Health, Safety and Risk Manager
Mō tātou | About us – What we do
Our role at Antarctica New Zealand is to support world-leading science and environmental protection in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean — including the operation of Scott Base, management of logistics to, from and within Antarctica, and raising awareness of the global importance of the continent.
Mō te mahi | About the role – What you’ll be doing
As Health, Safety and Risk (HSR) Manager, you will lead the organisation’s health and safety function, helping to ensure the people in our care stay safe while enabling the delivery of complex Antarctic operations.
This role is hands-on and influential — focused on supporting the organisation to embed a strong, proactive safety culture, building capability across leaders and teams, and ensuring effective systems and assurance are in place.
Working closely with senior leaders, you will provide trusted advice and practical leadership across health, safety and wellbeing, while also maintaining oversight of enterprise risk and organisational resilience.
Key accountabilities include:
• Leading health, safety and wellbeing strategy and delivery across the organisation
• Building leadership capability and accountability for safety outcomes
• Strengthening a proactive, learning-based safety culture
• Overseeing health & safety systems, assurance programmes and continuous improvement
• Ensuring strong incident management, investigation and organisational learning
• Providing clear assurance and insights on safety and risk to SLT and Board
• Supporting enterprise risk oversight and business continuity frameworks
• Partnering with internal teams and external agencies to enable safe, integrated operation
Mōu | About you – What you’ll bring
• Extensive experience in health and safety leadership roles, ideally in high-risk operational environments
• Proven ability to embed practical, effective health and safety systems and culture
• Strong knowledge of New Zealand health and safety legislation and best practice frameworks
• Experience providing assurance and influencing at senior leadership and governance level
• The ability to balance operational realities with risk and safety priorities
• A collaborative, credible leader who builds trust and drives change
• Calm, pragmatic and resilient, with sound judgement in complex environments
Why join us?
• Work in a truly unique, high-impact environment
• Play a critical role in keeping people safe while enabling world-class science
• Be part of a purpose-driven organisation with a global mandate
• Influence safety culture and performance across complex operations
• Based in Christchurch, with connection to our Antarctic programme, travel to antarctica will be an expected part of the role.
Tono mai ināianei | Apply now
This is a rare opportunity to lead health and safety in one of the most extreme and complex environments in the world — making a real difference to people, operations and outcomes.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
For further details and to view the role description, click apply.
Applications close 12pm Sunday 14 June, we will be reviewing applications as they are received and may progress suitable candidates prior to the closing date.
For any questions, please contact people@antarcticanz.govt.nz or for a confidential discussion call our People Team on 021 197 3715.
One of Antarctica New Zealand’s core values is we care for each other and the environment. We actively encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and are committed to a workplace that is inclusive, accessible and safe for all.
The successful candidate will be required to complete pre-employment checks, including a medical assessment. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
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