Health And Safety Manager

Gamuda Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Gamuda Australia is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to lead the WHS function across the EDMR project in Western Sydney, ensuring safety strategy, governance, and performance from mobilisation through to delivery.

You will work with project leadership, joint venture partners, subcontractors, and Transport for NSW to foster a proactive safety culture, drive compliance, and deliver a safe working environment across all activities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior health and safety leadership role on major infrastructure, road construction, or complex civil construction projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project-wide safety strategy, governance, and performance across large, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of Australian WHS legislation, regulatory requirements, risk management, and safety management systems.
• Experience leading and developing safety teams, while influencing senior leaders, subcontractors, and frontline personnel.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive approach to risk management and continuous safety improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the project’s health and safety strategy, systems, and management plans.
• Provide strategic safety leadership and advice to the Project Director, senior leadership team, and project personnel, promoting accountability at all levels.
• Drive a proactive, risk-based safety culture across the project, engaging employees, subcontractors, and stakeholders to achieve strong safety performance.
• Oversee WHS compliance, assurance, audits, inspections, and reporting, ensuring alignment with relevant legislation, codes of practice, and Transport for NSW requirements.
• Lead the identification, assessment, and management of project risks across road construction, civil works, utilities, structures, and traffic management activities.
• Monitor safety performance, investigate incidents and high-potential events, and lead corrective actions and lessons learned to prevent recurrence.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the project health and safety team, ensuring effective support and consistent standards across all work areas.
• Build strong working relationships with joint venture partners, subcontractors, client representatives, and regulatory authorities to maintain a consistent approach to safety.
• Promote worker engagement, consultation, wellbeing, and ongoing safety improvement across the project.

Skills

Senior HSE leadership

Safety strategy development

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Leadership of safety teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Work Health and Safety or related discipline

Job description

Gamuda is a global engineering and construction leader specialising in the design, delivery, and maintenance of large-scale transport, civil, and energy infrastructure.

In Australia, we continue to expand our footprint with a strong focus on major roads and complex civil infrastructure. Our landmark portfolio includes flagship projects across Sydney and regional NSW, such as the Richmond Road Upgrade, the $1.35B Coffs Harbour Bypass, the $1B M1 Motorway Extension, Sydney Metro – Stations Package West, and the Parramatta Integrated Station Development.

Building on this momentum, Gamuda Australia in joint venture with BMD Construction has been awarded the $624M Elizabeth Drive Upgrade & Mamre Road Upgrade Stage 2 (EDMR) project for Transport for NSW. This key infrastructure upgrade will deliver critical road, civil, structural, and utility improvements across Western Sydney, significantly boosting connectivity and network capacity throughout the region.

With a rapidly growing project pipeline, this is an exciting opportunity to join Gamuda Australia and play a key role in delivering EDMR and shaping future transport infrastructure across Western Sydney.

About the Role

As Health and Safety Manager, you will lead the health and safety function across the entire EDMR project, taking ownership of safety strategy, governance, and performance from mobilisation through to delivery. Working closely with project leadership, joint venture partners, subcontractors, and Transport for NSW, you will drive a proactive safety culture, ensure compliance with legislative and project requirements, and lead initiatives that support a safe and healthy working environment across all project activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the project’s health and safety strategy, systems, and management plans.
• Provide strategic safety leadership and advice to the Project Director, senior leadership team, and project personnel, promoting accountability at all levels.
• Drive a proactive, risk-based safety culture across the project, engaging employees, subcontractors, and stakeholders to achieve strong safety performance.
• Oversee WHS compliance, assurance, audits, inspections, and reporting, ensuring alignment with relevant legislation, codes of practice, and Transport for NSW requirements.
• Lead the identification, assessment, and management of project risks across road construction, civil works, utilities, structures, and traffic management activities.
• Monitor safety performance, investigate incidents and high-potential events, and lead corrective actions and lessons learned to prevent recurrence.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the project health and safety team, ensuring effective support and consistent standards across all work areas.
• Build strong working relationships with joint venture partners, subcontractors, client representatives, and regulatory authorities to maintain a consistent approach to safety.
• Promote worker engagement, consultation, wellbeing, and ongoing safety improvement across the project.

Your Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a senior health and safety leadership role on major infrastructure, road construction, or complex civil construction projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project-wide safety strategy, governance, and performance across large, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of Australian WHS legislation, regulatory requirements, risk management, and safety management systems.
• Experience leading and developing safety teams, while influencing senior leaders, subcontractors, and frontline personnel.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive approach to risk management and continuous safety improvement.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Work Health and Safety or a related discipline.

Gamuda Australia encourages and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce, including those from overseas and current Visa holders. Gamuda appreciates your application, and we will endeavour to respond as soon as practicable.

Unsolicited agency CVs submitted to Gamuda will not be accepted.