AddressHealth & Safety Business Partner
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With safety prioritised above all else at Boral, we look out for each other and are committed to zero harm across our vast, vertically-integrated national business. An opportunity exists for a proactive and energetic Health & Safety Business Partner to join our national Health and Safety team, supporting a cluster of sites within Boral’s Sydney Concrete businesses.
Reporting to a Senior Health & Safety Business Partner, the primary focus is to support our operational teams to be more effective in their roles, in turn creating a safer workplace for all. You will assist with driving, facilitating and implementing significant and meaningful health and safety improvements across a diversified operational portfolio. Operating as a true Business Partner, you will relish the opportunity to travel to site on a regular basis to engage with leaders and employees on site and really understand their challenges, creating learning opportunities from issues and incidents to enable them to perform more effectively. A central part of this role is to build an intimate understanding of our operations and forge strong and lasting relationships with stakeholders so as to drive good safety outcomes.
This is a permanent, full-time opportunity and candidates must have the flexibility to travel to various sites across the South Eastern region of Sydney. To support in this, you will be provided with a motor vehicle allowance.
Your day will involve:
- Constructively working with and supporting operational leaders on risk management
- Building the operational teams collective health and safety capacity by providing specialist health and safety advice, support and coaching
- Focusing the Product Lines efforts on understanding and managing its risk profile, verifying critical control implementation and in identifying and coordinating risk reduction, improvement and assurance activities
- Supporting the roll out and implementation of the Boral Health & Safety Strategy
- Facilitation and management of incident response and subsequent analysis and learnings
- Supporting the operations in appropriate preparation, management and response to HSE Regulatory Compliance inspections, audits, statutory reports and prescribed incident notifications
- Facilitating the implementation of the HSEQ Management System & National Programs
- Maintaining oversight of HSE risk registers and facilitating operational risk assessment/SWMS reviews
- Reviewing and validating the management of Contractors in line with the Assurance program.
- Ensure Assurance Audits are completed in line with the Audit and Assurance Program and monitor closeout of WHS actions.
What are we looking for?
- A positive and proactive approach with a willingness and commitment to partnering with and supporting operational teams
- A curious mind with a willingness to embraces new ideas and different approaches
- Proven experience in a similar role, ideally with strong skills in incident investigations
- Proven experience with implementing successful organisational change within complex environments
- Knowledge of WHS regulations, systems, processes and Information Systems
- Cert IV or Diploma in Work Health & Safety
- Superior interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and communication skills with a natural ability to build solid relationships
What’s on offer?
- Motor vehicle allowance
- Permanent, full-time opportunity
- Access to SkillBuild, an online Learning & Development platform where you can access training resources for your personal and professional growth
- Access to a variety of support networks including Boral Employee Assistance Program
- Work for a values-based business that shares goals and celebrates individual and team success
- We provide a working environment that is safe, caring, supportive and dynamic with a clear focus on continually encouraging and developing its people
- Work for an Equal Opportunity Employer – At Boral, we understand that diversity brings many benefits, and we are increasingly encouraging greater diversity within our workplaces
- Join an industry aimed at offering value to the community & committed to Zero Harm
- Iconic market leader committed to driving sustainable outcomes
- We are Australian-owned and operated.
About Boral
We are Australia’s leading vertically-integrated construction materials solution provider and have been helping to build and enable a strong, modern Australia for more than 75 years. Our integrated network includes upstream assets – quarries, cement operations and our bitumen JV - and downstream operations across, recycling, concrete and concrete placing and asphalt.?
Our people provide solutions to help customers and stakeholders build a sustainable future in a changing world. Our values are what matters to us and guide our behaviours: Safety, Teamwork, Ambition, Accountability and Respect.
We’re proud of our legacy as a great Australian business and have a strong foundation to improve and continue fulfilling our purpose and what we do best - building something great.
Boral values and is committed to creating a diverse working environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.
Application closing date: 20 May 2024
