Health and Safety Manager
Visa sponsorship
Administration · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Kabayan, if you have spent years keeping worksites and teams safe, this senior opening in Auckland may suit your next step. A values-led environmental and engineering consultancy is hiring a Health and Safety Manager to take charge of its Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) work throughout New Zealand.
You would guide a dedicated HSW team, shape and improve the systems that keep people safe, encourage safe work practices and help everyone feel part of a positive safety culture. Senior leaders and project teams will look to you for advice. The firm welcomes a broad mix of senior HSW backgrounds, from specialists to managers of a team or function.
On the visa side, the company is an Immigration New Zealand accredited employer, so it is able to sponsor the AEWV.
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Key Responsibilities
- Guide the growth and steady improvement of HSW systems, processes and assurance, meeting legal requirements and supporting safe work
- Mentor and develop the HSW team, and work hand in hand with senior leaders, managers and project teams
- Encourage a caring, people-focused HSW culture through training, engagement and learning
- Keep an eye on HSW performance, reporting on incidents, lessons learned, risks and hazards and driving improvement
- Manage key relationships with external agencies, contractors and suppliers, and make sure HSW systems stay effective, legally compliant and aligned with ISO standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- At least 5 years of experience in a health and safety position similar to this one
- NEBOSH certificate (occupational health and safety) or a qualification that is equivalent
- Familiar with Donesafe or another similar HSW information system
- Has applied Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles
- Comfortable with people-centred safety approaches such as Just Culture or Safety II
- A strong people leader and coach, with experience leading a health and safety team
- Excellent at facilitation, presentations and writing, with strong business acumen
- Has managed H&S systems, incidents, risk and contractors
- Desirable but not essential: experience in consulting, professional services or engineering
- Holds a current New Zealand driving licence
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