Health Safety & Training Manager

Haynes People; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Working from home arrangements

Ongoing training and career support

Employee Assistance Program

Paid parental leave

Discounts on health, vehicles, travel

Job summary

Sime Industrial Services, within the Sime Darby group, is looking for a driven HST Manager to lead safety, training and compliance across diverse industrial sectors. You will drive programs, audit readiness and risk management while coordinating with multiple business units.

Join a high-performance team with strong emphasis on safety, governance and continuous improvement. Hybrid/remote arrangements and ongoing development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years practical experience in HST, preferably in heavy equipment/mechanical industry.
• Tertiary level qualification in HSE or Training or a related discipline.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment; lead HSE systems auditor and ICAM lead investigator.

Responsibilities

• Create a step change in the organisation's Health, Safety, Training performance.
• Engage our people to foster a curiosity mindset that drives safe practices.
• Drive change through programs that improve safety awareness and outcomes.
• Lead the development and maintenance of a health, safety, environment and quality framework aligned with legislation and ISO standards.
• Lead processes to ensure HSE obligations are identified and assessed with stakeholders.
• Lead the internal audit framework for HST across SDIS for risk and certification needs.
• Prepare and deliver HST management reporting to the Exec Lead Team.

Skills

HST leadership

Safety culture

Stakeholder engagement

Safety improvement

Education

Tertiary qualification in HSE/Training

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Engineering/Science background

Job description

With a strong presence in the industrial, motors, healthcare, insurance and logistics sectors Sime Darby is a partner of choice for some of the world's most renowned brands including but not limited to BMW, Volvo, Porsche, Jaguar, Caterpillar and Ramsay Healthcare.

With operations in 18 countries across Asia Pacific over the past 100 years, we continue to grow, delivering sustainable value to our stakeholders through operational excellence, high performance standards and good corporate governance.

About Us

Sime Industrial is a large family of companies, and we pride ourselves on the fact that we can offer solutions to our customers. We believe that people do amazing things and surrounding ourselves with people who are as committed as us at providing a safe and highly productive working environment for our employees.

About the role

As the HST Manager for Sime Industrial Services (encompassing HMG Hardchrome, Austchrome, Pakka Jacks, and Haynes People), you will play a pivotal role in providing strategic leadership to our employees and our HSTS team. Operating across diverse, high-risk industrial sectors - including hydraulic engineering, surface finishing, equipment manufacturing, and specialist labour hire - you will be a motivated leader who fosters and promotes a unified culture of safety excellence while managing legislation, compliance, and policies across all business units.

This role requires a highly motivated individual and the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Create a step change in the organisations Health, Safety, Training performance.
• Engage our people to develop a curiosity mindset that drives safe working practices and behaviours.
• Drive change through the application of simple and compelling programs that improve safety awareness and outcomes.
• Lead the development, implementation, ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of a health, safety, environment and quality management framework, systems and processes align with applicable legislation, ISO standards, and customer specifications.
• Lead processes to ensure HSE legislative obligations are identified and assessment of control effectiveness with relevant stakeholder groups.
• Lead the development and implementation of a framework to support HST internal audit program in SDIS targeting risk and management system certification requirements.
• Prepare and deliver HST management reporting to Executive Lead Team

About You:

The successful candidate will bring the following skills and experience to the role:

• 5+ Years practical experience in HST preferably in heavy equipment / mechanical industry
• A tertiary level qualification in HSE or Training or other relevant discipline (e.g. Science or Engineering)
• Experience in improving safety performance through engaging people is highly desirable
• Certificate IV in training and assessment, lead HSE systems auditor and ICAM lead investigator

What we Offer:

• Monday – Friday
• Working from home arrangements and flexibility for the right candidate
• Great company culture and working environment - Professional, fun and informal team culture
• Ongoing training and support to further your career
• Employee Assistance Program for employees and their families
• Paid parental leave
• Discounts on private health, vehicles, travel and salary sacrificing options.

Sime Industrial Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating inclusive workplaces and encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

All applications will be treated with the strictest of confidentiality and only successful candidates will be contacted for interview.