Safety Risk and Compliance Coordinator

This role is a maternity cover with a fixed-term contract on offer until the end of April 2027.

What you'll be doing

The highly engaged and passionate team at Auckland Airport is looking for a Safety, Risk and Compliance Coordinator to join us on a 7-month maternity cover until the end of April 2027. This is a great opportunity for a generalist to gain exposure across diverse safety initiatives in a complex, highly regulated environment.

The role will expose you to a wide range of safety and risk management activities, including fire safety, security, biosecurity, emergency planning, and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation, communicate effectively at all levels, and support a broad range of safety, risk, and compliance activities. The role includes reporting, data entry and analytics, participation in crisis management activities, and involvement in ad hoc projects as required.

Key responsibilities include

• Supporting the recording, investigation, correction, and close-out of incidents and near misses.
• Assisting with trial fire evacuation programmes, fire egress checks, and managing corrective actions.
• Coordinating and supporting regulatory audits, checks, and education/awareness activities related to safety, risk, and compliance.
• Contributing to the review and audit of key manuals.
• Supporting wider business risk, knowledge management, and assurance projects as required.

What you'll bring to the role

At Auckland Airport, we are a busy hive of activity. We value people who align with our AKL values: All In | Tātou tatou (How we feel), Know How | Kōkiri Tahi (How we think), Let's Go | Karawhiua (How we act)

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Experience in a safety, compliance, or regulatory role within a highly regulated environment (desirable)

• Experience working with Safety Management Systems, including accurate data entry and reporting

• Generalist-level experience supporting multiple workstreams

• A strong willingness and aptitude to learn

• Clear, concise communication skills and the ability to adapt your style to a range of stakeholders

• Strong relationship-building skills with people from all walks of life

• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation capability, with a bias for transparency and collaboration

• Confidence using software suites and systems

• Some analytical skills to assess compliance issues and identify practical solutions

From the arrival of the Tainui Waka into the Manukau Harbour, Auckland Airport has always been a place of journeys. We stand proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way. We have ambitions to be a global hub and a comprehensive development programme to deliver this vision.

With so many moving parts to keep the airport precinct running, it's our collaboration and passion that keeps everything together. This is what our culture and heritage have been built on. When you work with us, you'll share our ambition to be a great New Zealand business, and one that's making a strong contribution to the wellbeing of our communities and economy.

E mahi ana mātou mō Aotearoa. We are working for New Zealand.

Auckland Airport is more than just a business. It's a truly unique place with an important role to play in New Zealand's recovery. Together we're its custodians, knowing that the work we do has the power to create positive change for our customers, the community, the environment and for the prosperity of Aotearoa. We're all about creating a sense of place where everyone can thrive, and one where others aspire to work. We're a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome people from all walks of life.

Whiria te tangata. Our values weave us together. They're what we stand for, who we are and how we act.

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Please note that applications will be reviewed continuously throughout the recruitment period, and appointments may be made before the official closing date of the advert. Apply now!