Job Description

Environment Health & Safety Manager

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Grow your Health & Safety career in a global FMCG organisation. Join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities.

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Key Position Responsibilities Include, but Not Limited To:

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- Own site-wide Health & Safety performance for the Northgate manufacturing and national distribution centre, with accountability for results and reporting to site leadership.
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- Lead the site Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) management system, ensuring practical, effective controls are implemented consistently across all departments.
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- Ensure compliance with all relevant EHS legislation, standards, and internal requirements, and maintain clear evidence of due diligence.
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- Identify, assess, and prioritise EHS risks; develop and deliver risk reduction plans that prevent incidents and minimise business disruption.
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- Plan and deliver the site EHS audit programme (internal/external), track corrective actions to closure, and verify effectiveness.
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- Monitor and analyse EHS performance (leading and lagging indicators), provide clear insights to leaders, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
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- Lead emergency preparedness and response planning, including drills, lessons learned, and ongoing improvements to site readiness.
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- Support site business continuity and operational risk planning (including facility security considerations where applicable), ensuring risks are understood and mitigated.
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- Partner with operational leaders and teams to embed safe ways of working, strengthen safety leadership, and build accountability at all levels.
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- Manage EHS‐related cost avoidance/value initiatives through practical, risk‐based recommendations and sound business cases.
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About You:

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- Proven EHS leadership experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment.
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- Strong working knowledge of relevant EHS legislation and regulator expectations, with the ability to evidence compliance.
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- Demonstrated capability to assess risk, set priorities, and implement practical controls that reduce incidents.
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- Hands‐on experience planning and delivering EHS audits/inspections and driving corrective actions to completion.
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- Comfortable using EHS data and trends to shape site plans, focus effort, and brief leadership clearly.
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- Experience building and maintaining emergency preparedness and response arrangements (plans, drills, reviews).
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- Strong stakeholder management skills—able to influence leaders, coach teams, and challenge unsafe practices constructively.
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- Skilled in managing contractor safety and high‐risk work through effective planning, permits, and verification.
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- Confident communicator who can provide clear technical advice and training across a busy, multi‐department site.
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- Integrity‐driven, organised, and resilient, with the judgement to balance operational needs and risk reduction.
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- Eligibility to work in Australia – with full working rights.
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Benefits Of Working With Us:

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- Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package.
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- Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary and secondary caregivers.
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- Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programmes to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter.
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- In House Training Programs.
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- Corporate Discount Programs.
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Location: Northgate.

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Kraft Heinz is an Equal Chance Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.

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📌 Environment Health & Safety Manager (Queensland)
🏢 Kraft Heinz
📍 Queensland