AddressSafeWork NSW Inspector - Regional Construction Compliance
Position: Inspector
Salary: $108,610 - $117,937 + superannuation
Location: Bega
Duration: Ongoing
Applications Close: Monday 27th May 2024 (9:59AM)
About the team
SafeWork NSW is the state's workplace health and safety regulator. Our focus is to reduce work related fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses by securing compliance with work health and safety legislation and improving the safety culture in NSW workplaces.
About the role
As an Inspector in the Construction Services Group, you will be responsible for:
- Undertaking proactive site inspections, responding to customer requests, completing preliminary incident investigations, delivering presentations, and working with major industry stakeholders to improve safety standards
- Providing advice regarding safe work practices and how to comply with work health and safety legislation
- Taking action where safe work practices fall below industry expectations
- Collecting relevant information and apply transparent evidence-based decision when working to improve safety
- Producing reports to confirm your actions
- Ensuring internal administrative compliance by completing travel, expense, and time keeping records
- Contributing to a positive, supportive, and fun workplace
To be successful, you will have:
- Qualifications and or experience in the building industry
- A working understanding of safety requirements applicable to construction
- Strong communication skills to engage and influence key stakeholders to improve regulatory outcomes
- Good written communication skills and an ability to understand comprehensive and/or technical reports
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a timely manner
- Ability to use Mircrosoft Word and Teams
To be successful….
In joining SafeWork NSW, you will be rewarded with a great opportunity to apply your experience with your passion for workplace health and safety. You will:
- Work a 38-hour working week, including some weekends and participate in the After-Hours Emergency Response Service
- Receive an attractive salary package along with the required tools of the trade, including a vehicle with access to private use (currently at a cost of approximately $210 per fortnight)
- Be able to access flexible working conditions within operational requirements
Essential requirements
- Ability to travel, work remotely and out of usual business hours
- Hold a NSW 'C' class drivers' licence with a satisfactory safe driving record and a requirement to maintain the safe driving record throughout employment
- Satisfactory criminal record check
- Satisfactory medical assessment capacity regarding physical and psychological impacts of the inherent duties of the role
- Undertake the 12-month New Inspector Training Program (NITP). This intensive program is delivered by our Registered Training Organisation and combines mandatory components of induction, class training, online learning, completion of set assessments and tasks, and extensive on-the-job field training with regular travel throughout NSW. For more information click here.
How to Apply
Your application should include:
- A covering letter (maximum two pages) indicating the role you are applying for and what you would bring to this role, including demonstrated examples
- You should also include an up-to-date resume (of no more than five pages)
- A copy of your current online driving record from Service NSW
- A copy of your current demerit points from Service NSW
If you do not provide all the required documentation, your application will not be progressed.
Any questions about this role?
For enquiries regarding this position please contact Derek Pryor via ***********@safework.nsw.gov.au
For enquiries relating this recruitment, please contact Tayla Gibbs at ***************@safework.nsw.gov.au
A talent pool may be created to fill future ongoing opportunities for a period of up to 18 months.
Salary Grade Inspector, with the base salary for this role starting at $108,610 base plus superannuation
Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Tayla Gibbs via ***********@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.
Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.
Closing Date: 27th May 2024 (9:59AM)
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The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.
You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.
We want you to bring your best self to this application process. If you feel you may require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team via ***********@customerservice.nsw.gov.au or 02 9494 8***.
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