Health, Safety & Training Advisor

Opal; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal is seeking a Health, Safety & Training Advisor at the Maryvale Paper Mill site for an 18-month Fixed Term Contract. You will drive safety training, coaching, and robust systems while partnering with operations to embed proactive safety behaviours.

You will lead safety programs, work across transformational projects, and champion a proactive safety culture in a unionised manufacturing setting. This role focuses on reducing risk and delivering sustainable improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Health & Safety role within a unionised manufacturing, industrial, or similarly high-risk environment.
• Proven ability to deliver health and safety training, influence change, and coach leaders through complex safety and operational challenges.
• Some experience across transformational change projects and programs of work.
• Strong working knowledge of Victorian OHS legislation, regulations, and codes of practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver targeted safety training, competency assessments, and site-specific programs to build safety leadership across people leaders.
• Implement standard health and safety systems, measurements, and procedures aligned with corporate standards.
• Partner with operational leaders to execute safety plans, risk reduction initiatives, and strategic transformation projects.
• Influence a positive, proactive safety culture through field engagement and coaching leaders on due diligence.
• Build productive relationships across a unionised manufacturing environment and discuss safety practices openly.

Skills

Safety training delivery

Leadership coaching

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety

Job description

We manufacture goods that you see, touch, and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.

We stand for innovation, smart solutions, and sustainability!

Discover the Opportunity...

Are you an experienced safety professional with a passion for driving meaningful cultural change, building leadership capability, and implementing sustainable improvements?

We are seeking a dedicated Health, Safety & Training Advisor to join our team at the Opal Maryvale Paper Mill site, initially on an 18 month Fixed Term Contract. This role plays a vital part in supporting our health, safety, and training programs while partnering with operational teams to embed proactive safety behaviours and robust systems.

What you'll be doing...

• Delivering targeted safety training, competency assessments, and site-specific programs (such as Permit to Work, Working Safely at Heights, and Confined Space Hazards) while building safety leadership skills across people leaders.
• Implementing standard and consistent health and safety systems, measurements, and procedures aligned with corporate standards.
• Partnering with operational leaders to execute safety plans, risk reduction initiatives, and strategic transformation projects that lower risk and improve performance.
• Working with people leaders to influence a positive, proactive safety culture through visible field engagement, coaching leaders on due diligence, and facilitating safety conversations that challenge fixed mindsets.
• Building productive working relationships across a unionised manufacturing environment, navigating complex industrial dynamics and challenging the status quo by having robust safety discussions.

What You Will Bring...

• Demonstrated experience in a Health & Safety role within a unionised manufacturing, industrial, or similarly high-risk environment.
• Proven ability to deliver health and safety training, influence change, and coach leaders through complex safety and operational challenges.
• Some experience across transformational change projects and programs of work.
• Strong working knowledge of Victorian OHS legislation, regulations, and codes of practice.

What Opal can offer you....

• A broad and complex role with the chance to make a significant impact for the business.
• Working with a great team to deliver on transformational projects.
• The opportunity to utilise your health and safety knowledge and expertise to bring about meaningful sustainable change for the future.

Discover more...

by visiting our website at www.opalanz.com

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