Job Description
- Influential Leadership; hands-on, partner with people & promote culture
- Manage Health & Safety: best practice systems & operations, mitigate risk
- Collaborative Relationships; with industry partners, team & customers
About the Company:
For over six decades, Road Metals has been engaged in the production, supply and delivery of crushed and screened aggregates. In 1998 Road Metals expanded into ready mix concrete under the Kiwi Concrete brand. Combined the Road Metals Group has quarry sites, ready mix concrete plants, mobile concrete batching, crushing and screening operations together with a truck fleet important to their transport and logistics function. Overall operations service Road Metal’s customers and suppliers spanning Central and North Otago, South, Central and North Canterbury to Kaikoura.
Road Metals strive to be a great company to do business with. They have established strong relationships with clients and suppliers and gained a reputation for their professionalism, integrity and focus on productivity and quality.
Core to the culture and strength of the company are the Road Metals people, a proud and dedicated team, passionate about utilising their combined experience and innovative capability to ‘get the job done’. The company rewards commitment and long service so there are many examples of progression via mentoring, experience and company training programmes.
Road Metals are continuing their journey servicing the civil and construction industry as one of the premier producers of sand, aggregate and concrete in New Zealand. The Health & Safety Advisor role is critical to the infrastructure and support of the business and is key to maintaining as a priority, Health, Safety and Wellbeing of people.
Benefits:
- Market salary, vehicle, phone & laptop
- Employee Benefits: Medical Insurance, EAP, Loyalty & Long Service, Francis Family Sponsorships & Education Grants
- Dedicated, expert operations & management team
About the Role:
Reporting to the General Managers of Kiwi Concrete and Road Metals you will be the ‘subject matter expert’ and enabler of best practice Health and Safety, through advising and coaching people from operational level through to senior managers. Key competency areas of this role are:
Leadership & Relationship Style:
- Partner with managers, teams & safety representatives
- Integrate with suppliers, sub-contractors, contractors & customers
- Train, coach, mentor & monitor at operations to management level
- Be hands-on to promote a ‘walk the talk’ Health & Safety culture
- Provide functional support to related human resources functions
Health, Safety & Risk:
- Manage & maintain best practice systems, technologies & documentation
- Identify, analyse, & mitigate all critical risks
- Investigate incidents to root cause & manage effective controls
- Manage Health & Safety Committee routines
Compliance:
- Ensure policies & operations meet current Legislative requirements
- Effective liaison with Worksafe as required
- Conduct periodic Health & Safety Audits & action results
Experience:
You will have a natural affinity to work alongside people and be passionate about ensuring best practice Health, Safety and Wellbeing for them. A consultative and coaching style together with a pragmatic standards based operational focus is important. A background in either the mining, quarrying, civil and construction or related industry such as infrastructure is ideal. A good working knowledge of the Quarries and Mines Act is desirable. Relevant qualifications together with strong, systems, attention to detail and compliance is also important.
The Road Metals Group is proven to offer career pathways for people who have the skills, aspiration and drive to succeed. For further information please contact Sue Jennings +64 275232629 or submit your CV and cover letter online via the Apply Now tab.
Road Metals is working exclusively with Ryan Recruitment in appointing this position. All applications/approaches must be through Ryan Recruitment.
Only NZ residents or citizens will be considered for this permanent position.