General Manager, HSE

Job Description

Do yourself a power of good

Want to work somewhere where you are doing good for the world, your community and yourself at the same time?

If you think you’ll thrive working in a sector undergoing significant transformation, working on critical projects of global significance, and can cope with that responsibility, then being part of the team creating this new energy future for New Zealand is certainly going to energise your career.

About the role
Are you a strategic leader in Health, Safety, and Environment? Do you thrive in high-performance, collaborative environments and have the expertise to shape and execute impactful HSE strategies and engagement across an organisation?

With an unwavering focus on safety at Vector, we are seeking a dynamic General Manager HSE to drive our Health, Safety, and Environmental performance and maturity across our organisation and its supply chain.

The GM HSE drives, in close collaboration with Vector leadership and at all levels of the business, operations and supply chain, a culture of safety and continuous improvement. This role leads the Group HSE Team at Vector as a trusted partner to our executive team, operational staff, and key external stakeholders.

Who we are looking for

• Strategic leadership: You’ll bring a wealth of experience successfully leading and driving HSE strategy, programmes and key initiatives in a complex operational environment with significant supply chains and multiple stakeholders
• Organisational impact: You’ll have a track record of successfully developing strong, collaborative relationships with operational teams, senior leadership, and external partners. You’ll be seen as a trusted and business focussed expert, able to engage and influence across the organisation at all levels as well as external stakeholders
• Curiosity & business understanding: You’ll bring a genuine interest in understanding our business, our people and operations to ensure the HSE strategy drives overall organisational and business objectives
• People leadership: A collaborator who thrives in a people-centric visible leadership role, you lead and actively develop your team and enjoy engaging with individuals at every level of the business
• Results-driven: You set clear goals, track progress and drive results to enhance HSE outcomes and business performance.
• Future-focussed: You use data, insights and collaboration to drive a culture of learning (and willingness to un-learn), embracing rapid change and relentless improvement
• Industry knowledge: A strong knowledge of the New Zealand HSE legislative and regulatory environment is required, including HSWA, ACC, and HSNO. We are also open to experience gained in countries with similar regulatory regimes.

What we can offer you
Whether it’s the opportunity to do meaningful mahi and be part of building a legacy for Auckland and New Zealand, to work in a leading player an innovative and transformative energy sector, or our commitment to supporting your development, there are many reasons to choose a career with Vector.

Find out more about working with us here.

We also offer:

• A high performance, stimulating and fun work environment, full of interesting work being done by smart and innovative people who love what they do
• Flexibility, including the choice of working from home a couple of days a week, and flexible start and finish times
• Free insurances, subsidised healthcare and an annual wellbeing grant
• Health and wellbeing support
• Great benefits that reflect the importance of family

Apply

Applications close by Sunday 16 February 2025; however, interviews may be held before, so apply today!

Vector engages a workforce made up of people and teams with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences. We respect and value people who are different from each other, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion. We are proud of what we have achieved so far:

• First corporate Living Wage Accredited employer
• First Accessibility Tick employer 
• Rainbow Tick accredited
• Winner of three gongs at the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ, including the Supreme Award in 2019 and 2020. 

If you require assistance or accessibility support from us during the application and selection process, please do get in touch with us on 09 213 0268.