AddressAustralian owned, Brown & Watson International (BWI) have led the way with an enviable portfolio of innovative and market-leading brands that hold their own on a world stage within the automotive industry. Specialising in automotive electrical and lighting products, as well as portable power management and vehicle accessories, we have a stable of established industry names includes NARVA, Projecta, Philips Automotive, OSRAM, Vision X, Big Red Gear, KT Cable, BOAB, Maxi-Lite, Twisted Throttle, Denali Electronics.
We are going places through both organic and acquired growth. With Headquarters in Melbourne’s South-East, we have established offices and a strong presence that spans across all states of Australia and New Zealand, as well as South Korea, Sweden, and the USA.
With our people at the heart of what we do, we continue to foster a culture of excellence, and entrepreneurship that allows potential to flourish whilst keeping our customer at the forefront.
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly driven, personable, and pragmatic Health, Safety and Facilities Manager based at our site in Knoxfield.
With an approach that is encouraging and engaging, you will take the lead in supporting and driving health and safety activities within the region (Australia & NZ). With a platform to make meaningful impact across the business, you will relish the opportunity to work alongside functional peers and the broader business to ensure we have the right safety systems, governance, and frameworks that embed a strong safety culture and mitigate risk.
Agile and adaptable, you are confident and comfortable presenting to senior leaders, as you are sharing key learnings with operations and shopfloor staff. Focusing on innovations and improvements that influence a consistent approach and focus on HSE.
- Provide oversight of critical incidents and support the site with incident investigation and key learnings
- Coach, educate and build capability of leaders to take ownership of safety in their respective areas
- Oversee the efficient and effective operation of all company facilities including emergency response, cleaning, security, contractor management, and service agreements (FM).
- Foster a positive safety culture which encourages proactive reporting of risk information through on-the-job safety coaching, and the facilitation of safety training and initiatives.
- Manage and be accountable for key safety platforms, including Safety Management System, LinkSafe, and the implementation and maintenance of MEX
- Work closely with external stakeholders including Rehab providers, and other regulatory departments.
- Provide health and safety expertise for key site projects and change management activities
- Communicate, recommend, and effectively implement any potential changes
- Maintain business and compliance reporting, and drive the completion of corrective actions to eliminate root causes/reoccurrence
- Ensure all programs including reactive and preventative maintenance are executed promptly and meet regulations and site requirements.
- Manage annual facilities budget, identifying and prioritising funds to support required services.
What are we looking for?
- Formal qualifications in HSE or a related discipline
- Previous Facilities Management experience, ideally in a commercial supply chain environment.
- Demonstrated experience in leading positive and engaged HSE culture through interactions, behavioural programs, and assurance activities across the organisation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and communicate to people at all levels and adapt approach as required.
- Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical and problem-solving skills and an understanding of risk management principles and their application.
- Experience in safety, and/or environmental technical standards
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with individuals at all levels
- Understanding and knowledge of regulatory reports and compliances including experience with ISO
What’s in it for you?
This role presents a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference, putting in place initiatives that will underpin and enable the continued success of our business.
- Work with industry leader, part of ASX listed GUD Holdings Limited, one of Australia’s leading conglomerates of automotive aftermarket product brands
- Competitive salary and employee benefits/staff discounts
- Global Reward and Recognition Program
- Structured leadership and high-performance development programs
- Open and collaborative culture and management style with dynamic team environment
