About the Organisation
This national retail and light industrial business operates across Australia, supported by a mobile service arm and a central support office. The culture is collaborative, down to earth and strongly relationship driven. People work with those they trust, so success in this role comes from building rapport, demonstrating value and partnering closely with leaders at sites and support functions.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Safety, you will be a key member of the national sfety team. The Senior Safety Business Partner will:
- Provide operational, hands on safety support across a distributed workforce
- Shape and strengthen safety capability at site and leadership level
- Drive proactive, practical safety improvement programs
- Bring subject matter expertise across occupational hygiene and higher risk operational areas
- Lead serious incident investigations and provide guidance on regulatory matters
- Help mature the organisation’s systems, processes and overall safety culture
Key Responsibilities Partnering and Influence
- Build trusted relationships with operational and support leaders
- Coach and develop leaders in safety behaviours, systems and decision making
- Support and uplift Health and Safety Representatives and WHS Committees
- Analyse data, identify trends and provide pragmatic insights
- Lead significant incident investigations and contribute to regulatory responses
- Deliver clear and engaging safety communication including alerts and lessons learnt
- Support delivery of safety strategy and preventative programs
- Conduct risk assessments, site visits and assurance activities across a national network
- Review and update policies, guidelines and safe work procedures
- Provide technical support in areas such as noise, chemicals, dust, asbestos and extreme weather
- Contribute to the transition to a new safety system and a more data driven approach
- Role model constructive and relationship centred safety leadership
- Conduct assurance reviews including critical control verification and internal audits
- Support site leaders during external audit programs
- Influence behavioural improvement through consistent engagement
You will be a confident, approachable and credible safety practitioner who enjoys working alongside leaders and teams in real operational environments. You will thrive where trust, influence and relationship building are essential to success.
You will bring:
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building capability
- Ability to influence, negotiate and coach effectively
- Experience supporting distributed operational teams
- A hands on, practical approach grounded in real operational understanding
- Comfort working in developing environments and building structure and capability
- Technical understanding of occupational hygiene areas, or the ability to identify when specialist support is required
- Hybrid work model, with a Sydney CBD office. Regular site visits expected, particularly during the first six months
- Site visits are essential for relationship building, understanding constraints, validating safe work practices and driving improvement
If you are a practical, collaborative HSE professional who enjoys building capability and influencing positive change, we would welcome your application.
Apply now to make a real impact across a diverse operational network.