Health & Safety Manager

Zenergy Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lead a substantial WHS transformation

Newly created position

Work with senior leaders

Flexible working arrangements

Broad range of environments

Shape WHS strategy

Job summary

Zenergy Group in Sydney is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to lead a team of up to 14 WHS Advisors, embedding a proactive risk culture and driving transformation across multiple sites.

You will partner with senior leaders, develop advisory capability, and ensure high-quality service delivery while strengthening WHS frameworks and organisational change initiatives. This is a newly created role with strong visibility and impact across the function.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading a team of Health & Safety professionals.
• Proven experience coaching and developing teams.
• Experience delivering organisational change, transformation or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience developing or implementing WHS frameworks, assurance processes and service delivery models.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, incident investigation and WHS compliance.
• Experience working across complex, multi-site or diverse operational environments.
• The ability to interpret WHS data and translate insights into practical improvement initiatives.
• An understanding of psychosocial risk, injury management and broader health and wellbeing considerations.
• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship-building skills.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in health and safety or a related discipline is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Health & Safety Advisors embedded across different business areas.
• Focus on people leadership, stakeholder engagement and driving change.
• Coordinate improvement initiatives and build advisory capability.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery across the organisation.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

WHS risk management

Data interpretation

Communication

Team coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Health & Safety qualification

Job description

Health & Safety Manager

Organisation

Our client is a large, well-established organisation operating across a diverse range of business functions and operational environments. With a broad workforce and complex risk profile, the organisation is committed to strengthening its health and safety practices, improving consistency and embedding a proactive approach to risk management.

As part of an ongoing evolution of its H&S function, the organisation is investing in stronger assurance practices, improved service delivery and greater capability across its advisory teams.

Role

Reporting to the Head of Health & Safety Operations, this newly created role will lead a team of up to 14 Health & Safety Advisors embedded across different business areas. The focus is on people leadership, stakeholder engagement and driving change as the organisation continues to strengthen their WHS operating model. Working closely with senior stakeholders and specialist Health & Safety teams, you will coordinate improvement initiatives, build advisory capability and ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery across the organisation.

Requirements

We are seeking an experienced WHS leader who combines strong people management skills with a passion for continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement and organisational change.

• Extensive experience leading a team of Health & Safety professionals.
• Proven experience managing, coaching and developing teams.
• Experience delivering organisational change, transformation or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience developing or implementing WHS frameworks, assurance processes and service delivery models.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, incident investigation and WHS compliance.
• Experience working across complex, multi-site or diverse operational environments.
• The ability to interpret WHS data and translate insights into practical improvement initiatives.
• An understanding of psychosocial risk, injury management and broader health and wellbeing considerations.
• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship-building skills.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in health and safety or a related discipline is preferred.

Benefits & Next Steps

• Opportunity to lead a substantial team through a significant period of transformation within Health & Safety.
• Newly created position with scope to influence the future direction of health & safety across the function.
• Work closely with senior leaders and specialist WHS teams.
• Drive meaningful safety improvement initiatives across a large and diverse organisation.
• Opportunity to build team capability and strengthen a proactive, assurance-led safety culture.
• Sydney Eastern Suburbs location with flexible working arrangements.
• Exposure to a broad range of operational environments and complex risk profiles.
• Opportunity to contribute to organisation-wide WHS strategy and continuous improvement.

If you are an experienced H&S leader who enjoys developing people, influencing stakeholders and driving organisational change, we would love to hear from you.