General Manager, Safety and Wellbeing

General Manager, Safety and Wellbeing

Work Type:

Full Time

Location:

Melbourne - VIC 

  • Executive leadership role with national responsibility
  • Imbed safety strategy that aligns with future business growth
  • Hybrid working with significant travel
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This is a high-impact leadership role where you will shape enterprise-wide safety strategy, strengthen governance, and board-level insight across a complex national operation.

The Opportunity
Reporting into the CPO, you will drive a step-change in how safety is led, measured, and embedded across the business. You’ll bring structure and clarity to how safety is governed, reported, and embedded across the business.

Key Deliverables
  • Establish a contemporary safety governance framework and operating rhythm
  • Optimise structure, capability, and performance of the safety function
  • Elevate executive and Board reporting with clear, actionable insights
  • Strengthen incident investigation, assurance, and risk visibility
  • Embed accountability and uplift leadership capability across safety and wellbeing
About You
  • Senior safety leader from heavy industry (energy, construction, infrastructure)
  • Proven ability to operate at both Board and operational level
  • Strategic thinker with a hands-on, delivery-focused approach
  • Skilled in simplifying complexity and driving organisational alignment
  • Strong influencer with the credibility to lead change in a dynamic environment
Why Apply?
  • Shape safety at enterprise scale during a period of transformation
  • High visibility role with direct executive and board engagement
  • Opportunity to build a modern, forward-looking safety function
If you’re a pragmatic leader who can translate strategy into measurable outcomes and elevate safety performance at scale, we want to hear from you.

Reference number:

4046543

Date Published:

23-Jun-2026

Contact Name:

Marc Lander

Contact Email:

mlander@thesafetstep.com.au

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