Health and Safety Manager
Visa sponsorship
Administration · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Mzansi safety professionals, this one is a step up. An environmental and engineering consultancy in Auckland wants a Health and Safety Manager to carry its Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) function from one end of New Zealand to the other.
No fluff in the brief. You lead a dedicated HSW team. You develop the safety systems, keep them in shape and make them better. You back safe work practices on the ground and push a positive safety culture. Senior leaders and project teams come to you for advice. The firm is open to many kinds of senior HSW experience, from specialists to people who have managed a team or function.
It is also an Immigration New Zealand accredited employer, able to sponsor the AEWV.
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Key Responsibilities
- Drive how the HSW systems, processes and assurance get built and sharpened, so the business stays on the right side of the law and works safely
- Run the HSW team and coach its people to grow
- Stand alongside senior leaders, managers and project teams as their partner
- Push a safety culture that backs people, using hands-on training, real engagement and learning
- Keep tabs on HSW performance, report on hazards, risks, incidents and lessons learned, and drive it up
- Handle the big relationships with outside agencies, contractors and suppliers
- Make sure HSW systems do their job, stay legal and line up with ISO standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- 5 years minimum in health and safety, in a role like this one
- NEBOSH certificate (occupational health and safety) or a qualification on the same level
- Time on Donesafe or a similar HSW information system
- Has put Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles into practice, along with people-centred safety approaches such as Safety II or Just Culture
- A strong leader and coach of people who has run a health and safety team
- Excellent at facilitating, presenting and writing, with strong business acumen, and has managed H&S systems, incidents, risk and contractors
- Consulting, professional services or engineering experience counts as desirable, not essential
- Your New Zealand driving licence must be current
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