Transport Safety Specialist

Air Liquide Australia is a market leader Gases, Technologies and Services for Industry in Australia. Air Liquide Australia provides innovative, responsive and customer focused services to our product range, which improves the performance of our customers while helping protect the environment.

As the Transport Safety Specialist, you will lead and manage the successful implementation of Transport governance across our Pacific operations, ensuring a major focus on compliance, risk mitigation and continuous improvement.

• As a key safety leader, actively promote a Safety First and a continuous improvement quality culture, partnering and supporting internal and external stakeholders. As a go to person on Transport Safety, this position requires a hands on safety professional with transport operational experience within the Transport or Supply Chain industry. Key duties and responsibilities include: 
• Manage, develop, implement and maintain Pacific Transport systems, ensuring transportation of goods comply with:
• Legal and regulatory requirements for Country, State, Territory or Regions (Dangerous Goods, Chain of Responsibility etc)
• Provide adequate information, training, instruction and supervision to maintain Road Safety related activities for Pacific, Agents and Contractors.
• Define and implement (as appropriate) culture change programs to support Pacific commitment to HSE improvement focusing on stakeholders involved with Transport activity. 
• Manage, develop and implement Pacific Annual HSEQ Training plan for Transport, prioritizing  considerations based on mitigating patterns of root causes of Incidents.
• Manage Transport risk assessments (to health, safety, environment and quality) in line with legal, IMS and other requirements. 
• Immediately eliminate identified Transport hazards and risks or provide risk mitigation controls.
• Manage HSE Systems in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, programs of improvement works to mitigate injury to Transport workers.
• Where required, work closely with and influence customers regarding transport risk management and compliance.
• Develop constructive working relationships with stakeholders to achieve mutual business outcomes
• In conjunction with Transport providers oversee and support all Transport related incidents (injury, near miss, quality) ensuring escalation, investigation, communication and timeline needs are met.
• Lead critical Transport events requiring initiation of Transport Emergency Response Plans (TERP). 
• Conduct internal and external audits as required to ensure compliance with requirements, identification of areas for improvement and follow up / implementation of corrective action. 
• When the need arises, assist with special project work as needed or as requested by the direct Manager

• Experience in Transport or Logistics.
• Solid understanding of Risk Management and Transport Legislation
• Knowledge of Incident investigation and Root Cause analysis.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including demonstrated experience at senior leadership level.
• A very high level of attention to detail in all activities.
• Experience in successfully executing change programs, be the "agent of change".
• Reporting and statistical data skills.
• Mature analytical skills. 

• Full-time permanent to be based at Head Office in St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC 
• Hybrid work arrangement
• Salary Continuance Insurance
• Long-term career development opportunities locally and/or internationally
• Opportunities to undertake interesting and challenging work within Air Liquide’s global business 
• Culturally-diverse environment 
• Access to Air Liquide’s discount platform with over 350 retailers

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.