Occupational Health & Safety (Human Resources & Recruitment)
Full time
Join an engaging Senior Leadership Team and successful Kiwi business and genuinely build, create and enhance the health and safety profile and culture, through your expertise, engagement and coaching approach. You will lead a small team Nationally to support outcomes and have direct engagement with the largest stakeholders.
Health & Safety Leadership role, SLT influence and a complex and interesting scope
High risk environment, with a strong profile and brand across industry in this successful business
Remunerated on Base + Vehicle & Fuel Card with some National travel required
Our client is a NZ success story and has experienced impactful growth, through acquisition over the last few years, in a diverse and high risk environment, with complexity and a strong brand and profile across industry.
About the role:
As their National H&S Manager, you will build on existing culture work, procedures and standards, critical risk programs and provide direction and guidance on safety-related matters to the Regional Leaders and Exec. Monitor and measure performance in the field alongside the workforce, reporting to the Managing Director for the Group.
Responsibilities will include and are not limited to:
Develop and administer HSE education and safety programs
Provide integrated overall operational safety, risk and assurance management advice, expertise and support for all brands/divisions across the group
Oversee the business projects to develop and implement systems that identify, record, manage and report on risk and monitor the efficiency of these systems and their application to ensure proper implementation and usage.
Contribute to the development and implement occupational health and safety procedures based on approved company policies in the areas of health, safety, and environment
Investigate the causes of serious events on site and recommend actions to prevent future occurrences, including managing audits
Proactively support the MD and SLT to implement change-management strategies that will drive a safety culture and result in improvement in the business safety performance.
Liaise with key stakeholders on HSE specific requirements and champion the business across all external partners
About you:
While previous safety leadership experience within construction and infrastructure is highly desirable and beneficial, we welcome applications from safety professionals from a range of high-risk operational environments, with around 8+ years experience in aligned roles.
Key to your success in this role will be your ability to communicate and maintain effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders in a very regulated environment.
You will also have:
High-level leadership, strategic thinking and management skills to deliver consistent outcomes in a large and complex safety-oriented organisation.
Experience leading small to medium teams and ideally National teams, albeit not essential.
High level of skill in directing and working with a professional team in integrating and prioritising operational safety and assurance initiatives, standards and governance frameworks within a large and complex environment.
Extensive knowledge of contemporary safety, risk and assurance principles and practices as they apply to large, complex organisations.
High level of skill in leading safety, risk and assurance professionals in implementing appropriate safety and risk management frameworks, strategies, programs, policies and procedures.
A relevant HSE qualification (NEBOSH or Diploma in OSH)
If you have the experience outlined above, a genuine interest in people and their safety and wellbeing and a current, permanent right to work in NZ then click "Apply now" or send your CV directly to: ****** or call 021 300 546.
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