HSEQ Manager – East Coast

Field Mining Services; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Monthly RDO

Weekly pay

Employee Referral Program

Salary packaging options

GEM Awards

Private Health discounts

EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Autonomy to influence HSEQ outcomes

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

FMS Group is seeking an experienced HSEQ leader to guide health, safety, environment and quality across East Coast operations. The role involves hands-on leadership, audits, investigations, and maintaining ISO certifications while supporting the day-to-day delivery of HSEQ services.

Reporting to the General Manager – East Coast Operations, you will travel to client sites and manage a small HSEQ team, partnering with operational leaders to improve safety culture and operational performance.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in Workplace Health & Safety or a related discipline.
• Senior HSEQ leadership experience in mining or heavy industry.
• Strong knowledge of WHS legislation and ISO management systems.
• Experience managing audits, investigations and integrated management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead East Coast HSEQ team and mentor staff.
• Maintain and improve HSEQ management system and certifications.
• Conduct internal audits and support external audits.
• Provide trusted guidance to senior leadership on HSEQ matters.

Skills

Leadership

Safety leadership

Audits & investigations

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Coaching & mentoring

Education

Qualification in Workplace Health & Safety or related discipline

Job description

Job no: 497908
Work type: Salary
Location: Mackay & Coalfields
Categories: Corporate/Shared Services

Lead the team. Own the systems. Make a difference.

Due to an internal transfer, FMS Group are looking for an experienced HSEQ professional who enjoys balancing strategy with action.

This is not a role where you'll spend your time simply directing others. We're looking for a hands-on leader who is equally comfortable coaching operational leaders in the field as they are reviewing management systems, conducting audits, leading investigations, maintaining ISO certification and ensuring legislative compliance.

If you're someone who enjoys rolling up your sleeves, solving problems and helping build safer, better workplaces, we'd like to hear from you.

About the Role

Reporting to the General Manager – East Coast Operations, with a strong connection to our Executive HSEQ Manager, you'll lead Health, Safety, Environment and Quality across our East Coast operations.

This role requires regular travel to client sites and provides the opportunity to lead a small HSEQ team while remaining actively involved in the day-to‑day delivery of the function. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both leadership and technical HSEQ work and wants to have a genuine influence on business performance.

You'll work closely with operational leaders across workshops, client sites and projects to ensure our HSEQ systems remain practical, compliant and effective to support operational excellence.

What You'll Be Doing

This role combines operational leadership with hands‑on HSEQ delivery, including:

Leadership

• Lead, mentor and develop the East Coast HSEQ team.
• Partner with operational leaders to strengthen safety culture and operational performance.
• Coach supervisors and managers in practical risk management and field leadership activities.
• Drive continual improvement initiatives across the business.
• Provide trusted advice to senior leadership on HSEQ matters.

Compliance & Systems

• Maintain and continually improve our integrated HSEQ Management System.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with legislation, client requirements and applicable standards.
• Coordinate and maintain ISO 45001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification requirements.
• Plan and conduct internal audits while supporting external certification and client audits.
• Ensure the effective management of workers compensation claims.
• Lead incident investigations, ICAM investigations and corrective action management.
• Engage in the review and improvement of HSEQ procedures, risk assessments, management plans and operational documentation.
• Monitor HSEQ performance, analyse trends and prepare reports for senior management.
• Support operational teams with practical compliance solutions across multiple locations.

About You

You'll be an experienced HSEQ professional who understands that great safety leadership is built on credibility.

You're just as comfortable conducting an audit, reviewing a procedure or investigating an incident as you are presenting to senior leaders or coaching supervisors in the field.

To be successful, you'll bring:

• Qualifications in Workplace Health & Safety or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in a senior HSEQ leadership role within mining, heavy industry, construction or maintenance.
• Strong working knowledge of WHS legislation and ISO management systems.
• Experience managing audits, investigations and integrated management systems.
• Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A practical, solutions-focused approach.
• The ability to influence others through trust, knowledge and visible leadership.

Why FMS Group?

This is an opportunity to join a business where HSEQ is recognised as a critical business function.

• Competitive salary package.
• Company vehicle.
• Monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO).
• Weekly pays – reliable and consistent.
• Employee Referral Program – great cash rewards for referring a mate.
• Salary packaging options – including Novate leasing.
• GEM Awards – quarterly recognition for employees who go the extra mile.
• Private Health discounts – savings for you and your family.
• Length of Service Recognition – celebrating your commitment.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – support for employees and immediate family.
• A supportive leadership team that values collaboration.
• Genuine autonomy to influence HSEQ outcomes across the business.
• Opportunities to drive meaningful improvements and leave a lasting impact.

If you're looking for a role where you can lead from the front and still enjoy the technical side of HSEQ, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

Established in 2005 as CQ Field Mining Services, FMS Group has grown from a regional provider into a diversified, multi-division organisation delivering integrated solutions across Australia and Papua New Guinea. Our growth reflects a strong focus on capability, innovation, and meeting evolving client needs, with key expansions including PNG (2013), WA (2017), and the formation of Field Mining Services Group in 2019.

Since then, we have strengthened our service offering through specialised divisions spanning Safety Lift Solutions, engineering, electrical, onsite machining, and parts and equipment, alongside infrastructure maintenance projects and the acquisition of Schlam CRU in 2025. Rebranded as FMS Group in 2024, we are now a fully integrated, one‑stop solution for mobile and fixed plant maintenance, shutdowns, infrastructure projects, and capital equipment sales across mining, construction, oil and gas, marine, and renewables.

Delivering the best……every time.

FMS Groupis an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce. All employment will be based on merit, competence, performance and business needs.

We respectfully request no recruitment agency approaches.

Advertised: 30 Jul 2026 E. Australia Standard Time
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