Health and Safety Manager - - 42905 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

Seeking an experienced EHS Manager to provide support and advice across our Canterbury-based housing developments

New Zealand’s leading residential developer and home builder
Varied Residential projects including apartments, single storey & terraced homes
Support a leading edge EHS strategy

About Us

If we could have it our way, people would talk a little less about housing and a lot more about living. That's because we believe the Kiwi dream is bigger than a quarter acre. It’s about living the life you want. So, we create neighbourhoods designed to nurture living in all its beauty, richness and variety.

Why Join Us?

We’re a high performing business and are proud to say that we have a highly engaged and successful team. We have a fantastic people culture and encourage everyone to bring their full and genuine selves to work. Our workplaces are enriched by many different nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We’re proud of this diversity and understand that it brings a richer and broader perspective to how we operate by helping us connect better with our people and with our customer base.

The Role

This is a permanent position based at our Canterbury Branch and reporting to our Regional Manager. you’ll spend part of your time in the office and the rest out on site across our various housing developments such as our One Central urban community and our master-planned residential communities in Halswell and Lincoln. Your role will be to:

Manage and facilitate the development of a strong, proactive safety culture and safe working environment within Fletcher Living for all employees and subcontractors.
Develop and support Managers, Supervisors and Contractors to implement, EHS policies, plans, systems and improvement programs to meet organizational EHS objectives, standards and legislative requirements.
To develop and implement health & safety initiatives to ensure that the workplace maintains the highest professional environment, health and safety standard and complies with all relevant legislation

About You

To be successful in this role you will possess the following:

Broad understanding of the current EHS regulatory environment, with exposure to innovation and new trends/directions including from other comparable regulatory jurisdictions
Ability to understand and apply risk-based EHS imperatives to the dynamics of a construction project/site
Strong engagement influencing and coaching skills with a demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence outcomes with managers and staff at all levels of the business
Success with promoting change and driving continuous improvement in EHS performance
Ability to develop effective working relationships and from that platform to coach and build high-performing safety leaders and teams

Benefits

At Fletcher Living you will enjoy the benefits and recognition of working for a well-respected business unit within the Fletcher Building Group. Along with providing a competitive salary and vehicle, this role will see you working with a high performing team with a clear vision and goals. You will be encouraged to share ideas and will have the opportunity to build relationships with the Construction team on site.

Application Process

Applications should be made by submitting a CV and cover letter outlining your interest, motivation and what you would bring to this role by way of background, experience and fit for the role and our team. Please apply online.

We welcome your individuality. We are enriched by so many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us stronger.