Overview

  • Civil and commercial construction OHS experience required – single and multisite
  • Seeking energetic and engaging Health and Safety Advisors
  • Significant influencing, coaching, mentoring skillset and experience required

Our well-established clients are looking for health & safety advisors with experience in both civil and commercial (high-rise) construction.

The positions are generally hands-on, at times monitoring multiple project sites within the Auckland region, with potential to dip into the Waikato area from time to time.

Ideally candidates will have a background in construction (on the tools/Supervisors/ Project Managers etc.) who have moved into a career in Health and Safety and will offer credibility and practical advice on site.

As a Health and Safety Advisor – you will need to have an influential, mentoring type of personality, working with the people and educating to ensure a solid foundation for safety success through training and understanding, rather than wielding a big stick.

Your knowledge of PCBU’s, together with a strong ability to collaborate and enable an environment of business as usual – encouraging all stakeholders to buy in to the systems and procedures will ensure safety success on site.

Duties will generally include:

  • Provide effective health and safety support across allocated projects
  • Communicate and promote a consistent safety culture and values in line with the company vision
  • Play an active role in the Injury Management Process, ensuring the employees wellbeing and smooth return to work process
  • Develop strong relationships with regulatory and other external organisations
  • Manage, facilitate and promote the development, maintenance and implementation of the company’s health and safety management systems
  • Audit and monitor, review projects and collate relevant data, ensure a high standard of compliance is achieved and promoted
  • Provide visibility and specialist advice and information to all stakeholders, supporting required training as identified
  • Manage from a best practice – risk perspective
  • Maintain high levels of knowledge and expertise regarding current standards, initiatives, best practice as appropriate to the organisation
  • Promote a positive safety behavioural culture

Skills and experience required

  • Excellent health and safety knowledge and experience within a construction environment – legislation, best practice, systems and procedures – SSSP’s JSEA’s etc.
  • Preference will be given to candidates with a relevant tertiary qualification and Site Safe training, although your experience will be taken into account
  • A proactive monitoring and auditing approach
  • Enthusiastic and committed to providing the tools and resources to encourage effective management and accountabilities
  • A truly engaging communication style and strong ability to influence at all levels – non confrontational but comfortable with standing up for safety
  • Outcome focussed, with a strong problem solving skillset
  • Advanced incident/accident investigation skills
  • Experienced with Injury Management
  • Lead from the front to provide safety visibility, engagement and participation
  • Experience from tender through to completion of project
  • Energetic and proactive

Apply

If you meet the above criteria, we welcome your application including your CV and cover letter in Word format via apply button.

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Candidates must have the right to work in New Zealand to apply for this role.

All applications will be acknowledged electronically in the first instance. If you have any questions, please call the Team on 09 424 8367 quoting reference #Construction17 when making enquiries.

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