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The Organisation
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission's visionary goal is “No Repeat Accidents – Ever!”. In pursuit of this goal, the Commission (TAIC) inquires into significant transport accidents across the three modes of aviation, rail, and marine, with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in the future.
TAIC's multi-disciplinary teams investigate and analyse the circumstances of these occurrences, supporting the Commission to consider the facts, and make findings and recommendations to improve transport safety, rather than to ascribe blame.
The accident investigation role - general
Accident investigation is specialised and time-critical work that requires broad proven expertise and skill, including:
- Excellent communication, both verbal and written, dealing all social tiers
- Logical and analytical capability, with very strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Anticipate risk and identify mitigations
- Problem solving
- Project teamwork
- Relationship management
- Energy, diplomacy and tact.
The Accident Investigators team is small and close-knit. investigators attend accident sites throughout New Zealand and undertake thorough site examinations and evidence collection, review, research, and analyse the evidence, before drafting inquiry reports, findings and recommendations for consideration by the Commission. Each investigation process leads to a detailed final report report outlining the findings and safety recommendations to the sector.
Accident investigation work is be interesting and varied, involves a wide range of vehicles and technology, requires engagement with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. investigators need an agile mindset, to be able to work collaboratively and positively with like-minded professionals, and have high levels of diplomacy, tact, and professionalism, particularly when deployed to accident sites.
It can be demanding work that necessitates medical and physical fitness (accident sites can be anywhere) and resilience in stressful and emotionally difficult circumstances.
While relevant investigative qualifications are desirable, the successful candidate will undergo extensive, world class specialised training in accident investigation. This is part of TAIC's supportive and development-focused environment. A typical job description for a Transport Accident Investigation Commission Investigator is available at right in the Document Downloads box.
Investigator positions are based in Wellington, New Zealand, and involve travel and overnight stays.
Only people with the right to work in New Zealand may apply. For advice on obtaining a New Zealand work or residence visa visit www.immigration.govt.nz.
Current vacancy: Data Recovery Specialist
- Secure data from accident site, aircraft, marine and rtail vehicles
- Forensic data recovery. Where devices are damaged, this can include binary data at the chip level and associated interpretation and validation of binary data to engineering units.
- Assist in engaging with national and international peers and/or external stakeholders regarding new, unfamiliar, or complex solutions.
- Laboratory and Equipment Support -- including emerging technologies
- Analyse technical data to assist investigators in establishing accident timelines and vehicle trajectories, AND make it easy to the unititiated to understand.
- Create informative and clear diagrams to represent evidence visually and edit audio/visual technology to ensure high quality presentation of information.
Job description in the 'Downloads' box, right -->