Health & Safety Officer

We are currently seeking a passionate Health & Safety Officer to join our leadership team based at our Rangiuru plant. As the Health & Safety Officer, your role is to support, inform and engage people leaders so their teams remain healthy and go home safe every day. This role champions a healthy and safe workplace through a planned approach to health and safety, but with robust and effective systems for incident reporting and investigation and emergencies. This role requires a passion for people, and a desire to actively engage everyone on site in health and safety through formal H&S structures but also through interpersonal coaching and relationship building.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with site leadership to effectively identify and manage all H&S risks, including championing H&S programmes and initiatives including Machinery Safety, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Traffic Management, permit systems, isolation and lockout, hazardous substances certification requirements (to name a few key areas).
• Implement, maintain and monitor health and safety standards, procedures and systems on site, including ACC AEP and Claims Management.
• Manage the incident and injury investigation and reporting process onsite and ensure high quality investigations lead to effective control measures that prevent incidents from recurring.
• All H&S reporting requirements, including incidents, risks, ACC Claims, drug and alcohol testing, audits etc.
• Provide H&S oversight for contractor and construction activity on site.
• Drive employee engagement, participation and representation.
• Provide guidance and coaching to individuals and teams on site to foster a safety culture on site that empowers people to go home better off than when they arrived at work.
• Champion a continuous improvement culture and instill best practice across all aspects of the health and safety function.

The successful candidate will be rewarded with:

• A supportive, well-established site leadership team.
• The ability to make the role their own and autonomously manage a wide variety of day to day activities.
• Opportunities for career development and advancement.
• Competitive remuneration package.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following experience, qualifications and skills:

• Prior experience working in a high-risk environment.
• A formal qualification in occupational health and safety, related field, or commensurate experience.
• Sound knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its application in the workplace.
• Proven experience in the areas of worker engagement, contractor management, incident management, training and competency, risk management, machinery safety, hazardous substances, traffic management, audit programmes and occupational hygiene.
• Strong relationship building, influencing and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to prioritise tasks through good time management and organisation skills.
• Professional, proactive attitude with excellent interpersonal skills.