Machine Safety Engineer

**General Information**:

- Date Published- 04-Sep-2024- Advertising Ends- 11-Sep-2024- Country- New Zealand- Location- Canterbury, Hamilton & North Waikato, Northland, Southland, Taranaki, Taupo & Southern Waikato- Role Type- Engineering- Work Type- Permanent- ID#- 9707**Position Description**:
**Our Co-operative**
- Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini
We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.
As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.
When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
- **About us | Whakapā mai**
- We are embracing a new vision and strategic direction with a centralised engineering, capital & technical group for COO. Global Engineering & Technical represents a transformative step in our journey towards engineering excellence and strategic innovation to deliver our long term asset strategy within COO. It will drive positive change by enhancing strategic delivery, efficiency, and agility, streamline risk management, standardise operations, simplify processes, improve communication and enhance career pathways for engineers within a recognised centre of excellence, ensuring a sustainable future.
- **About the opportunity | Te whai waahi**
- As our Machine Safety Engineer, you will be dedicated to ensuring the safety and compliance of machinery and equipment used across COO. They play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining safety measures to prevent accidents and injuries, thereby enhancing the overall safety culture within engineering.Key accountabilities include:
Safety Compliance:
- Provide expert guidance on machine safety standards and best practices
- Ensure all machinery complies with organisational safety policies, local and international safety standards.
- Keep abreast of changes in safety regulations and implement necessary updates.
- Risk Assessment:
- Conduct comprehensive safety assessments of machinery and equipment to identify hazards and recommend measures to mitigate risks.
- Safety Systems Design:
- Advise on the design and implementation of safety control systems for machinery.
- Review and approve safety-related machine modifications.
- Training & Awareness:
- Provide technical support and training to engineering and operations teams on machine safety practices and procedures.
- Incident Investigation:
- Support the investigation of safety incidents related to machinery, analysing root causes and recommending corrective actions.

**About you | Moe koe**
- You have a strong background in mechanical or electrical engineering, with a specialization in machine safety. Your experience includes working with safety standards, conducting risk assessments, and designing safety systems. You are proficient in using safety-related engineering software and tools, enabling you to ensure the highest levels of safety and compliance in your work.
- **Our story | To Tatou Korero**
- Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.
- Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.
- Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.
- Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
- Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.
- Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together. You, me, us together. Tᾱtou tᾱtou.