Closing Date: February 27, 2022

Our work is secret, but the reason for our success isn’t. It’s our people.

And we’re just like you. We’re ordinary people.  But together, we’re doing extraordinary things to protect New Zealand and New Zealanders.

We have an opportunity for an experienced Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Advisor to join our busy team on a fixed term contract to January 2024.

In this role you will provide health, safety and environment leadership and support by partnering with the H&S team, to influence and support sustainable health, safety and wellbeing outcomes for all workers including those relating to our agencies construction activities.

Playing a crucial role in working proactively with Site and Project Managers, you will establish and maintain site safety requirements, monitor corrective actions to ensure they are implemented, ensure health and safety reporting requirements for the project are met, empower workers to stop work if they see unsafe work practices, support and conduct investigations and site audits.

We are looking for someone with a pragmatic approach to health and safety and has:

• Proven experience working in Construction Health and Safety
• An in-depth working knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act
• Experience supporting or leading investigations, root cause analysis and response to incidents
• Strong relationship management skills, including the ability to influence others
• A high level of self-motivation and the ability to work autonomously

Flexibility is essential as you will work across multiple sites to support excellent health and safety on these projects.

We want our people to succeed, whatever success looks like for them. Join us and we’ll give you significant professional development opportunities aimed at taking your career in the direction you want it to go. You won’t stand still with us as we’re committed to ongoing learning and continuous improvement.

We’re also committed to your wellbeing. We want our people to be the best they can be, both at work and at home. We offer our people comprehensive benefits, access to staff networking groups, flexible working and great work-life balance.

If you want to love coming to work each day, let us help you become Beyond Ordinary.

To be eligible for employment within the NZIC you must have been a NZ citizen for at least 10 years. Alternatively you must hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years.

You must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance. Ordinarily to obtain this level of clearance candidates must have a 15 year checkable background in countries where meaningful and reliable checks can be undertaken. Where requisite checks are unable to be made, the candidate application may not be able to be progressed.

Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a TSS security clearance. Please note that this tool is not part of the formal security clearance process: http://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool

The NZIC treats all applications for employment in the strictest confidence and we ask that you maintain a similar level of confidentiality. You are expected to exercise discretion during the recruitment process and throughout your career.

Our Covid-19 vaccination policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated. You will be required to provide evidence regarding your vaccination status.

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