Health & Safety Advisor

Te Tākinatanga | Our Story    

Ko tā Contact e whakapono nei, ko te taiao tonu te taonga nui katoa o te ao. 

Koinei mātou e whai atu nei kia mahue atu i a mātou tētahi ao hauora ake, tēnā i te ora i kuhu ai mātou. He pakihi whakarato hiko, ipurangi mātou, engari arā kē atu anō ā mātou taha. 

Kei te whakawhanake mātou i ā mātou mahi ake, i ngā ara hoki e whai hiko ai a Aotearoa, kei te kōkiri kia tukua te hiko tukurua, ā, kei te whakaputa i tētahi wheako matihiko mō ā mātou kiritaki kāore anō kia kitea i tēnei whenua. 

He tīma kotahi mano mātou nō ngā hau e whā, e ngākau nui ana ki ā mātou mahi, e aroha ana tētahi ki tētahi, e ako ngātahi ana, e whakapono tahi ana ki ā mātou tikanga ārahi: mā te manaaki kia toa, ka mana te katoa. 

At Contact, we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power, mobile, and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: we touch lives to make life better. 

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity 

At Contact, we believe safety is more than a checklist—it’s about people, relationships, and making sure everyone gets home safe, healthy, and happy every day. 

You’ll be the bridge between how work is imagined and how it’s actually done. Your days will be spent where the action happens—listening, learning, and supporting our people to do their best work safely. Here’s a few things we think will help you get more of a feel for the role: 

• Exploring Everyday Work: Get curious at the work fronts, understanding what helps teams succeed and what gets in their way. 
• Supporting Work Practices: Cooperate with front-line teams to create safe, dependable ways of working. 
• Predicting and Preventing Risks: Work with teams to identify future challenges and areas of uncertainty. 
• Facilitating Learning: Help individuals, teams, and the wider system learn from both everyday work and unexpected events. 
• Championing Process Safety: Encourage a questioning attitude about what could go wrong and how we can prevent it. 
• Ensuring Compliance: Support alignment with Contact’s H&S policies and management systems and help teams meet legislative requirements. 

Ko wai koe | About You 

You care deeply about people and are driven to help them thrive. You’re a lifelong learner, a relationship builder, and someone who’s not afraid to ask “why?”—even when everything looks good on the surface. 

You’ll thrive in this role if you have: 

• Experience in Health and Safety within an industrial environment. 
• Experience managing project and contractor health and safety. 
• High interpersonal capability—able to build trust and effective relationships at all levels. 
• Skilled facilitation and communication, both verbal and written. 
• Confidence to influence and engage groups and deliver H&S education. 
• Integrity and high personal and professional standards. 
• A humanistic, people-first approach to safety. 
• The ability to empower others to challenge what doesn’t feel right and own safety at the work front. 
• A collaborative spirit—ready to work closely with our Health & Safety and Generation teams. 

This role would be preferably based at our Clyde Power Station in the South Island and you will need to travel between our hydro power stations. 

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What’s in it for you? 

There are a bunch of perks to being a permanent Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership, teammates, development, and growth and progression opportunities, free health insurance cover, better-than-your-average leave, access to Contact Shares, a ‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, a trail-blazing parental leave policy, bi-annual payments towards Contact Energy products, and more! 

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role. 

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko), we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand, ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical, mental, financial and emotional wellbeing – including flexible working arrangements, employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko, we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age, stage, background, and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.