AddressAbout Us
Americold is a global leader in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics in the food industry. Our strong growth strategy for our region has taken off and we will continue to expand our global footprint throughout 2024. None of this growth, however, is possible without our people.
Our core values have been written with our people in mind. We encourage our associates to drive the results they want to achieve, and we support this by providing comprehensive onboarding, ongoing training, and yearly development plans.
Want to know the secret to our success? You’ll have to join us to find out!
Primary Responsibility:
As the Northern Region Safety and Returnto Work Manager, you will coordinate and provide support, advice, and guidance to all QLD & NSW site-based operations in the area of Safety, Workers Compensation, and Return to Work.
What You'll Do:
- Responsible for facilitating the implementation of Safety and Return to Work systems across the region.
- Co-ordination of effective claims management through liaison with Workers' Compensation Insurers
- Undertake serious incident investigations and assist sites with risk assessments and risk management strategies as required.
- Provide Health and Safety management support to the business through coaching and supporting of line management to enable them to lead safety effectively.
- Ensure State Safety Improvement opportunities are identified and communicated within all business areas.
- Identify and communicate opportunities for improvement.
- Provide detailed risk and trend analysis advice and provide recommendations to Site Management.
- Identify and assist in developing Safety Awareness programs where appropriate..
- Assist injured workers through their rehabilitation to Return to pre-injury role.
- Provide RTW / Rehabilitation specific support to the General Manager Risk & Risk Management
- Initiate effective communication of RTW / Rehabilitation related projects to management
- Leads by example a culture of safety through actions, communications, promotions, Behavioral Based Safety Training and weekly BBS reporting.
- Establishes the priorities and manages the implementation of Health and Safety management programs (Safety Management Systems Audit, AOS, Monthly Safety Training, BBS, Vector, etc.)
- Manages all Health and Safety regulatory reporting requirements for the State.
What Experience and Education You Need:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Safety or equivalent including demonstrated post secondary school qualifications
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Return-to-Work Management and/or Safety Management.
- Minimum 2-3 years experience within the Warehouse, Supply Chain sector
- Strong influencing skills and ability to make and execute effective decisions.
What Could Set You Apart:
- Aptitude as a communicator, coach, and mentor
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail
- Proven ability to plan, organise, execute, evaluate and control
- Experience in the management of RTW / Rehabilitation processes
- Experience in the management of Safety and Compliance.
- Experience in the day-to-day management of injured workers.
- Must be outcome focussed
- Highly developed communication skills
- Team working ability as well as an ability to Work independently and autonomously
- PC Skills, specifically: Windows, Outlook, Webex, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Warehouse Management Systems.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
- Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
- Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
- Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
- Requires some travel by automobile and airplane up to 10% of the time
- May require to visit facility environments in temperatures at or below freezing
- May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
- Requires the use of various electronic tools
- Occasionally works evenings or weekends in order to complete objectives or to attend meetings
- Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
- Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
How to Apply:
Apply now and ensure your current resume is submitted. Want to stand out? Include a cover letter detailing how your experiences fit the brief.
Americold is committed to fair and equitable merit-based recruiting practices.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
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