Health, Safety & Training Advisor

Opal; Morwell; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal is seeking an experienced Health, Safety & Training Advisor to join our Maryvale Paper Mill site on an 18-month fixed-term contract. You will support our HSE programs and partner with operations to embed proactive safety behaviours and robust systems.

You will deliver targeted safety training, champion risk reduction initiatives, and coach leaders across a unionised manufacturing environment to drive meaningful change for a safer, more sustainable future.

Qualifications

• 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 while building safety leadership skills across people leaders.
• Implement standard and consistent 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 that lower risk and improve performance.
• Work 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.
• Build productive working relationships across a unionised manufacturing environment, navigating complex industrial dynamics and challenging the status quo by having robust safety discussions.

Skills

Health & Safety

Training delivery

Leadership coaching

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Job description:

Discover Opal…

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