Safety Systems Coordinator

• January 2026 Start
• Excellent Career Development Opportunity for someone Passionate about Safety with skills in Systems
• Crows Nest and/or Ingleburn Location
• Be a part of our Safety Evolution across our busy Manufacturing Sites

At Real Pet Food, safety is at the heart of everything we do — because our people, our pets, and our products deserve nothing less.

After an exciting year rolling out HomeSafe across all our ANZ sites and building a dynamic Power BI safety dashboard, we're ready to take our next big step. We're looking for a proactive and technically skilled Health & Safety (HS) Systems Coordinator to join our National Safety Team and help shape the future of safety across our business.

In this role you will be the go-to for our Health & Safety (HS) systems, driving continuous improvement and performance across our manufacturing and corporate sites. Working closely with the Head of Quality & Safety and across the broader Health and Safety team,  you'll play a pivotal role in developing, embedding, and enhancing our WHS Framework, ensuring it's aligned to ISO standards and fully integrated across the Group.

You'll be our go-to person regarding safety system performance — developing dashboards, analysing data, and helping leaders make smarter, safer decisions through metrics that matter: hazards raised, corrective actions, audits, training compliance, engagement, and safety outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for HS Systems across the Group.
• Support the development and implementation of the Group HS Strategic Plan.
• Help design, develop, and maintain a Group WHS Framework aligned to ISO 45001.
• Lead the ongoing development and engagement of the DoneSafe HS Platform.
• Partner with HR and Training to deliver fit-for-purpose safety training programs.
• Track and report HS performance across sites using tools such as Power BI.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability.
• Support Real Pet Food's ESG and sustainability initiatives, helping reduce our environmental footprint while improving safety outcomes.
• Empower teams through accessible self-service HS information and tools.
• Partner with business leaders and staff to promote safety engagement and ownership.
• Provide expert advice and support on HS systems and ways of working across all sites.

What You'll Bring

You're a confident communicator, a systems thinker, and someone who enjoys influencing change through collaboration and data-driven insights. You take pride in helping others work smarter and safer.

Skills & Abilities:

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Proven ability to implement systems and process changes and deliver training.
• Experience with DoneSafe (or similar systems) for compliance and reporting.
• Strong capability in Power BI and data analytics.
• Ability to influence, prioritise, and manage competing demands.
  

Knowledge:

• Sound understanding of ISO 45001 and WHS regulatory frameworks.
• Technical competence across HS and system management.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite. 

Experience & Qualifications

• Experience working across multiple sites, ideally including food or 'wet' manufacturing.
• Familiarity with ISO 45001/14001/18001 standards and data-driven safety reporting systems.
• 3+ years' experience in a similar HS Systems role — this isn't a management position, but it's a key role with real influence. .Diploma in OHS highly regarded
• Demonstrated project management skills to drive safety initiatives.

What is in it for you?

You'll join a passionate, down-to-earth team that genuinely cares — about safety, about our people, and about creating great food for pets everywhere. You'll have the autonomy to make your mark, the support of a collaborative safety community, and the satisfaction of seeing your work directly improve how we care for our teams every day.

If you're ready to support the next stage of our safety journey, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help us make Real Pet Food a safer place to work, one system at a time.

What we are about

Welcome to RPF, where we believe in keeping it Real.

Since 1994, we have been Australia and New Zealand's pioneers in fresher dog and cat nutrition. Our story is one of passion for a better way to care for pets, a belief in fresher nutrition, and an unwavering commitment to delivering this to pet parents and pets worldwide.

We're dedicated to fostering authentic partnerships, encouraging real ambition, and providing real career opportunities for our employees to make a difference.

Real means fresher ingredients and fresher methods. We'll never stop expanding, innovating, and trying new things. We compete in every pet category and channel, creating favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Nature's Gift, V.I.P. Petfoods, and Love 'Em & Fussy Cat

Since the establishment of RPF, we have grown to over 900 people across Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia and Europe.

With the pet industry growing rapidly (a $15 billion industry) and pets becoming increasingly important in our lives and homes, this is a unique opportunity to be a part of our remarkable growth story and advance your career.

Why join us?

Do work that matters. We're pioneering in a new area of pet food, always striving for fresher. We're restless, creating a better life for our pets.

Make an impact and change the game. You won't be another 'cog in the wheel' here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to do your best work – and to make a real difference. Do you have a great idea for a new product or system improvement? We're all ears

Growing and global. We're growing fast We now have global presence across APAC, and Europe regions and we're only getting started

Work with a pack of awesome, genuine people who are passionate about what they do.

Grow your career with us. We're big believers in lifelong learning. You'll be given access to LinkedIn Learning, plus opportunities for internal mobility and leadership training to fast-track your career.

Pets our part of our family: bring your pet to our Crows Nest office, access our Pawrental leave when you adopt a new cat or dog, pet carer and compassionate leave.

Generous perks including day off for your anniversary, product discounts, volunteering days to help the community, novated leases, a rewards program and parental leave.

What's next?

If you're ready to unleash your potential and make a real difference in the booming pet industry, then we want to hear from you Next steps will include:

• An initial telephone interview followed by 2 face to face interviews
• 2 work references
• This role is for a Jan 2026 start 

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity's not a buzzword here, it's in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That's why we're committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at accommodations: people&. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note: NO agencies will be considered during this process. We encourage you to refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles

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