Job Description

Kia ora!

Help shape how Air New Zealand manages environmental risk, compliance and stewardship across our operations.

This is your opportunity to lead environmental stewardship across one of New Zealand's most recognised organisations. You'll influence how we manage environmental risk, strengthen regulatory compliance, and drive sustainable outcomes that protect our people, operations, and the environment. Your expertise will help ensure we continue operating responsibly while building capability for the future.

With a strong reputation for culture, service, and innovation, Air New Zealand is consistently ranked as one of New Zealand's most attractive employers. Behind the scenes, our corporate teams are shaping strategy, driving performance, and supporting a thriving, future-fit business. As Environmental Assurance Chapter Lead, you'll provide strategic leadership across environmental governance, compliance, assurance, and continuous improvement, partnering with leaders across the organisation to embed best practice and strengthen environmental performance.

What you'll be doing

• Lead Air New Zealand's environmental compliance and assurance programme, ensuring regulatory obligations are met across the business
• Provide strategic oversight of environmental governance, management systems, audits, and assurance activities that strengthen organisational performance
• Identify, assess, and manage environmental risks, supporting informed decision making across operational and corporate teams
• Lead environmental incident investigations and ensure corrective and preventative actions are effectively implemented through to closure
• Monitor environmental performance using data, assurance findings, and emerging trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Provide trusted, evidence-based advice to senior leaders on environmental obligations, regulatory requirements, and risk management
• Partner across the organisation to embed consistent environmental management practices that protect our operations, reputation, and communities.

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience in environmental compliance, environmental management, assurance, or a related discipline
• Strong knowledge of environmental legislation, regulatory frameworks, and compliance obligations, including experience working within complex operational environments
• Demonstrated experience developing and leading environmental audit and assurance programmes
• Experience managing environmental risk, incident investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Strong understanding of environmental management systems and governance frameworks
• The ability to interpret complex legislation and translate regulatory requirements into practical business outcomes
• Excellent analytical skills, with experience using data and assurance insights to identify risks and improve organisational performance
• Proven ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior leaders, operational teams, regulators, and subject matter experts
• Outstanding communication skills, with confidence providing clear, evidence-based advice on complex environmental matters
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to drive positive change across a large and operationally complex organisation.

If you meet the majority of the criteria and are excited by the opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

What we can offer you

• We want our people to live their best lives and access great benefits that support their lives outside work.
• Discounted staff travel for you, your friends, and your whānau across Air New Zealand, with access to standby travel on many international airlines
• FlexiLeave, giving you the option to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave each year
• A learning culture that supports your growth through development opportunities, meaningful experiences, and on-the-job learning
• Access to a wide range of work perks, including discounts on hotels, banking, retail, insurance, gyms, and more
• Support for your wellbeing through our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, peer support networks, and access to discounted healthcare options.

Ready for take-off?

If you're passionate about environmental stewardship and want to shape responsible operations across one of New Zealand's most iconic organisations, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help strengthen the way Air New Zealand manages environmental risk, compliance, and sustainability for the future.

Applications close Thursday, 1st October

Additional Information

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."