EHS Specialist

Who we are

Balle Bros Fresh Cut is a leader in manufacturing and distribution of fresh-cut produce and salads to the retail and foodservice industry in New Zealand.  Balle Bros Fresh Cut is committed to the work health and safety of our people, clients, visitors, contractors, and business partners as a key priority.

The work health and safety of all people at Balle Bros Fresh Cut is of critical importance.  We are committed to provide a safe working environment and complying with the New Zealand work health and safety legislation and statutory requirements making workplace safety an integral part of our business.

About the Role

We need a hands-on EHS Specialist who will passionately lead and develop the next phase of our Environmental, Health & Safety journey. Reporting to the GM Operations, your role will be to provide coordination and expertise in areas of environmental, occupational health and safety (EHS), risk management, and workers compensation (ACC)/loss control management to our business. 

You will partner with managers, supervisors, workers and sub-contractors to make EHS a natural part of how we work, so our people are engaged, informed and kept safe.  You will also bring the technical credibility to earn trust quickly and become a go-to EHS Specialist.

More specifically you will:

·         Coordinate the tasks on the annual calendar of key dates, ensuring all compliance requirements are met

·         Coordination of health and safety committee and employee participation on health and safety matters

·         Providing technical reports and detail recommended actions, with guidance

·         Support teams to ensure all incidents, accidents and near misses are reported, recorded and investigated.

·         Coordinate both internal and external audits

·         Develop and review all SOPs and JSAs with Production Manager and Production Team Leaders and assist with training.

·         Support and train teams in hazard identification, assessment, and management

·         Assist with contractor management, maintaining oversight of contractor induction sign off and evidence of current permits and insurance requirements through our management system

·         Coordinate training courses as required.  Assist and lead as appropriate key internal training delivery

·         Conduct regular safety walks and behavioural observations and coach direct site contacts

·         Liaise with external H & S providers for 1st Aid Kits, Spill kits and PPE replenishments

·         Manage weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual EHS reporting

·         Establish environmental and sustainability goals annually.  Track and report monthly

·         Monitor water usage, energy, wastewater discharge, solid waste disposal, hazardous waste handling, storage and disposal, air emissions, spill prevention control, storm water pollutant discharge

·         Recommend improvements and solutions to environmental sustainability.  Recommend resources required to control and improve

·         Administer EHS system, developing users and super users to improve and sustain effective use

·         Have a continuous improvement and collaborative mind set.

About you

You are an experienced EHS professional with a track record of lifting safety performance in the manufacturing or other high-risk environments.  You have a deep knowledge of best-practice EHS processes and legislation, and you keep learning.  Prior experience in training and developing people, and coaching a site team, mentoring colleagues, or influencing business leaders to drive change.  You are proactive, positive and stay close to what’s happening on site.

·         An appropriate qualification in Health & Safety, Environmental, or Risk Management

·         Ideally, 5+ years of relevant work experience within the safety, sustainability, and environmental function coordination and or leadership

·         Strong working knowledge of the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 and related regulations

·         Hands-on experience with risk assessments, safety management plans, audits and inspections

·         Experience leading incident investigations and driving corrective actions

·         High level of attention to detail and strong communication skills

·         Self-motivated, enthusiastic and a care factor to drive improvements

·         Strong planning and organisational skills

·         Software platform experience for EHSQ management systems

·         A can-do attitude and a proactive EHS mindset

Our Values

·         Family: Our extended family includes our workforce, customers and the communities in which we operate. Loyalty means everything to us.

·         Respect: Be real, Be kind & empower others

·         Leadership: Contribute to a participative, encouraging, challenging and supportive environment

·         Integrity: Display high critical standards including honesty, truthfulness, tolerance, and social responsibility

·         Flexibility: Show flexibility and thinking and approach to all aspects of our business. Including people, product., markets, and the organisation.

·         Excellence: Continually strive to achieve and exceed best practices.

If you believe you have the experience and skills, and our values align with your personal values, please apply on-line now!

To see our exciting products, please visit www.taylorfarms.co.nz