AddressThis innovative Australian-owned company operates in the automotive, electrical, and portable power management industries. It has a portfolio of well-established and market-leading brands catering to these sectors.
The company prides itself on innovation, defining it as "change that adds value." This innovative mindset permeates their product development and their entire organizational approach, from logistics efficiency to strong marketing support, customer service, and effective sales force. Their commitment to innovation has earned them numerous industry awards.
They strongly emphasise collaboration and synergy with customers, partners, and suppliers to further their shared missions. The company's core values revolve around safety, action, excellence, innovation, and teamwork, which all employees are expected to uphold alongside company policies.
Overall, this Australian company has cultivated a reputation for pioneering products and services backed by a customer-centric, collaborative, and forward-thinking corporate culture.
The successful candidate will oversee and lead this innovative Australian company's health and safety activities within the Oceania region. You will be operational safety leaders who take a pragmatic approach and provide coaching, advice, and education.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure zero harm to employees, both physically and psychosocially
- Maintain current knowledge of health, safety and well-being requirements
- Coach and support leaders in managing safety
- Communicate safety issues and alerts
- Report on health and safety objectives, targets, and statistics
- Drive safety behavioural leadership programmes
- Participate in wellbeing initiatives
- Manage safety platforms, policies, plans and systems
- Lead incident investigations
- Participate in safety committees
- Liaise with service providers and regulatory bodies
- Lead emergency planning and business continuity efforts
- Develop and facilitate health and safety training
- Lead the Health and Safety Administrator
- Participate in safety audits
- Manage WorkCover claims and injury management
- Oversee maintenance and operations of facilities
- Implement facility improvement initiatives
- Manage building maintenance, repairs and renovations
- Supervise vendor contracts and service agreements
- Conduct facility inspections and audits
- Develop emergency response plans and procedures
- Knowledge of Australian and New Zealand regulations
- Experience in health and safety management systems
- Proven ability to improve safety performance and culture
- Strong people skills and relationship building
- Experience in hazard identification and risk management
- Ability to analyse safety data and trends
- Effective communication skills at all levels
- Ability to influence and persuade
- Positive and professional approach
- Technical expertise and commitment to skills development
- Incident investigation skills (ICAM training desirable)
- Tertiary qualifications in health and safety (essential)
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Postgraduate qualifications (desirable)
We look forward to receiving your expression of interest.
