Senior Safety Advisor

Senior Safety Advisor – Humes

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Senior Safety Advisor - Humes

A superb opportunity within the world's leading sustainable building materials company. Competitive remuneration package Supporting the business deliver exceptional results. Located at Ipswich but with some flexibility to be based at Rockhampton or Townsville QLD.

As an integral part of the safety team reporting to the National Safety Manager, you will support the delivery of our Health and Safety Improvement Plan.

Further responsibilities include:

• Role modeling visible felt leadership and ensuring safety and health systems and processes are understood and implemented effectively by the line.
• Maintaining a working knowledge of relevant safety and health legislation, trends and new initiatives impacting on the business.
• Monitoring, measuring, tracking and reporting on and closing out of corrective actions from risk assessments, investigations and audits.
• Providing advice, coaching and development to managers and supervisors to develop their safety and health knowledge and capability.
• Yearly participation in detailed internal audits of sites throughout Australia.
• Assisting and supporting line management with safety incident investigations, including the determination and tracking of correct and preventative measures.
• Assisting and supporting line management in identifying, assessing, controlling and reviewing health and safety hazards.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• A Diploma of WHS and/or a commensurate level of experience and willingness to gain appropriate qualifications.
• Previous experience in a safety or related leadership role within a high-risk environment. e.g. quarrying, mining, oil & gas or heavy industrial manufacturing is preferred but not essential.
• Relevant experience in behavioural safety and/or Critical Risk Management programmes.
• Current knowledge of OH&S legislation and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to drive and promote Holcim's We Keep Each Other Safe culture.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, and with all functions.
• Willingness to regularly travel to Rockhampton and Townsville to coach and mentor site leaders to effectively manage risk.

At Holcim we offer an inclusive environment, where our people feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work. We offer a high-performance workplace empowering problem solvers, creative thinkers and innovators to seek combined perspectives and voice opportunities to go further and faster. Our workplace is a safe environment where individuals can be themselves and where we promote a diverse workforce. We are an equal opportunities employer, making no distinction on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.

People are treated fairly at work - respecting and supporting human rights and non-discrimination. This is rooted in the values and standards set out in the Holcim Code of Business Conduct.

We don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers with a deep and diverse structure which affords a great number of cross functional pathways available as you progress your career so if you're ready to take your career to the next level and join our dynamic team of professionals, we want to hear from you.

Candidates must hold valid Australian work rights with no restrictions on employment duration or hours. We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Holcim will not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.