Health, Safety & Environment Business Partner

Kinrise is a growing, privately owned powerhouse in Australian food manufacturing with some of Australia’s most loved and innovative brands. We describe ourselves as a ‘start up with scale’ and have a burning ambition to grow our business. Formed in 2018 the Kinrise portfolio covers Biscuits, Breakfast, Baking, Bakery, and Snackfood categories and has 40+ years making iconic Australian food, with a rich Australian heritage that’s grounded in family origins.

Kinrise is a growing, privately owned powerhouse in Australian food manufacturing, home to some of Australia’s most loved and innovative brands. At our Snackfoods business, we are home to iconic brands such as Cobs and Poppin popcorn brands. We describe ourselves as a ‘start-up with scale’ and have a burning ambition to grow our business.

About the role.
We’re currently looking for a Health & Safety Business Partner to join our Kinrise Snackfoods team. Based primarily at our Dandenong South with travel to Braeside, and Keysborough as required, this role  champions a strong safety, health and environmental culture across our manufacturing sites. If you’re passionate about building safer workplaces, driving continuous improvement, and supporting people to thrive, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact.

You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our sites maintain a strong commitment to continuous improvement of safety, health and environmental culture, standards, systems and processes.

Working closely with site leadership, you’ll design, implement and monitor improvement plans that keep our people safe and our operations compliant and efficient.

Key Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:

Lead Safety Excellence

• Drive a proactive safety culture by engaging leaders, team members and contractors.

• Ensure compliance with Kinrise HSE standards and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee risk and hazard management, including assessments, investigations, corrective actions and audits.

Champion Health & Injury Management

• Oversee occupational health, wellness and hygiene programs.
• Manage end‑to‑end workers’ compensation claims and early intervention processes.
• Act as the key liaison between injured workers, treatment providers, insurers and internal stakeholders.

Environmental Stewardship

• Manage site environmental compliance, including EPA licences and trade waste requirements.

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Lead local HSE improvement programs, including Never Walk By initiatives.
• Enhance return‑to‑work outcomes and support OES maturity across HSE modules.

Be a Key Functional Area Specialist in Safety

• Contribute to decision‑making on key operational issues.
• Maintain accurate HSE records and reporting.
• Ensure confidentiality and protect sensitive business information.

About You.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical problem‑solving ability and confidence managing risk and complexity.
• Results‑driven mindset with the ability to set and achieve ambitious targets.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• A collaborative approach and alignment with Kinrise values.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience implementing safety programs in FMCG manufacturing.
• Significant experience in workplace rehabilitation and return‑to‑work injury management

Kinrise’s Perks

• Work with iconic products that Aussie consumers love.
• Access to retail discounts through Reward Gateway.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning to support your continuous learning journey.
• Additional week of annual leave after 2 years of service.
• 2 'You do You' days per year.
• Company paid parental leave for Primary and Secondary caregivers.

If you’re ready to play a vital role in keeping our sites running safely, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and be part of the Kinrise journey.

Why Join Us?

Kinrise is a fast paced, agile business that focuses on your talents and challenges you to perform at your best. An opportunity with us would mean:

• An opportunity to work with leading Australian-made brands and products

• An exciting role in a growing business with a great history and an ambitious growth agenda

• Supportive and collaborative team culture

Kinrise is committed to creating an environment that welcomes all, celebrates our diversity in all its forms and fosters an environment of inclusion. We recognise that our unique differences are what sets us apart and how we succeed as a team. We are an equal opportunity employer.