AddressJob details
Position status Permanent Position type Flexible full-time Occupational group Occupational Health & Safety Classification Var. Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - North,Brisbane - South,Brisbane - East,Brisbane - West,North West Qld,Cairns region,Flexible,Logan - Beaudesert,Toowoomba region,Wide Bay,Darling Downs - Maranoa,Moreton Bay - North,Moreton Bay - South,Far North Qld,Townsville region,Mackay region,Rockhampton region,Gold Coast,Sunshine Coast,Ipswich region,Central West Qld,South West Qld,Other - Outside Qld Job ad reference QLD/531158/23 Closing date 29-Nov-2024 Yearly salary Fortnightly salary Total remuneration Salary Other Job duration Contact person Brett Gresinger Contact details 0466 553 825
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About the roles
A Lead Inspector is a senior field-based position operating within an efficient, flexible and responsive state-wide team of inspectors. You'll support the Operations Manager by assisting with operational requirements and providing supervision, mentoring and coaching to inspectors in the field. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, Principal Inspectors with either a construction or industrial focus, work with industry to improve health and safety in Queensland workplaces. You'll implement the Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and ensure we meet the expectations of compliance and enforcement that the community expects of us as a regulator. Senior Inspectors also work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, have a construction or industrial focus, and work with industry to improve health and safety in Queensland workplaces. You'll contribute to the recommendations from the Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
About the team
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) enforces work health and safety laws, investigates workplace fatalities, serious injuries, prosecutes breaches of legislation and educates employees and employers on their legal obligations. We're responsible for improving work health and safety in Queensland and helping reduce the risk of workers being killed or injured on the job.
Your key responsibilities
Specific responsibilities are outlined in the relevant position descriptions (attached below) for each role, but generally, you will have strong written, time management and stakeholder engagement and management skills. Experience in applying workplace health and safety protocols in community enforcement or other such regulatory enforcement would be highly regarded. These roles will challenge and develop your ability to engage with stakeholders, partner and educate the community in safety matters and ensure compliance within a regulatory framework. OIR is committed to supporting staff in their career with us through ongoing development. As an inspector, you will participate in the Inspector Careers and Capability program that we are continually developing to support inspectors to work with new and emerging hazards and risks. You will be part of the solution to keep Queenslander's safe at work and see the direct impact of your role in the community. As a Queensland public sector employee you will also have employment security and access to flexible work, health and wellbeing programs, competitive salary and superannuation and support for development. If you are looking for more than just a job and passionate about making a difference in workplaces to ensure all employees return home safely, APPLY NOW!
This Continuous Applicant Pool is open for candidates interested in employment opportunities to fill vacancies if and as they arise in the roles of Lead Inspector, Principal Inspector (Construction), Principal Inspector (Industrial), Senior Inspector (Construction) and/or Senior Inspector (Industrial).
Positions may be offered on a permanent or temporary basis depending on the reason for the vacancy. Applications will be reviewed and considered if and when vacancies are identified. The submission of an application to this Continuous Applicant Pool does not guarantee an offer of employment. We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Job ad ref: QLD/531158/23 Closing date: 29 November 2024 Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Multiple positions
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Documents
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- EAO5 WHS Senior Inspector Industrial - 531158 (Word, 336KB)
EAO5 WHS Senior Inspector Construction - 531158 (Word, 337KB)
EAO7 WHS Lead Inspector - 531158 (Word, 336KB)
EAO6 WHS Principal Inspector Industrial - 531158 (Word, 336KB)
EAO6 WHS Principal Inspector Construction - 531158 (Word, 337KB)
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