Health and Safety Manager – Hornby, Christchurch

• Established company with solid pipeline of work
• Highly autonomous, field-based role with real influence and impact
• Includes full-use vehicle

Work Visa required: All applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand.

About the company

Leading the way in the construction of New Zealand’s infrastructure, with a variety of projects including road construction, earthworks, drainage and land development. Employing almost 1600 people nationwide, this company is committed to their safety journey, with genuine care for the health, safety and wellbeing of their employees and contractors.

About the role

In this highly operational Health & Safety Manager role, the successful candidate will be a credible, experienced health and safety professional who can quickly build trust with operational leaders, crews and subcontractors while balancing requirements with the business’ wider health and safety framework. Working across a large and geographically dispersed area, the role requires strong coaching and influencing skills, sound judgement and the ability to operate confidently in a dynamic, high-risk environment.

The focus is on supporting and enabling safe operations, making strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills essential.

Duties

• Coach and support operational leaders and frontline teams on health and safety best practice.
• Build strong relationships with subcontractors and oversee contractor safety performance.
• Lead incident investigations and drive corrective actions.
• Conduct site visits, audits and assurance activities across the network.
• Maintain and build key stakeholder relationships.

Skills and experience

You will bring strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, be comfortable working autonomously and travelling daily to support frontline teams at various locations from Rakaia to Arthur’s Pass and north of Kaikoura.

• Demonstrated experience in a senior Health and Safety advisory, business partner or management role.
• Ability to build credibility and influence at all levels of the business.
• Strong coaching and mentoring approach.
• Experience working in high-risk operational environments such as civil construction, infrastructure, roading, maintenance or similar industries
• Comfortable spending significant time in the field engaging with crews and contractors.
• Ability to work within established systems and frameworks.
• Professional maturity, sound judgement and decision-making capability.
• Adaptable and able to operate effectively in a dynamic, changing environment.

Culture

The successful candidate will join a business that encourages open communication, shared accountability and continuous improvement, where safety is integrated into everyday operations rather than treated as a standalone function. With strong support from both operational leadership and the wider Health and Safety team, this role offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact while working alongside experienced and engaged stakeholders.

Benefits

• Life insurance, medical insurance
• Birthday leave
• Free annual health checks
• EAP
• Fuel discounts
• Gym discounts…. And more

How to apply

If you meet the above criteria, we welcome your application including your CV and cover letter. If you have any questions, please call Kelly on 021 0805 9717 quoting reference #1627300.

Shortlisting for this role will commence immediately.

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.

Applications are welcomed from NZ Citizens or those with a Residency or current Work Visa in place.

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