Ko wai mātou – About us 

Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!  

With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.  Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.   

Every day, thousands of customers shop in-store or online. To make it happen, our supply chain – one of New Zealand’s biggest – keeps everything moving. With over 1,000 team members, we move more than 97.8 million cartons a year, covering 19 million kilometres — that’s nearly 24 round trips to the moon!

Te Tūranga – About the role 

As a Safety Coordinator, you’ll support safety initiatives across our two Auckland Distribution Centres, working closely with the Senior Safety & Wellbeing Advisor. You’ll help drive compliance, lead inductions and training, manage reporting, and support audits and incident investigations—all while promoting a strong safety culture. You’ll also:

·         Deliver safety messages and toolbox talks to support a strong safety culture.

·         Maintain and support health & safety systems, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance.

·         Coordinate inductions, training, and emergency exercises for all staff and contractors.

·         Assist with audits, risk assessments, and follow-up on corrective actions.

·         Manage incident and hazard reporting using our safety management system.

·         Lead safety communications and working groups to drive continuous improvement.

·         Assist with injury management, follow ups, and working with all stakeholders to implement the return to work plans

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits 

·           Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs 

·           Subsidised Southern cross health insurance and discount at our retail stores

·           A day off on your birthday and long service leave  

·           Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes). 

 

He kōrero mōu - About you 

The ideal candidate for this role will:

·         Have working experience in a DC environment and in a safety focused role

·         Be familiar with health & safety policies, procedures, and New Zealand legislation (ACC, Worksafe, etc.).

·         Preferably have experience in working with safety systems - ACC AEP or similar and or auditing to an in internal safety management standard.

·         Have some understanding of New Zealand ACC and health and safety legislation and regulations and application of the same.

·         Be competent in MS Office software, and have experience in SharePoint administration, or similar. 

We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow.  If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you! 

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you. 

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau. 

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity. 

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to  [email protected].  Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology. 

Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!