Health, Safety And Wellbeing Advisor

About us

Fullers360 has been in operation for just over 40 years employing 350+ with two main parts to our business, a fleet of high-speed passenger ferries and a fleet of modern buses. Through a reliable network and the passion of our people, Fullers360 ferries nearly 6 million customers every year, getting commuters to work and visitors to play.

Waiheke Bus Company ushered in the electric era for Waiheke Island, making it the first Auckland suburb with an electric bus fleet. Our ferries are soon to follow with our first hybrid electric fast ferry currently being built. A commitment to sustainability and the environment is in our DNA, we’re involved in the community and have a down-to-earth company culture.

About the role

There are many positive developments on the horizon at Fullers360 - if there was a ever a time to join Fullers360 the time is now! This role as Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor reports into the General Manager - Health, Safety and Risk and forms part of the wider People Team based in the historic Ferry Building in Auckland CBD.

In this role you'll be responsible for providing pragmatic safety advice to operational and support areas across Fullers360 and its subsidiaries (The Fullers Group). This will see you promote, champion, and drive continual improvement in health, safety, and risk management in order to create a positive health and safety culture.

This role will include a focus on wellness, wellbeing, injury management and rehabilitation, but you will also take ownership over health, safety and risk across all areas as needed alongside the rest of the Health & Safety Team.

Key legislation:

• Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

• Land Transport Act

• Maritime Transport Act

About you

Due to the nature of the role you'll need to hold at least 2 - 3 years’ experience in a safety role at an Advisor level with excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

You'll be a people centric go-getter with the ability to implement ideas and suggestions effectively by pulling in the necessary stakeholders when needed. 

Key for success:

• Direct working expertise in wellbeing programmes, injury management, harm reduction, and prevention, including the framework as it pertains to ACC and AEP.

• Solid legislative and technical knowledge in health and safety.

• Able to develop and implement systems for monitoring.

• Advanced reporting skills with good attention to detail.

• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to influence, motivate, educate, and obtain collaboration and cooperation.

• Highly developed documentation, report and workflow process writing skills.

• Ability to cultivate and maintain positive stakeholder relationships, leadership, behavioral change, and facilitation skills.

Desirable, but not essential:

• Exposure to a safety role in industries that may include, but are not limited to, public transport, heavy transport road freight, engineering, manufacturing, or construction.

• Interest in 'safety differently' or 'safety II'.

• An understanding of how fatigue impacts workers that are involved in dynamic and ever-changing shift work patterns.

About our benefits and perks

• Free ferry travel for work and leisure for our full time permanent employees (partner and dependents under 18 travel free for leisure, 25% discount if commuting).

• Free hot beverages before, during or immediately after a shift/work hours and 50% discount on all other café items.

• For leisure (off duty/non-work related) all café purchases have a 50% discount.

• Free annual flu shots.

• Free annual basic skin check at Molemap (valued at $200).

• Free period products for our staff and customers.

• Access to EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

• Access to discounted gym memberships (Auckland Council & Les Mills) and discounted healthcare (Southern Cross).

• Discount at SpecSavers for employees and their family.

*Candidates must have the right to work in NZ to be considered for this role.

Please note: Any information you provide will be used to evaluate your suitability to this position. We will hold onto your details for any future opportunities unless asked otherwise.