• Drive safety culture
• NZ owned business
• Family values with a focus on care
Provide visible leadership, technical knowledge and engagement
About the role
Reporting to HR Manager, you will be responsible for designing and developing people and safety practices to drive culture change, wellbeing initiatives and health and safety within the organisation.
Provide coaching and advice to influence safe behaviours in everyday activities of consumers and employees. Guide managers and teams to adopt best safety practice and leadership.
Based in Petone, this role covers 2 other sites in the Wellington region.
Duties
• Project manage health, wellbeing and safety initiatives
• Provide advice on management of hazards and critical risks
• Drive safety related KPIs across management
• Conduct audits, review investigations and incidents and carry out follow up actions
• Deliver training where required
• Drive the HS Management Plan through the sites
• Contractor management
Skills and experience
We are looking for an engaging and influential team member to bring people on the journey, so amazing communication and people skills are a must, as is a pragmatic approach and the ability to translate legislation into plain English. This is not safety from behind a desk, you’ll be out in the business sharing your knowledge, with an eye on continuous improvement.
• Relevant qualification
• Experience in a similar environment is an advantage
• Experience with organisational development and projects
• Ability to analyse metrics
• Full and clean Class 1 NZ Driver’s Licence
About the company
Operating in New Zealand for over 40 years, our client is well and truly a household name. Locally owned and operated and with a heavy focus placed on customers, they have stores all over the country.
Specialising in the trade and retail sectors, they lead the market for home and garden improvement.
This role is placed across three sites with approximately 470 employees. A mixture of long-serving staff and fresh faces, the culture is dynamic and fun. Celebrating success and embracing change and creativity are practiced here.
Benefits
• Great staff buying privileges
• Parking onsite
• Supportive of continued professional development
• Birthday leave
• Insurances
How to apply
There are no visa/sponsorship opportunities available with this role. This is a permanent position, therefore only applicants with full, valid, permanent working rights will be considered.
If you meet the above criteria, we welcome your application including your CV and cover letter in Word format If you have any questions, please call Amanda on 021 0818 7342 quoting reference #3544
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