Head of Safety – Civil Infrastructure & Projects

Zenergy; Central Coast; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Permanent full-time role

Job summary

Zenergy is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Manager to lead its team of Safety Advisors across Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Mid North Coast. The role combines hands-on leadership, site engagement and principal safety oversight to embed practical standards in project delivery.

You will partner with Project Managers and senior leaders to drive improvements, manage incidents and investigations, and support ISO 45001 and OFSC accreditation across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Proven safety leadership in civil construction, infrastructure or high-risk settings.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing WHS professionals.
• Strong understanding of high-risk construction activities and WHS legislation.
• Experience managing significant incidents, investigations and escalations.
• Ability to build credible relationships with frontline teams and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Safety Advisors across multiple regions.
• Provide visible, practical safety leadership across high-risk civil construction activities.
• Partner with project and operational leaders to strengthen safety performance and culture.
• Act as escalation point for significant safety matters and lead complex incident investigations.
• Drive corrective actions and share lessons learnt across the business.
• Support new project mobilisation and establish safety systems and controls.
• Undertake site assurance activities and verify risk controls.
• Analyze safety trends and translate findings into improvements.
• Provide safety reporting and insights to CEO and leadership team.
• Support ISO 45001, OFSC requirements and continual improvement.

Skills

Safety leadership

Team development

Incident investigation

Stakeholder engagement

Reporting

Education

WHS / safety management degree

Certificate IV in WHS

Tools

OFSC

ISO 45001

ICAM / TapRooT

Job description

Zenergy is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Manager to lead its team of Safety Advisors across Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Mid North Coast. The role combines hands-on leadership, site engagement and principal safety oversight to embed practical standards in project delivery.

You will partner with Project Managers and senior leaders to drive improvements, manage incidents and investigations, and support ISO 45001 and OFSC accreditation across multiple sites.