HSE Advisor (part time 4 days)

Description:

The primary objectives of this role are to:

• Protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of all "Workers" by embedding a proactive safety culture and ensuring compliance with WHS laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Implement and maintain risk management processes, including hazard identification and reporting, risk assessment, and control measures, in alignment with the hierarchy of controls.
• Drive best-practice safety management systems, ensuring alignment with WHS legislation, Australian Standards, and Codes of Practice.
• Support incident and injury management, including the facilitation of timely investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Manage workers' compensation claims and return-to-work programs, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and supporting injured workers in safe and sustainable recovery.
• Lead WHS training and awareness initiatives to enhance worker competency and engagement in safety responsibilities.
• Promote a zero-harm culture by influencing leadership and worker participation in safety initiatives and continuous improvement programs.

While all "Workers" share responsibility for safety, the HSE Coordinator plays a critical role in embedding WHS excellence across the organization, ensuring a safe and compliant work environment.

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

• Drive a Zero Harm culture across all stakeholders, ensuring WHS is embedded in daily operations of contractors and site based staff alike.
• Continually enhance the Health and Safety Framework, Strategies, Policies, and Processes to align with best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the incident management process, including reporting, investigation, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention strategies. Ensure timely closeout of actions by Line Management.
• Oversee/manage workers' compensation management and return-to-work programs, ensuring compliance with legislation and supporting injured workers in a safe and sustainable recovery.
• Develop and deliver WHS training programs, coaching and mentoring workers at all levels to enhance safety competency.
• Implement and promote health and wellbeing initiatives to support a safe and healthy workplace.
• Participate in regional HSE activities, meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives to align with organisational safety goals.
• Apply ergonomic principles to office environments, ensuring safe workplace design and injury prevention.
• Proactively identify and escalate substandard conditions and unsafe acts, ensuring appropriate corrective actions are taken.
• Support and promote key WHS programs, including Stop Work Authority, Risk Management, and other organisational safety initiatives.
• Lead the HSE Committee and Representative structures, ensuring worker engagement and participation in safety governance.
• Develop HSE performance metrics, integrating lead and lag indicators to measure and drive safety performance.
• Establish and oversee the HSE audit schedule, ensuring compliance, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation.
• Apply robust risk management strategies, from hazard identification to risk control and reduction, ensuring alignment with the hierarchy of controls.
• Embed critical risk management into safety management systems

Requirements:

• 3 years + in HSE / WHS role
• Experience in workers' compensation management
• Knowledge of safety management systems, incident management, and wellbeing programs.

Conditions:

• $85,000 part time salary
• 28 hour work week across 4 days
• Sydney CBD, 2000