Health and Safety Advisor - Auckland City, New Zealand - Ritchies Transport

Ritchies Transport

Verified Company

Auckland City, New Zealand

1 week ago

Posted by:

Jack Simmons

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Description

_The Opportunity;_
We are recruiting for a Health & Safety Advisor to join Ritchies.

This role can be based in Auckland at our Head Office in Swanson, or in Christchurch, reporting to the Head of People, Safety & Culture.

This role is pivotal in maintaining and further developing a constructive and supportive partnership with leaders to continue Ritchies' journey as a safe and healthy place to work.

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About Us;_**Ritchies is one of Aotearoa New Zealand's leading passenger transport companies with a team of more than 2,000 people providing coach and charter services right across the country.

We partner with regional councils and schools to supply public transport services as well as offering a range of bus and coach hire services to businesses and the general public.

You would be joining us at an exciting time in Ritchies' history as we gear up to decarbonise our fleet and move to a more sustainable public transport model.

_ About You;_

You're a health and safety professional that has had at least two years hands-on experience of transferring knowledge into practice, ideally in a complex organisation similar to us at Ritchies.

You pride yourself on your eye for detail and your time management skills. Especially when it comes to being able to collect and interpret data. You can provide supporting narratives and prepare a range of reports as required.

You're a great team player and can communicate with a variety of people and groups in a manner that is concise and easy to understand that results in favourable outcomes and high engagement from participants.

_ Your Skills;_

Proven experience maintaining incident register & investigation/reporting accidents
Selfstarter
Excellent leadership skills
Holding or working towards a NZQA Level 4 H&S qualification or equivalent.
Strong communicator
Experience in inspections/audits
Interest in public transport
Experience in implementing H&S systems and programmes
Conversant with and has experience of the effects that NZs multicultural workforce can have on worker's attitude, especially when introducing internal change management processes.

_ What you get;_

The opportunity to make this role your own
Supportive leadership team
Career development
Work with an essential NZ business
Base rate + laptop + phone

_ Want to learn more? Just ask us._
We are an equal opportunities employer, that focuses heavily on Health and Safety. As such, our pre-employment checks include drug testing, Ministry of Justice checks and reference checking.

If you require more information, or want to discuss the role in more detail, contact Petra McIntyre