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This is a high-impact role where you will be instrumental in fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring every project runs smoothly and safely. Your expertise will be crucial in guiding teams, implementing best practices, and transforming safety from a checklist into a core value.

Key Responsibilities

On-site Compliance Leadership: Lead and manage WHSE compliance across all construction sites through regular and thorough audits, inspections, and risk assessments.
Culture & Training: Champion a proactive safety culture by leading safety briefings, toolbox talks, and on-site training sessions for all personnel.
Documentation & Management: Maintain and oversee all essential WHS documentation, including contractor compliance records, plant and equipment induction registers, and hazardous substances inventories.
Incident Management: Conduct detailed investigations of incidents, oversee reporting, and ensure all corrective and preventative actions are followed through to completion.
Emergency Preparedness: Maintain and enhance emergency preparedness plans, leading regular drills to ensure a rapid and effective response to any potential situation.
Performance Reporting: Track and report on WHS performance, highlighting challenges and improvements to senior management to support strategic decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience: 5-10 years of hands-on WHS experience in the construction industry, with a proven track record on multiple, complex projects.
Formal Qualifications: A Certificate IV in WHS is required. A Diploma of WHS is highly desirable.
Technical Knowledge: Solid understanding of NSW WHS legislation and industry best practices. Practical experience with civil works, heavy plant, scaffolding, formwork, and managing hazardous substances is essential.

About You

Proactive & Hands-on: You have a genuine passion for safety and a proactive, hands-on approach to your work.
Solutions-Focused: You are methodical, well-organized, and skilled at identifying problems and implementing practical solutions.
Confident Communicator: You can engage effectively with teams at all levels, driving accountability and buy-in for safety protocols.
Collaborative: You thrive in a collaborative environment and are skilled at building strong working relationships with project teams and management.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a WHS professional to excel working for an established builder that has an enviable reputation for quality, value for money and an impeccable safety record.

If you believe that you have the right skills and experience to be successful in this role then please get in touch with Laura Boinot: laura.boinot@randstad.com.au

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

Working for an established Builder in Sydney's Northern Beaches. A vacancy has arisen to join its WHS as a result of recent contract awards. As a WHS Advisor, you'll be a vital part of the client's team, working on the front line of live construction sites.

This is a high-impact role where you will be instrumental in fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring every project runs smoothly and safely. Your expertise will be crucial in guiding teams, implementing best practices, and transforming safety from a checklist into a core value.

Key Responsibilities ...

On-site Compliance Leadership: Lead and manage WHSE compliance across all construction sites through regular and thorough audits, inspections, and risk assessments.
Culture & Training: Champion a proactive safety culture by leading safety briefings, toolbox talks, and on-site training sessions for all personnel.
Documentation & Management: Maintain and oversee all essential WHS documentation, including contractor compliance records, plant and equipment induction registers, and hazardous substances inventories.
Incident Management: Conduct detailed investigations of incidents, oversee reporting, and ensure all corrective and preventative actions are followed through to completion.
Emergency Preparedness: Maintain and enhance emergency preparedness plans, leading regular drills to ensure a rapid and effective response to any potential situation.
Performance Reporting: Track and report on WHS performance, highlighting challenges and improvements to senior management to support strategic decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience: 5-10 years of hands-on WHS experience in the construction industry, with a proven track record on multiple, complex projects.
Formal Qualifications: A Certificate IV in WHS is required. A Diploma of WHS is highly desirable.
Technical Knowledge: Solid understanding of NSW WHS legislation and industry best practices. Practical experience with civil works, heavy plant, scaffolding, formwork, and managing hazardous substances is essential.

About You

Proactive & Hands-on: You have a genuine passion for safety and a proactive, hands-on approach to your work.
Solutions-Focused: You are methodical, well-organized, and skilled at identifying problems and implementing practical solutions.
Confident Communicator: You can engage effectively with teams at all levels, driving accountability and buy-in for safety protocols.
Collaborative: You thrive in a collaborative environment and are skilled at building strong working relationships with project teams and management.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

experience
3 years
skills
WHS/OHS/HSE Compliance, Risk Assessment, Construction/Civil Works, Safety Audit
qualifications
- A degree
- diploma
- or recognized certification in WHS
education
Bachelor Degree

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manly, new south wales
AU$120,000 - AU$150,000 per year
permanent
full-time

specialism
construction
sub specialism
health, safety & environment
reference number
90M0676892_1195616151222660687

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