyone.

Goodman Fielder is a leading global food company, and the custodian of a host of iconic Kiwi brands like Meadow Fresh, Puhoi Valley, Molenberg, Natures Fresh and Freya's that generations of New Zealanders have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week.

Our rapidly growing food service business supplies ingredients to more than ten thousand cafés', restaurants, bakeries, and dairies every week - we're the milk in your flat white, the flour in your bread, and the rice with your curry. Our growth has seen us expand beyond New Zealand, into Australia, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, China and South East Asia.

We might be biased but we believe our team here at Goodman Fielder is an amazing place to work, and a great team to be part of! We're driven by our values - We Grow Together, We Keep Things Simple, We Get Stuff Done. In one incredible organisation, you can grow a fantastic career by moving across different functions, categories, customers and channels, discovering what makes you tick and delivering work with purpose.

About the Role

This is a rare entry level opportunity to join our Quality Bakers site in Nelson as our Quality Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator. This role will be based on-site and takes responsibility for maintaining and improving the Safety, Health and Environment Systems and the Food Safety Quality systems for the site.

Responsibilities

• Annual Health Safety and Quality plans established for the site, identifying goals/targets and improvement opportunities
• Complete internal and external audits including root cause, corrective and preventative actions (insurance, STGFW checklists, ACC partnerships, environmental, food safety quality)
• Drive a culture of compliance to commitment for Health Safety Food Safety for the site by engaging with the team to enable this change

About you

To make this role a success, we are looking for an organised and driven individual who, ideally, has previous experience in a food manufacturing environment.

Skillsets, qualifications and experience we would like to see, include:

• Familiarity with a food manufacturing environment
• Organised self-driven individual with strong communication and training skills
• The ability to build strong lasting relationships with stakeholders across the site (and business) which in turns enables you to take people on the journey from compliance to commitment
• Excellent computer literacy and ability to quickly pick up different systems
• Relevant HSE or Food Safety certification, or working towards one would be useful but not essential

What can we offer you?

With continual growth and new product development on the horizon, you will experience an innovative and autonomous environment where you are a valued part of our overall success. You will work within cross-functional teams and with highly experienced professionals who know our business inside out. At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be the destination employer offering long-term careers.

For more information about us or to learn about other roles available at Goodman Fielder, please visit our careers page and register your details so that we can notify you of jobs that interest you.

Apply today and take the opportunity with a market-leading FMCG organisation!