About the Company
The Safe Step has partnered with a large, complex industrial services organisation operating across Australia. This business plays a critical role in supporting essential infrastructure and services, with a strong focus on managing critical risk, strengthening safety leadership, and building sustainable Health and Safety capability across operations.
This role supports a defined business segment and geographical region within a high risk, blue collar environment.
About the Role
This role provides hands on advice and support across all aspects of Health and Safety management. You will partner closely with operational leaders to deliver Health and Safety plans, initiatives, and priorities, while building capability and strengthening compliance with regulatory and internal standards.
Key responsibilities include:
• Partnering with operational leaders and business critical roles to improve Health and Safety performance, capability, and culture
• Providing specialist Health and Safety advice and support across your allocated business segment or region
• Supporting the audit and assurance program
• Assisting with regulator interactions and incident response as required
• Ensuring Health and Safety reporting, tracking, and governance requirements are met
• Implementing change and transformation initiatives that improve ways of working and risk management maturity
About You
You are an experienced Health and Safety professional with a proven background thriving in complex, high risk, blue collar environments.
You are calm under pressure, commercially aware, and confident partnering with leaders to drive meaningful change.
You will ideally bring:
• Minimum three years experience in a Health and Safety business partnering role
• Proven experience working in manufacturing, industrial services, heavy industry, or other high risk operational environments
• Strong WHS qualifications
• Background in incident response, audit support, and delivery of Health and Safety programs
• Solid understanding of Health and Safety legislation, standards, and industry best practice
• Excellent communication skills and a passion to connect, coach and upskill operational workers.
Apply Now
This is an opportunity to work alongside experienced Health and Safety leaders within a business that is genuinely focused on building capability and achieving measurable improvement. If you are passionate about partnering with operations and making a tangible impact in a high risk environment, we would like to hear from you.
Click Apply or email your CV to Suzi Johnson
at sjohnson@thesafestep.com.au.
Health & Safety Business Partner
Health & Safety Business Partner
Work Type:
Full Time
Location:
Perth - WA
- Make your mark by building Safety capability in a complex business.
- A role that requires exceptional people engagement to drive change.
- Great opportunity to develop and advance your WHS career.
Reference number:
3992772
Date Published:
05-Jan-2026
Contact Name:
Suzi Johnson
Contact Email:
sjohnson@thesafestep.com.au
The Safe Step embraces individuality and differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, faith and sexual orientation. We strive to provide a recruitment experience that’s fair, inclusive and accessible. We encourage all suitable applicants to apply for roles. Please speak to our consultants about any accessibility needs to be considered during the recruitment process.