People and Operational Safety Advisor (New Zealand & Pacific Islands)

Full job description

Opportunity to practice safety leadership in the airline industry across NZ and the Pacific Islands for the Qantas Group
Take an opportunity to grow and diversify your career
Full-time permanent role based in Auckland Airport

We’re committed to providing a safe and injury-free workplace through world-class safety practices, integrating operational safety into all our business activities. Change is seen as an opportunity to improve. We thrive on uncertainty, and are ready to jump into action at a moment’s notice. As a team, we rally together like no other, making each other feel supported, included and valued.


Our offshore ports each have a personality of their own. When you’re part of the offshore Qantas family, you might be physically apart but you’re still a close part of our team. Airports are the heart of our operation. It’s in us to be our best and we see it as our responsibility to take ownership and drive outcomes, ensuring we make a contribution to taking the organisation forward. The work you will do will require courage. Courage to challenge the norm, to voice opinions and present new ideas. We take this in our stride and see it as an opportunity to do something we’ve never done before.


As the People and Operational Safety Advisor (NZ & Pacific Islands), you will be work in an advisory capacity to manage the development, implementation, and delivery of the safety strategy across Jetconnect and the Qantas NZ Commercial teams within the NZ and Pacific Island network. The focus being to drive continuous improvement, focused on critical risk management in a “just culture” model. This is to be achieved by working with the business units, HSRs, employees and contractors to ensure regulatory compliance and delivery of a proactive safety culture in a complex and dynamic industry.


What you’ll bring to the role:

A tertiary qualification in Occupational Health and Safety or a related discipline
Ability to work comfortably with diverse stakeholder groups
Experience in an WHS position and demonstrate a record of delivering improvement, ideally within an aviation or operational environment
Sound understanding of WHS legislation and Human Factors principles
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively engage with both staff, management and regulators at all levels
Self-motivated, with the ability to show initiative and flexibility
A positive, results focused disposition and do not shy away from challenges being thrown your way

Why Qantas?

From born explorers to gifted engineers and those who like keeping people connected, you can find spirit in everyone who works at Qantas, and it's time to bring yours to ours. If you choose to hop on board, you'll join a team of over 26,000 across the globe, including 2,000 in the NZ and Pacific region, where creativity, diversity, and innovation are encouraged. Bring your spirit to ours and help your future take flight.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.


Travel: We love to travel and you probably do too. From day one in the role, our employees enjoy heavily discounted Qantas and Jetstar flights including space available upgrades to premium cabins.
Leave: Take a well-deserved break with 4 weeks of annual leave per year, with an extra week granted after 5 years of continuous service.
Holidays and Hotels: Experience a 20% discount on our already fantastic hotel and flight bundles. Additionally, Qantas and Jetstar hotel reservations are available to employees at a 20% reduced rate.
KiwiSaver: We offer up to 4% employer contribution on KiwiSaver
Professional Development: We want you to feel empowered in your career journey, with the right training tools to support you. Academy Q is our very own personal and professional development hub that gives you access to a library of self-directed online courses. You'll also be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching, as well as formal training opportunities.
Health & Wellbeing: We take the health and well-being of our employees seriously, and we're proud to offer discounted health insurance, free flu vaccination, heart and skin checks, regular well-being webinars and a comprehensive employee assistance program to support you in all aspects of your life.

Applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in New Zealand without restrictions or sponsorship.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

If you’re up for achieving the impossible, register your interest and we’ll be in touch.


Applications close: Thursday, 21st of August 2025

About us


Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic and international services.