EHS Coordinator

About the role

Kraft Heinz is hiring a permanent EHS Coordinator to join its Health, Safety and Environment team in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. The company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. The role sits within a collaborative, dynamic team with a track record of internal growth and career advancement.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and update HSE documents, records and policies so they are accurate and easy to access.
• Prepare and submit the required monthly HSE reports.
• Run health and safety committee meetings and follow up actions to completion.
• Promote safe behaviour, including hazard identification and near-miss reporting.
• Ensure the site meets legal, regulatory and company HSE requirements.
• Maintain hazard and risk registers and lead risk assessments to confirm controls are in place and working.
• Track audit, inspection and compliance findings and drive corrective actions through to verified close-out.
• Support incident reporting and investigations, identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage contractor safety processes, including inductions, approvals, review of safety plans and on-site compliance monitoring.
• Support environmental compliance, including monitoring programmes, hazardous substance records, improvement initiatives and progress against site HSE objectives.

Required profile

• Relevant HSE qualification and/or equivalent practical experience in a site-based role.
• Experience maintaining HSE documentation, records and monthly reporting, including using reporting systems and tools.
• Strong working knowledge of legal and regulatory HSE compliance requirements and how to apply them on site.
• Demonstrated ability to run risk assessments, maintain risk registers and verify controls.
• Experience leading or supporting audits and inspections, developing corrective action plans and driving actions to close-out.
• Proven incident reporting and investigation experience, including root cause analysis and preventive actions.
• Contractor safety management experience (inductions, safety plan and method statement reviews, on-site compliance monitoring).
• Working knowledge of environmental compliance and hazardous substance management (inventories, monitoring, improvement initiatives).
• Eligibility to work in New Zealand with full working rights.

What we offer

• Pay for Performance: variable compensation tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary.
• Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
• Flexible leave options, including purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programmes.
• In-house training programmes and corporate discount programmes.