Occupational Health & Safety, Risk and Audit professional. Providing management consultancy services to clients to help with their Occupational Health & Safety/Public Safety/Environmental/Quality management systems, internal auditing and risk management. Familiar with Safe365, SaferMe, Vault and Engage Solutions.Recent projects include integrated internal audit, review and development of Health & Safety management systems, process and risk control auditing, H&S management systems internal audit, and assisting with a Health & Safety risk assurance framework. Industry sectors include electricity and gas distribution networks, broadband fibre network, geothermal tourist attraction, kiwi orchards, excavation/thrusting, steel fabrication and document destruction.> OMEXOM Contract Internal Auditor Dec 2019 - present; internal audits North & South Island for the 5-Star programme - HSE, Quality, Customers, People and Process.> WEL NETWORKS Contract Internal Auditor Jan 2015 - present, including OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety gap analysis, ISO 9001 quality, MEP and NZS 7901 public safety. Developed Contractor H&S Audit Management programme.> HSE Consultant for GDF ELECTRICAL May 2023 - January 2024; implementation and maintenance of appropriate HSE risk management processes and systems, as well as physical work practices, which ensure the safety of all persons at GDF sites in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.> H&S Consultant for NZDDS Oct 2023 - present; implementation and maintenance of appropriate H&S risk management processes and systems.> H&S Advisor for TE ARAWA GROUP HOLDINGS May 2019 - Oct 2022, specifically covering activities at Wai O Tapu Geothermal Wonderland, Wylie Court Motel and kiwi fruit orchards. The work includes interaction with all levels of staff, as well as Board Meeting attendance.

Voluntary position with the Rotorua Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management, New Zealand’s leading membership association for the Health & Safety profession. The Rotorua Branch is relatively young but growing strongly; membership is approximately 35 with representation from Forestry, Wood Products, Education, Electricity Distribution, H&S Regulator, H&S Consultancy, Infrastructure Maintenance, Hazardous Substances, Agriculture, Traffic Management and Construction.

A bit of a career departure but nevertheless a great lifestyle choice hosting guests from around the world on the slopes of Mt Ngongotaha, overlooking Rotorua across to the Redwood Forest and Te Puia! My wife and I ran a very successful business, increasing the turnover by 60% and making many friends and acquaintances over that time. I was able to continue my H&S work outside the busy summer months and it also enabled me to make contacts in the tourism industry leading to further H&S work.

Great company to work for during my time there, a leading New Zealand electricity distributor with headquarters in Hamilton, Waikato. I was responsible for internal auditing of the organisation’s processes and risk mitigation controls; good experience gained in risk management under the ISO 31000 framework. Risk and audit reporting to the Executive & Board; management representative for ISO 9001 QMS; implemented NZS 7901 Public Safety Management System and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. Compliance auditing for Class B Test House, Electricity Industry Participation Code Distributor and Metering Equipment Provider. Member of Risk & Audit Management Committee and Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Group.

A valuable learning experience at a major cleaning and sanitation chemical manufacturer. Achievements included Hazardous Substance Location Certification compliance under the HSNO Regulations, compliance programme for major customer vendor approval audit requirements, compliance with Trade Waste Permit and air discharge requirements and maintaining certification to ISO 9001, Agricultural Compounds & Veterinary Medicines and Kashrut.

A career defining role for a family owned company competing on a global stage, striving to reach its full potential. A manufacturer of high quality expanded vinyl and gravure printed wallcoverings - ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and FSC Chain of Custody certified. Now diversified into designing and importing home decorative products. Fantastic company to work for, I had a great 10 years there. Main achievements were obtaining IPPC Permit, compliance with Trade Effluent Consent, Sustainability Reporting, ISO 9001:2000 and OHSAS 18001 implementation, 5S Auditing, Key Supplier Auditing (including factory assessments in Europe and China for quality, environmental, H&S and Ethical Trade Initiative base code). Also maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001 OHSAS 18001 and FSC Chain of Custody certifications; process mapping and management of the company’s audit programme.

A manufacturer of high quality envelopes and machine glazed papers - ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 certified.Valuable learning experience for quality, environmental and health and safety management systems, internal auditing and environmental legislation compliance. In 1999 all staff were placed on 90 days notice of redundancy so I moved on.

Achievements included development of x-ray detectable nonwoven theatre swabs, finding the solutions to the company’s chemical formulation issues with their newly commissioned cotton gauze bleachworks, meeting COSHH requirements and creating technical files for certification of products under the medical devices directive. Vernon Carus were acquired by Synergy Health in 2006.