Health & Safety Systems and Assurance Specialist

The Safe Step; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 120.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Safe Step is seeking a Health & Safety Systems & Assurance Specialist to lead the WHS Management System development and assurance program. This hands-on role collaborates with health and safety, risk, audit and operations to design practical, compliant health and safety processes.

You will shape audit plans, review risk controls, and support improvements in monitoring WHS performance across the business. A strong technical writing background and stakeholder engagement are essential.

Formación

• Experience developing, writing and implementing WHS management systems.
• Strong knowledge of WHS risk management and assurance frameworks.
• Experience with audit and verification activities and risk controls.
• Excellent technical writing skills to translate complex requirements.
• Ability to interpret data and apply insights in operations.
• Experience with WHS technology, data and analytics.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the WHS Management System.
• Develop clear WHS documentation aligned with legislation and standards.
• Maintain the WHS system review program and support changes.
• Monitor legislative changes and translate into business requirements.
• Lead the health and safety assurance plan and annual audit activities.
• Review effectiveness of risk controls and support improvements.
• Support operations in applying WHS requirements.

Conocimientos

WHS systems

Risk management

Audit & verification

Technical writing

Data analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Educación

Relevant qualification in safety or risk

Lead Auditor qualifications (advantage)

Descripción del empleo

Sydney | Permanent | National Scope

About Them

Our client is a highly successful Australian market leader with a long standing history and a reputation for operational excellence. Employing thousands of people across a diverse portfolio of businesses, they continue to invest in their people, systems and health and safety capability to support sustainable growth.

As part of a well regarded national health and safety team, this newly focused specialist role will play an important part in strengthening health and safety systems, governance and assurance across the organisation.

About the Role

Reporting to the Systems & Governance Manager, the Health & Safety Systems & Assurance Specialist will lead the ongoing development, implementation and improvement of the organisation's WHS Management System and health and safety assurance framework.

This is a hands on technical role for someone who enjoys making safety systems clear, practical and effective. You will work closely with health and safety, operational, risk, audit and other key stakeholders to ensure WHS requirements are well designed, understood and effectively implemented across the business.

A significant part of the role will also focus on assurance, including shaping the annual audit and assurance program, reviewing the effectiveness of risk controls and supporting improvements in how health and safety performance is monitored and reported.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the WHS Management System
• Developing clear and practical WHS documentation aligned with legislative requirements, Codes of Practice and relevant industry standards
• Maintaining the WHS system review program and supporting consultation on new and changing requirements
• Monitoring legislative and industry changes and translating these into practical business requirements
• Leading the development and implementation of the health and safety assurance plan
• Establishing annual audit and assurance activities informed by risk profiles and WHS performance
• Leading internal WHS audits and verification activities where required
• Reviewing the effectiveness of health and safety risk controls, including critical risk controls
• Supporting operational teams in the practical application of WHS system and compliance requirements.

About You

We are looking for an experienced health and safety professional with strong technical capability across WHS management systems, risk and assurance.

Ideally, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience developing, writing and implementing WHS management systems
• Strong knowledge of WHS risk management and assurance, including assurance frameworks and risk reviews
• Experience with audit and verification activities and an understanding of risk control effectiveness
• Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to make complex requirements clear and practical
• The ability to interpret data and apply insights within an operational environment
• Experience or strong capability across WHS technology, data and analytics
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to coach and build WHS capability
• A relevant qualification in safety, risk or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Lead Auditor qualifications would be highly regarded.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of meaningful systems and assurance work across a large and diverse operational organisation. Rather than simply maintaining an established system, you will have the opportunity to influence how WHS requirements are structured, applied, assured and continuously improved across the business.

The role will suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail of systems and assurance, but can also step back and understand how those systems need to work in a practical operational environment.