Health Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner

Join a team of good people doing good work with intent. People like you, who care to make a difference!

About Us

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s purpose is improving care and outcomes through inspired and world leading healthcare solutions.

We achieve this by bringing care and intentionality to everything we do – through product research and design, manufacturing, supply, customer support and our commitment to our people.

Care by Design is the way we do business, and this includes our approach to health, safety, and wellbeing.

We do this because people are our most important asset at F&P. Our intention is to create healthy and safe ways of working that allow our people to thrive. This secures long-term benefits for our people, our business, and the communities that we all work and live in.

The Role

We are looking for a high-performing, hands-on person to join our New Zealand Health, Safety & Wellbeing team to help support our manufacturing team stakeholders on a fixed term maternity leave cover contract from 3rd Feb 2025 – 3rd Oct 2025.

This is a dynamic role which will see you partner to understand and influence the safety of work. You will focus on the work that people are doing and how they can be supported to do this safely and successfully. You will lead, coach and build partnerships that promote leadership engagement, empower our employees, and take a risk-based approach to continuously improve our ways of working.

You will demonstrate the ability to build trust with teams and inspire change by providing comprehensive insights and advice that directly improves the safety of work.

About You

We are looking for a fresh thinking, curious, engaging and technically savvy person who is passionate about understanding what is necessary for people to work safely.  In addition to your great communication skills, you will be resilient, adaptable, and constantly seeking ways to challenge the status quo and empower shared leadership and ownership of safety within our business.

Essential for this role:

• At least 2 years HSW experience , with a focus on operational safety
• A fresh thinking approach and the ability to drive continuous improvement to improve the safety of work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships.
• Proven ability to engage and influence at a line management and team level.
• Effective at engaging and influencing key stakeholders at all levels with a hands on approach.

Working With Us

Care to join a supportive environment? Fisher & Paykel Healthcare foster an inclusive work environment founded on our culture of care and cooperation. Here you’ll have the trust and support to generate ideas, solve problems and do your best work.
 

• Active Social clubs & community groups
• In-house training programs from external providers
• Purchasing privileges for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Medela products
• School holiday programme subsidy
• Free Parking
• Beautiful campus with green spaces
• Subsidised Café’s
• High rates of internal promotion
• Access to state-of-the-art facilities

About Us

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, exporting to over 120 countries globally.

Our commitment to care unites us. Here, we’re driven to improve patient care and outcomes through inspired and world-leading healthcare solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your career and make a difference.  If the above sounds like the next challenge for you, apply now.

Requisition ID: 5171 
Posting end date: ​11/12/2024