Occupational Health & Safety (Human Resources & Recruitment)We are looking for a Quality, Health and Safety (QHS) Manager to enhance and embed our health and safety performance and critical risk awareness and capability. You will actively support your team and enable our leaders to continuously drive a committed and focused H&S culture. Your ability to get alongside your team and our people is critical as you provide leadership and guidance while offering supportive advice, delivery and strategic direction. If you are able to bring people together with a resilience and passionate for what you do, we want to talk to you.About usPassionate, curious, and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities, and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns, and the city of Christchurch.We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.The roleCreate, lead and role model clear committed behaviours while driving a continuous improvement culture and focused visionLead and foster a positive and customer focused team environment where people can openly learn, develop, lead and achieveImprove the Orion Network quality, health and safety strategies, policies and procedures and develop an effective critical risk programProvide guidance, advice, support and expertise to the wider business ensuring awareness of our responsibilities under the H&S At Work Act (2015) and relevant legislationEnsure our safety management systems, practices and audit data is robust and fit for purposeReview and monitor quality audits and investigations including H&S legislation updates and changes are communicatedAbout youRelevant tertiary qualification and/or extensive experience in a high risk, complex and technical environment – sector knowledge will be an advantage but not essentialProven experience and ability to lead, develop, influence and motivate a team of H&S professionalsExtensive knowledge of relevant regulations, safety legislations and H&S At Work Act (2015)Experience in leading, executing and monitoring internal and external auditsAbility to identify innovative solutions with a collaborative approach to decision making and best practice requirementsAbility to communicate, engage and influence at a high level across a wide range of stakeholdersWe offerYou'll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think. Importantly, we offer:Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and FerrymeadThree days of "My Days" leaveA broad range of workplace benefits from a wellbeing allowance to access to our holiday house in Hanmer!You might be surprised to find out that the company that brings the power to your home is innovative, inclusive, progressive, and quite good fun.To applyWe encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning and leading these.Please reach out to us with any questions at [email protected] . We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interviews. To learn more about us, check out our careers site to find out more about working Orion. You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this job. Pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.Report this job advert Don't provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs.#J-18808-Ljbffr
