Switched On Group Looking for Health and Safety Lead at Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand Full Time

This role will be leading a team of Health and Safety Officers spread across Christchurch, Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay locations.

You will provide senior level support to the General Manager of Health and Safety, leading a team to achieve the organisational goals and objectives. You will work across our organisation to help implement initiatives, improvements, training and direction within the Switched On Housing Safety team and wider organisation. Your pragmatic and practical knowledge of Health and Safety will see you supporting and undertaking investigations when required and be an escalation point for the day-to-day health and safety team within Switched On Housing and working directly with our clients on solutions focused safety outcomes.

Key duties include but not limited to:

• Offer leadership and mentorship to H&S Officers across the regions
• Ensure all staff understand our Health and safety systems and procedures
• Oversee day-to-day reporting and key stake holder meetings
• Assist in the preparation of policies and procedures updates
• Assurance audits of external Health and Safety systems for contractors and safety management system
• Work with our sub-contractors in regards to Health and Safety and delivery of training
• Overseeing the management of our incident management system (Damstra)

Requirements

• Recognised qualification in:
• Health and Safety
• Safety auditing (Preferred)
• Accident investigation (Required)
• ISO and Prequalification systems experience
• Minimum 4 years Operational and Leadership Health & Safety experience in a construction or similar industry
• Previous experience leading a team across multiple locations
• Ability to communicate authentically with our trades, customers, clients and internal staff to ensure they understand our vision and outcomes
• Able to travel within the regions on a regular basis (monthly)

Benefits

• Car provided for work use
• Southern Cross Medical Insurance
• Wellbeing-focused culture and kaimahi (staff) engagement opportunities
• Focused but fun team environment
• Employee Recognition and rewards program
• Growth opportunities within our wider group of companies

About Company:

Switched On Group exists to enhance environments for whānau, businesses and communities across Aotearoa. Our whānau and iwi-owned construction group is leading the way in kaimahi and customer care. As an Amotai Registered business, people and wellbeing are at the centre of how we operate.

As part of the wider group, Switched On Housing works to ensure that whānau living in Kāinga Ora properties have safe, warm, dry and comfortable living environments. As one of the key Maintenance Partners on the Te Mahi Ngātahi contract, we support families and hapori-communities from Tairāwhiti-Gisborne in the north to Waitaha-Canterbury in the south through property maintenance.

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