Senior HSE Manager

Ready to build a better future with us?

At Kapitol Group, we pride ourselves on being Victoria's second largest privately owned construction company .

Our vision is to continuously improve the construction industry by setting new standards for quality, safety, culture and work-life balance.

We’re a team of high performing professionals obsessed with innovation and excellence in construction. Our work spans the commercial, education, industrial, and residential sectors.

With a healthy and growing pipeline of work, we are looking for an experienced and proven Senior HSE Manager to contribute to our HSE operations, strategies, coaching, and overall continuous improvement.

What you'll do:

• Lead our HSE Managers and the broader HSE team
• Implement an evolving strategic plan for the HSE vertical
• Risk management including safety in design, project planning, high-risk activity workshops, SWMS, SOPs, and PPE
• Oversee the HSE Management System, audits, and compliance (e.g. ISO and OFSC)
• Provide expertise and advice on legislative and regulatory matters pertaining to HSE
• Manage stakeholder relationships and issues raised by regulatory bodies, clients and suppliers
• Ensure conformance for HSE Plans per project team by way of observations and inspections
• Partake in weekly HSE Walks and ensure raised issues are rectified by project teams
• Drive development of Hammertech for maximum effectiveness and efficiency
• Raise gaps and opportunities with the project team for improving training and competency
• Steer continuous improvement programs and initiatives
• Ensure effective handling of incident management, investigations, and reporting
• Contribute to environmental management and monitoring
• Steer client engagement and reporting requirements
• Involvement with tender submissions, providing HSE advice as required

About you:

• Genuine passion for safety
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in WHS or equivalent (Degree or Diloma)
• Current White Card
• Extensive HSE experience in the construction industry
• Background of leading medium-to-large scale HSE team operations
• Capacity to implement strategic plans and continuous improvement
• Thorough understanding of relevant regulations and standards
• Proven experience with conducting HSE assurance activities such as audits
• Understanding of OFSC requirements
• Advanced working knowledge of Hammertech (or equivalent system)
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, attention to detail, influencing, presentation, interpersonal and communication skills
• Highly motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude

How you'll benefit:

• 5-day work week (exception of Site Managers/Supervisors who work 10 days in 14, with every other Saturday off)
• Investment in training with the aim to have the best trained workforce in the industry
• Free health assessments for all staff
• Paid parental leave for both primary and secondary care givers 
• Fast-tracked career development opportunities and support our staff through mentoring, workshops and retreats
• Industry-leading internal communication channels to break down silos across sites, allowing staff to share ideas, lessons learnt and other resources.

Kapitol value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, life stages, cultures, faiths, sexual orientation, and genders.

Find out more about Kapitol Group on our website (kapitolgroup.com.au) – and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram for regular updates.

Please be sure to apply directly as we will not be engaging the services of recruitment agencies, nor any agency-represented candidates for this role. Kapitol will not be held responsible for any associated fees from recruitment agencies resulting from unsolicited introductions.