Hsc Advisor

John Holland Group; Town Of Port Hedland; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary continuance

Salary sacrifice

Flexible work

Parental leave 18 weeks

Career development

Iconic projects

Wellbeing support

Diverse culture

Job summary

John Holland Group is seeking a Safety Advisor for a Pilbara-based project in Western Australia. The role involves leading safety efforts, ensuring compliance, and driving safety initiatives in a rail environment on a FIFO roster with 14 days on and 7 days off, with Perth as the point of hire.

You will support project management, conduct safety investigations, monitor risk controls, and help shape safety policies while maintaining regulatory knowledge.

Qualifications

• Diploma or equivalent in Work Health and Safety.
• Experience with audit reviews and risk assessment.
• Experience monitoring safety performance and compliance.
• Knowledge of safety management techniques and tools.
• Incident investigation and reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational safety leadership to the project team.
• Monitor compliance with safety systems and procedures.
• Implement health and wellbeing campaigns and initiatives.
• Conduct safety inspections and incident investigations.
• Foster positive safety culture and relationships on site.
• Develop project safety policies and administer safety programs.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations and standards.
• Review high-risk works for method compliance.
• Order PPE stocks and communicate SQE requirements.

Skills

Safety leadership

Audit & risk review

Compliance monitoring

Incident investigation

Education

Diploma of Work Health and Safety

Job description

About the role

Join our team as a Safety Advisor to our project team based in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

As a Safety Advisor, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our projects are executed in a safe and compliant manner, while working in a rail environment.

This role is supporting a Pilbara based project and therefore will be engaged on a FIFO arrangement with a roster of 14 days on and 7 days off, with a point of hire of Perth.

What you will do

• Providing operational support and leadership to the project management team in understanding and taking responsibility for safety within the workplace.
• Supporting operational leadership in monitoring compliance with safety systems and procedures
• Implementing Health and Wellbeing campaigns and initiatives.
• Conducting incident and accident investigations that may require litigation, as well as routine safety inspections and monitoring work areas
• Establishing positive working relationships with project personnel and raising awareness of safety risks
• Assisting with the development of safety policies specific to the project and administering safety programs for project employees
• Maintaining knowledge of applicable legislative requirements, government regulations, standards and policies
• Evaluating, investigating and gathering information that will address inadequacies concerning safety matters
• Reviewing specific high-risk planned works to be undertaken to ensure compliance with the method of work
• Ordering appropriate stocks of PPE as directed and supporting the communication of SQE requirements to the project

What we are looking for

To excel in this role you must have:

• A Diploma of Work Health and Safety or equivalent
• Experience in conducting and interpreting audit reviews and knowledge of quantitative and qualitative risk assessment and monitoring of risk controls
• Experience monitoring, reviewing and reporting on performance, compliance, and defects
• Skills in safety management techniques and tools
• Incident investigation and reporting

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits, including salary continuance and salary sacrifice options
• Flexible work arrangements and generous leave, including 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Career development through technical, leadership and emerging talent programs
• Opportunities to work on some of Australia's most iconic projects
• A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong
• Wellbeing support and benefits designed to help you thrive

At John Holland, our purpose is simple: we transform lives with everything we do.

We know infrastructure is about people - our customers, our employees and the communities we work in every day. That's what sets us apart: deep expertise, proven capability and a genuine commitment to creating better outcomes for people along the way.

With expertise spanning engineering, construction and operations, we're delivering the projects and services that keep communities moving. From rail, roads and bridges to hospitals and stadiums, we've helped shape Australia through iconic projects. You'll even see us operating buses, trains and trams.

Be part of a team that's up for the challenge of transforming lives.

John Holland does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s from agencies that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers.