General Manager Safety & Wellbeing

General Manager Safety & Wellbeing

Work Type:

Full Time

Location:

Melbourne - VIC 

  • Large, growth-focused, and successful logistics group.
  • Highly visible role with strategic and operational responsibilities.
  • $250,000-$275,000 + super
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The Company
Large, growth-focused, and successful logistics group with a reputation for innovation, customer experience, and operational excellence. With national operations, the group is creating a transformational, technology-driven logistics business that’s consistent across every customer touchpoint.

The Role

Influential position in a growing and evolving logistics group, responsible for modernising and maturing the safety function in a fast-paced environment.
  
This is a highly visible role with both strategic and operational responsibilities. The successful candidate will bring a balance of Board-level presence, team leadership, and hands-on focus.
  
With distinct business units, the group is working to create a unified, best-in-class safety culture, with Executive appetite for uplift and alignment.

Key initiatives include:

  • Reducing duplication across the group and embedding standardisation
  • Developing behavioural and critical risk models, moving beyond compliance-based approaches
  • Supporting and leading system integration

Position requirements:
  • Executive presence with the ability to engage at Executive and Board level
  • A strong coach and mentor, capable of leading and developing a large, diverse team
  • Demonstrated experience in high-risk operational environments (transport or logistics experience not essential)
  • Experience leading cultural change and safety maturity uplift
  • A hands-on leader – comfortable working at pace and leaning into operations
  • Effectiveness in achieving harmonisation across multiple business units

Location & Travel
  • Based in Melbourne’s north-west
  • Occasional interstate travel

Remuneration & Benefits
  • Base salary: $250,000-$275,000 + super
  • 20% discretionary bonus

About Applying
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Reference number:

3946763

Date Published:

28-Jul-2025

Contact Name:

Chris McNicol

Contact Email:

cmcnicol@thesafestep.com.au

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