General Manager Health and Safety

Zenergy Group; Victoria; On-site; AUD 300,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £300k–£330k? AUD

Job summary

Zenergy Group is seeking a General Manager Health and Safety to lead the HSE function across a dispersed, field-based workforce. You will report to the COO, shaping the safety agenda and partnering with the Executive Leadership Team to drive strategic safety outcomes.

You will spend substantial time in the field, set strategy with state General Managers, lead a small HSE team, and design the function to support a fast-growing, national business.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and due-diligence obligations.
• Ability to engage technicians to executives with credibility.
• Strategic thinker in a dynamic, agile environment.
• Current driver’s licence and relevant HSE qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Spend about half time in the field, travelling across regions to assess safety status.
• Set and drive HSE strategy, targets and accountability with General Managers.
• Introduce a new safety management cycle with metrics owned by operations.
• Move safety from compliance to commitment and embed culture as companies join.
• Lead and develop a small HSE team with potential to grow.
• Present safety improvements to the Executive Leadership Team.

Skills

WHS legislation knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic mindset

Driver's licence

Education

HSE tertiary qualifications

Job description

General Manager Health and Safety

Our client is a 100% Australian-owned, national technical and facilities services provider. With branches in every state and territory, they deliver essential maintenance and services across commercial, government, healthcare, education, mining and marine sectors.

About the role

You’ll lead health and safety across a dispersed, high-risk, field-based workforce, reporting to the COO. This is a new chapter for the function. The business is growing through acquisition, the safety agenda is being elevated, and you’ll have real freedom to shape what it looks like. You’ll take have seat at the table in the General Manager group and be a trusted partner to the Executive Leadership Team.

Key responsibilities

• Spend around half your time in the field, travelling across multiple regions to see the true status of safety first-hand
• Set and drive HSE strategy, targets and accountability, working with state-based General Managers to build genuine safety ownership
• Introduce and embed a new management cycle where safety metrics are presented and owned by operational leaders
• Challenge the frontline and bring safety to life, moving the business from compliance to commitment
• Integrate safety culture as new companies join the group, demonstrating measurable improvement
• Lead and develop a small HSE team, with scope to grow it as the business needs

About you

In addition you will display:

• Strong working knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and officer due-diligence obligations
• Presence and credibility, with the ability to engage everyone from technicians to executives (a little humour helps)
• A strategic mindset, comfortable pivoting in a dynamic, agile environment
• Relevant HSE tertiary qualifications and a current driver’s licence

What we offer

• Salary of $300,000 to $330,000 plus short-term incentive
• A visible, influential executive-level role with the full support of the leadership team
• A direct, transparent and accountable leadership culture, led by a COO who is new to the business and building a team that is honest and takes ownership
• The chance to design the function from the ground up