Director - Health, Safety And Environment

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Reporting to the General Manager of HR and Safety, this role is responsible for leading and managing the Health, Safety and Environmental function for Rheinmetall Defence Australia's (RDA).

The Director Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) will develop, drive and execute RDA's HSE strategies, work plan and deliverables. The role will work in partnership with HR and the wider business to champion positive change, continuous improvement initiatives and improve the overall safety culture to ensure safety always comes first.

As Director - Health, Safety & Environment, you can anticipate some of your day-to-day tasks to include:

• Elevate culture of accountability through leadership and behaviour based safety principles;
• Ensure full integration of psychosocial and physical hazard management into safe work systems;
• Secure ongoing compliance with all legislative, statutory & externally certified system requirements (ISO45001, ISO14001 and ISO50001);
• Ensure due diligence requirements are understood and demonstrated through Executive consultation and response to key HSE matters;
• Include initiatives to support Rheinmetall Ag Sustainability targets in local strategy;
• Maintain full suite of reports for HSE to meet internal and external requirements including monthly, quarterly and annual reports for Executive and Board reference; and
• Partner with finance division to meet climate related financial data under IFRS requirements.

About your new team

The HR Operations team provides support and guidance across our National and International footprint in the areas of Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Organisational & Workforce Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Veterans Engagement, Payroll, Global Mobility, IR/ER and Administration.

Find Your Why at Rheinmetall

Our values of Safety, Partnership, Openness, Respect and Trust (SPORT) supports our team members to create a workplace environment where our employees value each other, live up to their promises, communicate openly and work safely every day.

The experience and skillset best suited to this role includes:

• Tertiary and vocational qualifications in Workplace Health and Safety, Occupational Health Safety, Business, Auditing, Rehabilitation, Training, Project Management or a related discipline;
• Significant experience within senior management with leading teams, implementing and driving strategies and working within an operational environment;
• Extensive experience in the areas of wellbeing, health and Safety and Environment, with a focus on improving safety leadership and culture, wellbeing strategies, systems, policies and processes;
• Strong project management skills, including experience with developing, leading and collaborating with multiple stakeholders;
• Strong leadership experience, skills and ability to deliver results in an agile and fast-paced environment.

What we offer you

• Work as part of a team with real purpose in what we do;
• Attractive remuneration packages with salary sacrificing and novated leases;
• Access to exclusive employee discounts with over 400 retailers in Australia to help cost of living;
• On-site subsidised café with themed days and multiple dietary options;
• Long weekends every second week with a 9 day working fortnight;
• Opportunity to work on major projects within our Vehicle Systems (Logistic, Tactical Wheeled, Tactical Tracked), Electronic Solutions, Weapon & Ammunition Divisions);
• Generous internal incentive and referral program;
• Genuine career development and progression opportunities;
• Extensive Employee Assistance Program to support overall health and wellbeing; and
• We are proud to be recognised as an Endorsed Employer for All Women by WORK180.

Our inclusive culture

Rheinmetall fosters a culture of equality, fairness, diversity and inclusion for all our employees and provides a safe and secure work environment where everyone can feel comfortable and supported to bring their unique self to work every day.

We know that when people from diverse backgrounds and different points of view work together, we create the most value - for our clients, our people and our community. If you don't think you quite meet all of the requirements of the position, we'd still love to hear from you.

If you would like to know more information about how we are supporting our employees, you can view our policies and initiatives via our Work180 profile at work180.com/rheinmetall

To learn more about life at Rheinmetall, please visit: www.rheinmetall.com/career-au

Next steps

Apply now!

Preferred candidates will be required to complete background checks including pre-employment verifications and national police checks.

A Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian Citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain appropriate clearance.

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable and as such, your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role.

Further information regarding clearance is available at: www.defence.gov.au/security/clearances

Applications close: 4th of May 2024

Please note that we will not be accepting any recruitment agency applications for this role.

Questions

For further information about this opportunity, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team at ***************@rheinmetall.com.au and quote REF#AU01738.