Safety & Quality Assurance Officer Cavan

Safety & Quality Assurance Officer

Location: Cavan, South Australia ADEL

Founded in 1992, Laser Bond is a leader in surface engineering and advanced manufacturing. We service the mining, energy, transport, infrastructure and other sectors.

With multiple sites, a growing national footprint and future international expansion, we are a successful Australian business with a bright future.

We value safety, quality and innovation above all else.

Laser Bond is strengthening its safety and quality discipline. We are seeking a Safety & Quality Assurance Officer to join our central People, Safety & Quality (PSQ) function, embedded within our Cavan workshop.

This is an independent assurance role. You will work closely with supervisors and teams on the shop floor. Your role is to verify, challenge, investigate and elevate safety and quality risks.

You will be hands‑on and visible in the workshop, intervening early to prevent injuries, incidents and quality failures. When issues occur, you will lead investigations and ensure corrective actions are effective.

• Lead investigations into injuries, serious near misses and quality non‑conformances
• Conduct root cause analysis (5 Whys, Fishbone, ICAM or similar)
• Prepare investigation reports and lessons‑learned communications
• Verify corrective and preventative actions
• Escalate recurring or systemic risks

• Conduct safety and quality audits and inspections
• Verify compliance with WHS procedures, SOPs and quality standards
• Maintain hazard, incident and corrective action registers
• Support internal, external and customer audits

• Work alongside managers, supervisors and workshop teams
• Coach leaders on hazard identification and investigations
• Support correct application of procedures and customer reporting
• Identify risks and intervene early

• Escalate unacceptable safety and quality risks
• Recommend stop‑work or quality holds where required
  
  Elevate unresolved risks to senior leadership

• Experience in safety, quality or assurance roles
• Strong investigation and root cause analysis capability
• Working knowledge of WHS legislation and quality principles
• Confidence to challenge and hold boundaries
• Strong communication skills

• Cert IV WHS (or equivalent)
• Internal auditing experience (ISO 9001 / ISO 45001)
• Exposure to lean, CI or 5S

• Safety and quality are operational priorities
• Clear support for independent assurance and escalation
• Hands‑on role with real impact
• Play an active role in the ongoing development of our Safety & Quality systems
• Work in an exciting, advanced manufacturing environment
• Laser Bond offers a supportive and inclusive working environment,
• A competitive salary and benefits
• An employee share scheme

If you're a safety & quality professional, we’d like to hear from you.