Health & Safety Coordinator / Technical Writer

You’ll act as the technical conduit between Project Admin and senior consultants, ensuring H&S content is accurate, clear, and flows correctly through deliverables while handling accurate documentation, report drafting, and system refinements — helping reduce senior workload while building your skills toward consultancy.

What you’ll be doing

• Drafting and refining sections of client reports, procedures, policies, and health and safety management system documents under supervision

• Supporting the development and improvement of client H&S templates and systems (e.g., updating formats, incorporating feedback, ensuring technical accuracy and plain English)

• Coordinating the technical aspects of audit, assessment, and project deliverables (e.g., compiling findings, writing summaries, preparing for senior review)

• Progressing toward site-based support as part of role development (e.g., shadowing visits, documenting observations, contributing to basic risk and compliance advice)

What we’re looking for

• 2–5 years’ relevant experience in health and safety coordination, systems support, technical writing/editing, or advisory roles

• Strong technical writing and editing skills — focus on clarity, accuracy, plain English, and attention to detail in H&S documents

• Proactive mindset with the ability to ask smart questions and clarify requirements independently

• Genuine interest and drive to grow into client-facing advisory and consulting work

• Comfortable and confident engaging with mid-to-senior managers, C-suite, and business owners — without arrogance

• Detail-oriented with high standards for quality and accountable delivery

• Practical, solutions-focused approach that values simplicity and real-world application

• Team-oriented collaborator who thrives on collective input and shared ownership

• NZ Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety Practice (Level 3) minimum or working towards it; NEBOSH desirable

• Experience or understanding of structured management system frameworks (e.g. ISO 45001:2018) is advantageous

• Full, clean NZ driver’s licence and access to your own vehicle (travel expenses reimbursed in line with policy)

• Disciplined and self-managing — comfortable with home-based work when client needs allow

What we offer

• Competitive salary based on experience

• Annual birthday day off

• Discretionary bonus scheme after a qualifying period

• Project-based salary enhancements after the qualifying period

• Project-based travel subsidies

• Professional development program aligned to the role progression path

• LinkedIn Learning access and other role-based training

• IT equipment provided

• Flexible working arrangements (subject to client needs and role requirements), including home-based setup with reasonable flexibility in hours and location

• A 90-day trial period will apply

Why join us?
At The Safety Lab NZ, we recruit people who share and live our Vision, Mission, and Values every day.
Our Vision is to make health and safety a natural part of every organisation, empowering people and businesses to thrive safely and sustainably.
Our Mission is to deliver practical, tailored solutions that turn safety into a driver of resilience and success — not just compliance.
We live Positivity with Purpose, Boldly Client-Centred, Practical Innovation, Accountable Results, and Collective Ownership in everything we do.
If these resonate with you and you’re driven to contribute to real, measurable impact for clients across Aotearoa, you’ll find a supportive, energised team here focused on simpler, more effective safety systems.

Who we are
The Safety Lab NZ is a boutique health and safety consultancy backed by the Eteva Group, which includes Eteva AU, Eteva UK and Assure Safe group companies, with over two and a half decades of international experience. We are rapidly expanding across New Zealand and Australia, with global ambitions and plans to further expand internationally.

We serve leaders in corporate, government, education, manufacturing, and property sectors, delivering practical, tailored health and safety solutions that go beyond compliance to build resilience and real business value.

This role offers the opportunity to span group companies, working across NZ, Australia, and potentially further afield as we grow.

Apply now via SEEK with your CV and cover letter, including, at a minimum, why you believe you are a good fit for the role, what you will bring to the team, your notice period, and reasons for applying.

Recruitment process:

• First stage: practical interview.

• Second stage: technical interview.

• References required prior to offer.

Note: any applications outside of Seek will automatically be rejected.

We look forward to hearing from you.