Hse Advisor

Pact Group; Central Coast; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pact Group is seeking an experienced Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Advisor to champion a strong safety culture and drive continuous improvement at our site. You will partner with site leadership to provide specialist advice, practical tools, training and governance oversight for effective HSE systems.

You will lead investigations, root-cause analysis and corrective actions, support environmental initiatives, and coach leaders to consistently apply HSE expectations across operations.

Qualifications

• Certificate in Workplace Health & Safety (Level 4) or equivalent.
• At least 3 years of experience in a dedicated health and safety role, ideally in manufacturing/industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation and best practices.
• Experience implementing and maintaining HSE management systems and supporting audits.
• Proven incident investigation, risk assessment and corrective action skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to influence and coach.
• Well-developed organisational skills and high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Implement and improve site HSE management systems aligned with group standards and regulatory requirements.
• Embed a proactive safety culture with site leadership for wellbeing and resilience.
• Lead on safety leadership on site and promote best-practice HSE behaviours.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation and company standards.
• Lead investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions for incidents and near-misses.
• Support environmental management activities, audits, monitoring and reporting.
• Coordinate site HSE committee activities, inductions, training and reporting.
• Coach leaders to communicate HSE systems and expectations clearly.
• Oversee contractor safety through inductions and compliance processes.

Skills

HSE expertise

Incident investigation

Stakeholder engagement

Reporting & analytics

Microsoft Office

Education

Certificate in Workplace Health & Safety (Level 4)

Tools

HSE management systems

Job description

Job Description

Company Description

Our Pact Packaging division is pioneering a whole of product life cycle approach to sustainable packaging. Partnering with global brands to local dairy producers, we integrate supply chain efficiencies and sustainable practices into everything we design and manufacture.

Job Description

About the Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Advisor who is passionate about building a strong safety culture and driving continuous improvement.

As HSE Advisor, you will partner closely with site leadership to provide specialist advice, practical tools, training and governance oversight to support the effective implementation of health, safety and environmental systems. You will play a key role in promoting wellbeing and resilience, ensuring our people return home safe every day and that the site meets its legal and ethical obligations.

You will also champion the implementation and embedding of Group HSE standards, systems, inspections and audits. This role has a strong hands-on component, leading incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions, while supporting leaders to lift capability and accountability across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain and continuously improve site HSE management systems, ensuring alignment with group standards and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with the HSE Lead and site leadership team to embed a strong, proactive safety culture focused on engagement, wellbeing and resilience.
• Act as a visible safety leader on site, promoting best-practice HSE behaviours and outcomes at all levels of the operation.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, standards and company requirements.
• Lead and support incident, injury and near-miss management, including investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions and follow-up.
• Support environmental management activities, including audits, monitoring, reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate and support the site H&S Committee, inductions, training, audits and HSE reporting.
• Guide and coach leaders and teams to ensure HSE systems, procedures and expectations are clearly communicated, understood and consistently applied.
• Support contractor and visitor safety through effective contractor management, induction and compliance processes.

Skills and Experience

• Certificate in Workplace Health & Safety (Level 4) or equivalent.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a dedicated health and safety role, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong working knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation, principles and best practice.
• Experience implementing and maintaining HSE management systems and supporting audits and accreditation processes.
• Confidence in incident investigation, risk assessment and corrective action management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, coach and build effective working relationships.
• Well-developed organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail.
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications for reporting and system management.

Additional Information

About us

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

We’re the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest user of recycled materials. We have 6,000+ team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world’s largest brands that consumers know and trust.

As a global leader in circular and sustainable packaging solutions, we’ve committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan.

For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That’s our future Pact. Let’s lead the way together.