• The is a permanent role and we will consider any Work Safe office location
• Are you keen to join a curious and inquisitive team?
• Use your industry expertise and knowledge to influence health and safety
• Salary range from $151,315 to $199,943

Use your skills and passion to make a difference in preventing catastrophic harm to workers and communities in New Zealand from major chemical accidents.
Mo tatou - About Us
He aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
What is the most important thing in the world, it is people, it is people, it is people
Ka noho mātāmua te orangatonutanga o te tangata ki a mātou o Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa. Ko te aronga matua kia haere haumaru ngā tāngata katoa ki te mahi, kia hoki haumaru ki te te kāinga. Inā ka ngākaunui koe ki ēnei āhuatanga, tomo mai ki tēnei whare whakaruruhau.
Work Safe New Zealand, Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, is the primary workplace health and safety regulator – our vision is that everyone who goes to mahi comes home healthy and safe. Our kaimahi are passionate about our vision and embrace and demonstrate our Mātāpono Work Safe Values through the mahi they do:

• Whakakotahi – we're united in a strong purpose
• Kōrero mai – we engage meaningfully
• Tiakina mai - we're entrusted with a duty of care.

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Free life insurance
• Discounts on health insurance and eye care
• Five weeks annual leave
• 15 days sick leave
• $400 contribution towards setting up your home workstation, and
• Learning and professional development opportunities

We operate on a flexible by default basis, allowing you and your manager to create a flexible work experience that supports you and the business to succeed. Flexible by default covers a range of different situations including, but not limited to, condensed working hours and flexibility with location.
There are a growing number of employee led networks to promote the goals and needs of our diverse communities, such as our Te Rōpū Atuapiko Rainbow Network, Pacific Network, Wāhine Network, Tū Rangatira Māori Network
Ko te tīma - About our team
You will be working with other MHF professionals that share a passion for preventing and reducing the risk of catastrophic harm from chemical incidents occurring in New Zealand. We are a multidisciplinary team and actively share our knowledge and experience with an appetite for learning even more about process safety.
Ō te tūranga - About the role
As a Specialist Health & Safety Inspector, you will bring process safety related skills gained in a major hazard facility (MHF) or similar environment (such as a chemical plant), with technical skills in a relevant discipline such as mechanical, electrical, chemical engineering, or the sciences.
You will strive to build positive working relationships within the industry, undertaking a range of advisory, inspection, compliance and enforcement-related activities to ensure organisations are effectively managing the health and safety of their workplaces.
We will provide you with the opportunity to influence health and safety outcomes at major hazard facilities and truly make a difference.

Ko tōu ake mahi - What You'll Do:

• Influence, facilitate and guide the future of health and safety in the MHF sector.
• Build positive working relationships within the industry.
• Undertake a range of guidance, inspection, compliance and enforcement-related activities to ensure organisations are effectively managing the health and safety of their workplaces.

Ko ngā pukenga ōu - What You'll Bring:

• Significant experience in a senior technical or management position within an MHF, petroleum or geothermal industry
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate information, concepts and arguments effectively
• Good knowledge of the applicable health and safety requirements, standards, and legislation
• Demonstrates commitment and consistency in working for an organisation
• Effective relationship skills so you can encourage and support positive developments or take resolute regulatory action on areas of non-compliance
• Team skills to engage and interact with colleagues, share information and ideas
• The ability to remain calm and level-headed under pressure or when responding to emergency situations
• A current driver's licence is essential
• Ability to travel nationally (by air) for work at short notice if required
• Willingness to undertake training for certificate of appointment
• Appropriate physical fitness to be able to walk around large industrial sites, climb up large fuel tanks

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.
With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive
The full position description is available from the advert on our careers centre: Work Safe New Zealand
Awhe utu - Salary range
As part of our remuneration framework the full salary range for the position is from $151,315 to $199,943, and our expected starting base salary for the right person is from $163,581 to $173,395 Note: Kiwi Saver/SSRSS employer contribution is additional to/on top of your base salary.
Me pēhea te tono - How to apply
Click the apply link, complete an application form and submit a copy of your CV and cover letter.
For further information please contact careers@worksafe.govt.nz with any queries, or to find out more about working for us, go to Careers | Work Safe.
Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life. We value the experience your point of difference could bring to us.
Please let us know if there is any support we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is accessible to you. We look forward to reviewing your application and getting to know more about you.
Applications close on Sunday, 08 September 2024.