Health & Safety Business Partner APAC

Take your career to the next level with Jack Link’s – a global leader in protein snacking. Make a real impact in Health & Safety across APAC!

Join us as our Health & Safety Business Partner – APAC , based at our Mangere site in Auckland, where your passion for creating safe, thriving workplaces will truly make a difference. In this pivotal role, you’ll champion a proactive safety culture and lead initiatives that ensure our people go home safe and well every day.

You’ll work closely with our Director of Human Resources in Sydney, as well as onsite HR teams in Auckland and Casino (NSW) , driving excellence in safety, wellbeing, systems, and performance across our APAC operations.

This is a high impact hands on role where you will drive best practice H&S processes, systems and reporting working collaboratively with our Production and Operational teams across our sites. You will lead in embedding a proactive safety culture, well being, injury prevention and continuous improvement to ensure our team go home safe and well every day.

You will focus on :

Implementing Best Practice H&S and Welling Processes : Champion, educate, and partner with leaders and teams to embed safe practices into daily operations across the APAC region. You'll work with the team to understand our operations and challenges to provide tailored advice which will keep our team safe while they continue to make great tasting products.

Health & Safety Hazard Management : Support in the design and implementation of Health & Safety and Well Being strategy and processes, promoting a safety-first workplace culture across all locations. You'll ensure incident reporting and investigations are robust and work with leaders to implement corrective actions.

Reporting : Regularly reporting on Health & Safety metrics providing actionable insights to drive continuous improvement. You will lead incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are in place. Partner with ACC and injury management provides to support return-to-work processes.

Compliance and Continuous Improvement Mindset : Ensure full compliance across the APAC region with Employment Law and Health & Safety legislation, maintaining adherence to all regulatory requirements. You will use data-driven insights to identify risks, guide decision-making, and continuously improve outcomes always looking for ways to make systems, processes, and outcomes better.

Relationships and Communication : You’re able to build good relationships with a wide range of people to resolve challenges and build leadership and team capability and awareness regarding safety and wellbeing. You will also liaise with external stakeholders such as ACC, Injury Management and System providers and others to ensure we are always compliant and following best practice.

Wellbeing and Care : You will champion initiatives that strengthen resilience, connection and care for our team inspiring innovation and fresh thinking in how we keep our people safe and well.

To be a success in this role, you’ll need :

• 3-5 years’ experience in a Health & Safety Business Partner role.
• Strong understanding of New Zealand Employment Law and Health & Safety legislation.
• Proven experience in a health, safety and wellbeing role, ideally within manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience with safety systems, incident investigations, and risk assessments, wellbeing programmes, injury management processes, working with ACC and harm reduction.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.
• Ability to challenge status quo with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to influence and drive change.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to unpick complex issues and work collaboratively to find practical solutions.
• Relevant qualifications in health and safety or a related field.

Why Join Jack Link’s?

Be part of something bigger : Jack Link’s is a global brand with a strong foothold in the APAC region.

Collaborate across teams : Work alongside Operations and functional teams to bring workplace safety first culture to life!

Supportive environment : Join a fun, cohesive team committed to achieving greatness.

Growth Ambition : Join us on an exciting growth journey as Jack Link’s strengthens its position as the leading brand in its category across the APAC region!

Applications are open to candidates with eligibility to work in New Zealand.

Pre-employment checks are required for successful candidates.

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