Safety Specialist

About the role

Reporting to the Health Safety Environment and Quality Manager as the Safety Specialist you will be responsible for enabling our business-led safety culture; improving the performance of our business, our customers and our suppliers. 

Key deliverables of the role include

•  Be a mentor to stakeholders and influence others toward being leaders in HSEQ with-in their scopes
• Support in maintaining licencing requirements of our business and its workers; including the accreditation of staff in new markets
• Drive and embed the Opportunity & Risk Management Framework 
• Assist in maintaining our ‘ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety’, ‘ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems’ and ‘ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems’ and ‘Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner’ accreditations
• Provide operational support by attending customer meetings
• Conduct infield verification activities, safety conversations and inspections
• Developing and contributing to project documentation
• Reviewing contractor documents, and responding to customer requirements
• Drive value for customers and suppliers by providing insight and contributing to improved performance through-out the value stream (inside and outside our business). As an example; working with a head contractor in a meaningful way regarding safety performance on their site including our business and other activities

About you

Essential skills and requirements

•  Demonstrable experience leading safety within high-risk industries 
• Working knowledge of WHS Legislation, Australian Standards, and applicable industry codes
• Able to develop complex relationships
• Commitment to organisational learning
• Inquisitive nature
• Driven to deliver results
• High proficiency in the use of Microsoft suite of applications
• Driver’s licence to allow for travel between locations
• Tertiary qualification in work health and safety or engineering desirable
• ICAM Lead investigation training desirable
• Certificate 4 in Training & Assessment (TAE40116 or equivalent) desirable