About the opportunity

Pan Pac Forest Products is a fully integrated business and operates as a Major Hazard Facility. As our Corporate Health & Safety Advisor, you’ll partner with divisional Health & Safety Advisors and work across our three key operational areas – Forests, Lumber, and Pulp. Together, you’ll champion health and safety, driving a strong safety culture and ensuring our systems remain robust, effective, and continually improving.

In this role, you will:

• Provide expert advice and coaching to leaders, supporting them to apply best practice, meet compliance standards, and foster a proactive safety culture
• Offer leadership support and business advice, and guide health & safety policies, processes, and documentation
• Maintain, review, and improve the Health & Safety Management System (SMS)
• Lead projects and initiatives in line with the Company Health & Safety Plan
• Deliver on key focus areas such as auditing, reporting, KPIs, insights, and continuous improvement
• Oversee training and contractor management to build capability and consistency across the business

This role is formally delegated as the Deputy Head of Health & Safety, supporting the Head of Health & Safety day-to-day and stepping in during their absence or when they are engaged on other duties.

This role is full-time, Monday – Friday, based at our Whirinaki site located 15 mins north of Napier.

About us

We add value to our natural resources. Our business is renewables, and we have been a part of New Zealand’s bio-based economy for 51 years. We grow, process, and deliver quality radiata products to national and international markets. Sustainability and safety are the foundations of our business. We have a team of over 430 full time staff and 400 contractors. We care for our people, the environment and our community.

We offer

• Secure employment
• A supportive learning and development environment
• Reward and recognition
• Wellbeing programme
• Discounted petrol
• Free flu injections
• Retail discounts
• Free life insurance for you and discounted life insurance for your partner
• Subsidised medical insurance for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual firewood allocation
• Family friendly events

About you

We are looking for a solution-focused advisor with experience in high-risk industrial environments.

You also have: 

• a relevant tertiary qualification
• minimum of 3 years’ experience in specialist/advisory health and safety role, preferably in a safety sensitive industrial or manufacturing environments
• strong interpersonal, relationship and influencing skills
• in-depth knowledge of the HSWA 
• a solid understanding of the functionality of Office 365
• proven ability to plan and organise well, multitask and achieve required outcomes
• the ability to work logically and methodically with good attention to detail
• excellent written and oral communication skills
• a strong customer service focus
• the ability to work with a diverse range of roles and levels in an organisation

Join our team, apply today!