Health and Safety Advisor

We are seeking our next Health & Safety Advisor to join our Belfast site in Christchurch, Canterbury.

Te Tūranga / About the Role :

Silver Fern Farms Belfast have an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about leading health and safety practice at our site. This is a permanent position based at our Belfast site in Christchurch, Canterbury.

Preferably you will have primary industry or food processing experience or have transferable experience from a hands-on role that means you will be comfortable in our factory environment. As an experienced Advisor, you will lead all facets of Health & Safety processes, including incident learning opportunities, risk assessments, administration of Health & Safety systems, overseeing H&S Reps, injury management oversight, education and reporting to site management.

You will be the main connection between corporate health and safety and the site. You’ll need to have strong interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate effectively and build relationships to drive change.

Remunernation

• We pay minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $105,000 per annum
• Minimum 40 hours per week

Ōu Pūkenga / About You :

Te Ahurea / Why work at Silver Fern Farms?

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means, how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. ‘Goodness’ is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

For you, we offer heavily discounted staff meat sales through our on site Butcher's Block, paid sick leave from the date of employment (no waiting for the 6 month anniversary required), and confidential employee assistance with career planning, financial advice and counselling. There’s the added bonus of free on-site parking and a SFF branded uniform also.

Tono Mai / To Apply :

Click on ‘Apply’ below to submit your application.  We assess applications as they are received so don’t delay.

Applications open 10 / 12 / 2025 - closing 24 / 12 / 2025