Site Safety Supervisor

Stellar Recruitment Pty; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate start

Fixed-term contract until March 2027

Job summary

Stellar Recruitment Pty anchors a hands-on Site Safety Supervisor role for a major fuel terminal project in Auckland. You will lead day-to-day safety assurance, verify critical controls, and ensure permits and risk controls are followed across multiple fronts.

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will coordinate with contractors, conduct inspections, participate in work planning and investigations, and drive safe outcomes on site through to March 2027.

Qualifications

• NZ Level 4 Health & Safety qualification (or equivalent)
• 5+ years' site-based HSE experience
• Experience in high-risk industrial, construction, shutdown or maintenance environments
• Knowledge of permits, confined spaces, isolations, lifting, work at height and hot work
• First Aid certification
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across multiple contractors/workgroups
• Promoting safe work practices on site

Responsibilities

• Conduct site inspections and audits to verify critical safety controls on active fronts.
• Monitor permits, isolations, confined spaces, lifting and high-risk work compliance.
• Oversee lifting operations, scaffolding, work at height and hot work.
• Participate in pre-starts and work planning; provide practical safety guidance.
• Investigate incidents and near misses and manage corrective actions and reporting.
• Coordinate with contractors and stakeholders to ensure safe delivery and emergency readiness

Skills

HSE experience

Site safety

Permits management

Confined spaces

Lifting operations

Work at height

First Aid

Stakeholder mgmt

Safety leadership

Education

NZ Level 4 H&S qualification

Job description

Site Safety Supervisor

Auckland - Fixed-Term Contract

Are you an experienced Health & Safety professional who enjoys being in the field, working alongside crews and ensuring critical controls are effective where they matter most?

We are seeking a hands-on Site Safety Supervisor to support a major project within an operating fuel terminal. This site-based role focuses on safety leadership, critical risk verification, permit compliance and helping construction teams deliver work safely and efficiently.

About the Role

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will be responsible for providing day-to-day safety assurance across multiple work fronts, ensuring activities are undertaken in accordance with approved safety plans, permits, procedures and critical risk controls.

Key activities will include:

• Conduct site inspections, audits and verify critical safety controls across active work fronts.
• Monitor permits, isolations, confined space activities and high-risk work compliance.
• Oversee lifting operations, scaffolding, work at height and hot work activities.
• Participate in pre-starts, work planning and provide practical safety guidance to site teams.
• Investigate incidents and near misses while managing corrective actions and safety reporting.
• Coordinate with contractors and stakeholders to ensure safe project delivery and emergency readiness.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• NZ Level 4 Health & Safety qualification (or equivalent) with 5+ years' site-based HSE experience.
• Strong background in high-risk industrial, construction, shutdown or maintenance environments.
• Proven knowledge of permits, confined spaces, isolations, lifting, work at height and hot work.
• Current First Aid certification and experience investigating incidents and corrective actions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across multiple contractors and workgroups.
• Confident promoting safe work practices and influencing positive safety behaviours on site.

Highly Regarded

• Diploma-level H&S qualifications, NEBOSH, IOSH or similar
• ICAM or equivalent investigation training
• Experience working around tank infrastructure, fuel terminals, refineries, energy facilities or other high-hazard sites
• Knowledge of occupational hygiene and exposure monitoring programmes

What's on Offer?

• Major industrial project with an immediate start available.
• High-autonomy role with ownership of site safety outcomes.
• Work alongside an experienced and collaborative project team.
• Competitive remuneration package on offer.
• Fixed-term contract running through to March 2027.

If you're a proactive safety professional who enjoys being on site, building relationships with crews and ensuring work is completed safely and efficiently, we'd love to hear from you.