Senior Health and Safety Advisor

1 week ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New role to make your own
- Are you motivated to help people?
- Based in our Petone office close to the beach and shops

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.
The remuneration range for this role is $96,592 to $136,366, ideally looking to appoint between $96,592 to $113,638 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity
You will support the leadership of health and safety across the Wellington Water capital programme to ensure that people are protected from health and safety risks (Internally known as Senior Health and Safety Advisor - NDD). And work closely alongside the key stakeholders within Wellington Water, as well as our consultant and contractor panel organisations to drive a continuous improvement of health and safety practice and culture.

**You will get to**:

- build and maintain strong working relationships
- actively identify health and safety risks across NDD and the capital programme
- lead the review of health and safety processes and procedures and implement improvements
- complete project and site safety observations, facility inspections and audits
- promote a strong health and safety HSW culture with all workers, consultants, contractors, and leaders.

About you

**To be successful in this role you will bring**:

- a Health and Safety qualification (Level 3 and above)
- ideally bring 5+ years' experience in a health and safety role
- experience with: Identifying risks and implementing controls - Carrying out investigations - H & S reporting and monitoring tools - H&S reporting and monitoring tools - Supporting managers and staff
- an open communication style
- resilient to change and uncertainty / ambiguity
- have a current NZ driver's licence.

**Benefits**:
Join us as we embark on a transformative journey in the water sector. We are seeking individuals to be part of this change and help shape the future of the water services in the wider Wellington region. Your job security is guaranteed, and your expertise will play a vital role in ensuring the delivery of sustainable water services to our communities.

**Our benefits include**:

- flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
- comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- formal and informal professional development opportunities
- five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service.

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.
About us
Wellington Water is the Wellington region's professional water services provider. We are 100 percent council owned and funded by Wellington City, Hutt City, Porirua City, and Upper Hutt City councils, Greater Wellington Regional Council and South Wairarapa District Council. 
Our councils own the water infrastructure in the region, and they task us to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to their communities. 
Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We do this on behalf of our council owners.
The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Every day our people come to work and strive to deliver services and manage infrastructure in a way that provides the best outcomes for our communities and our environment. 
Applications close on Friday, 23 February 2024.
How to apply
**To view a copy of the position description**: click here
Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.



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