Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor

Fletcher Building Limited; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brian Perry Civil is seeking a Health, Safety & Environment Advisor to be on-site across Wellington and travel to the South Island. You will partner with project teams to provide practical guidance, lead inductions, and support site compliance, helping ensure everyone goes home safely each day.

You will bring strong NZ safety knowledge, proven field experience in construction, and a collaborative approach to coaching site crews, subcontractors, and leaders while driving risk controls and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Health & Safety in construction or civil projects.
• NZ health and safety legislation and industry standards knowledge.
• Ability to coach site teams, subcontractors and leaders on risk & compliance.
• Experience with hazard identification and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on HSE support across multiple civil construction projects.
• Facilitate inductions, toolbox talks and training initiatives.
• Coach supervisors and frontline teams on hazard identification, risk management and compliance requirements.
• Investigate incidents, near misses and hazards, ensuring actions are completed and lessons shared.
• Support environmental compliance, monitoring and reporting across project sites.
• Assist with contractor management and assurance processes.
• Promote health, wellbeing and injury management programmes.
• Attend client, stakeholder and HSE industry forums and events.
• Support new business teams in critical risk control reviews.

Skills

Health & Safety experience

NZ health & safety knowledge

Stakeholder relationship skills

Strong communication

Driver's license

Education

OSH/Health & Safety qualification (e.g., NEBOSH)

Job description

Careers Made Possible at Brian Perry Civil

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join a team that thrives on collaboration and bold thinking, delivering complex civil projects that shape communities and protect environments. Here, your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work leaves a lasting impact.

About the Role

If you enjoy being out on site, working alongside crews and helping create safer, better-run projects, this role offers plenty of variety. Working across a diverse portfolio of civil construction projects, you'll partner closely with project teams to provide practical health, safety and environmental guidance, support site compliance, lead inductions, and help ensure people go home safely every day. With travel across the Wellington region and South Island no two days will look the same.

• Provide hands‑on health, safety and environmental support across multiple civil construction projects
• Facilitate inductions, toolbox talks and training initiatives.
• Coach supervisors and frontline teams on hazard identification, risk management and compliance requirements
• Investigate incidents, near misses and hazards, ensuring actions are completed and lessons shared
• Support environmental compliance, monitoring and reporting across project sites
• Assist with contractor management and assurance processes.
• Promote health, wellbeing and injury management programmes.
• Attend client, stakeholder and health and safety industry based forums and events.
• Support new business teams in critical risk control reviews

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in a Health, Safety ideally within construction, civil infrastructure or a project-based environment
• Qualification in Occupational Health & Safety, NEBOSH, or a related health and safety discipline
• Sound understanding of New Zealand health and safety legislation and industry standards
• Confidence building relationships with site teams, subcontractors and operational leaders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coach, influence and provide practical advice
• A current driver's licence and willingness to travel across Wellington region and South Island as required

About Us

Brian Perry Civil are specialists in ground engineering and civil construction, delivering some of the most complex and technically challenging projects. From foundations and marine works to three waters infrastructure, our work goes beyond construction - we’re shaping communities, protecting environments, and building a legacy of innovation. We thrive on bold thinking, collaboration, and a commitment to safety and sustainability.

As part of VINCI Construction, a global leader in construction, we are guided by our vision – Build Better Together. We draw on the strength of an international network of more than 1,300 business units operating in over 100 countries, combining global expertise with the local decision making and relationships that enable successful delivery in New Zealand.

We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.