Overview

  • Influence culture change – provide solid advice and leadership
  • Provide best practice Health and Safety oversight and delivery nationwide
  • Significant Health and Safety experience within construction is required

Partner with the business and provide expert Safety and Wellbeing advice at all levels, ensuring buy-in to best practice initiatives nationwide

 The company and role

This is a pivotal role for establishing clear accountability and ownership throughout the organisation (nationwide) and an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive team, developing a robust and proactive Safety and Wellbeing culture that has everyone working safely, every day!

Your focus will be specifically within the glazing side of the business, therefore experience within high-rise commercial construction is required.

Reporting to the Group Health and Safety Manager you will:

  • Champion and deploy safety and wellbeing improvement methodologies and toolsets across the glazing operations nationwide
  • Build capability through knowledge sharing and coaching
  • Build the safety and wellbeing team’s credibility through effective engagement with stakeholders
  • Create and maintain a reputation as the go to person for all related information and services
  • Communicate and liaise with suppliers and employees at all levels of the business, nationwide, to influence the desired improvement outcomes
  • Be the subject matter expert – sharing best practice initiatives that not only comply with legislation but go above and beyond.

Skills and experience include:

  • Tertiary qualification in Health and Safety
  • Significant experience in a Health and Safety role with experience providing advice through a business partnership model, within commercial construction
  • Working knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its amendments
  • Experience in development of Health and Safety Systems, Policies and Standard Operating Procedures
  • Sound understanding of Risk Management and its application
  • Confident in training facilitation and presenting to groups
  • Willingness to question the status quo
  • Effective research skills and ability to interpret legislation
  • Self-managed and can take the initiative
  • Flexible, adaptable and enjoys challenge and change
  • Strong organisational skills and processes.
  • Ability to work in a complex work environment, deal with ambiguity and across functions

Apply

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

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All applications will be acknowledged electronically in the first instance. If you have any questions, please call Suzanne Peden on 09 424 8367 quoting reference #2983.

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