Safety Health and Wellbeing Business Partner Corporate Services | Auckland or Wellington

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KiwiRail is hiring an SHW Business Partner, Corporate to partner with leaders, embedding safety health and wellbeing practices and driving risk programmes. Permanent onsite in Auckland or Wellington, reporting to the SHW General Manager, this highly visible role requires you to influence and coach frontline leaders to build a practical safety culture. You will translate data into action, support investigations and contribute to Line-Led Safety. Essentials: solid SHW experience with coaching and risk management, NEBOSH or equivalent, a full NZ driver’s license and willingness to travel. Apply with a CV showing impact and concrete examples, aligning with KiwiRail values. Applications close Sunday 12 July 2026.

SHW Business Partner – Corporate

• Play a key role partnering with leaders to strengthen safety performance across our corporate teams
• Permanent opportunity based in Auckland or Wellington
• Work alongside leaders to embed a strong safety culture, manage risk, and improve outcomes

Position Description

He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role:

KiwiRail is committed to putting safety, health and wellbeing at the forefront of everything we do. As our SHW Business Partner – Corporate, you will play a key role in partnering with leaders to strengthen safety performance across our corporate teams.  Reporting to the SHW General Manager, you’ll act as a trusted advisor working closely with frontline leaders and teams to embed strong safety practices, lift capability, and support the delivery of critical risk programmes in a fast-paced environment.  This is a highly visible, hands-on role where your ability to influence and coach will directly impact how safety is experienced day-to-day across the business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partnering with leaders to embed safety, health and wellbeing practices
• Coaching and influencing frontline leaders to build strong safety capability and culture
• Supporting the implementation of critical risk management and safety initiatives
• Providing insights and reporting to improve safety performance and decision-making
• Supporting incident management and investigations to ensure learning and continuous improvement
• Driving initiatives that strengthen engagement, ownership and accountability for safety
• Working collaboratively across teams to ensure consistent, practical safety outcomes
• Working as part of the wider SHW Team and the Infrastructure SHW Team to support KiwiRail on its journey with Line-Led Safety
• Working as part of the wider SHW Team to support KiwiRail on its journey with Line-Led Safety

Ngā pukenga e rapu nei mātou | What you will bring:

• Solid experience in a Safety, Health & Wellbeing with strong coaching and influencing capability, with the ability to build trust at all levels
• Experience supporting leaders with risk management and safety performance improvement
• Ability to translate data into meaningful insights and actions
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, complex environment
• Collaborative, pragmatic approach with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Relevant SHW qualification (e.g. NEBOSH or equivalent)
• Full NZ Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel across the region

Nōu te rourou | What’s in it for you:

• Competitive salary plus 4% KiwiSaver contribution
• Discounted medical insurance and staff travel benefits
• Access to the NZ Rail Staff Welfare Trust
• Ongoing development and career progression opportunities
• A chance to make a real impact in a nationally significant organisation
• Supportive, values-driven team culture

Kua rite, kia rite | Ready to make a difference?

Bring your expertise and passion for safety to help shape how KiwiRail delivers safer outcomes across our Above Rail operations.

Applications Close:Sunday 12th of July 2026