HSW Performance Manager

Downer Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Employee Assistance Program

Perks@Downer

Job summary

Downer is seeking an HSW Performance Manager to translate complex Health, Safety & Wellbeing data into clear, actionable insights for leaders. You will identify trends, weak signals and control gaps, and coordinate HSW projects to improve safety performance across the portfolio.

With consulting experience in HSW, risk or analytics, you will develop executive-ready dashboards and briefing papers, influence senior stakeholders and drive initiatives with measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Experience turning complex health and safety data into executive insights.
• Ability to identify trends, anomalies, weak signals and systemic relationships across multiple sources.
• Experience coordinating large project portfolios and governance.

Responsibilities

• Turn quantitative and qualitative information into actionable business intelligence.
• Create executive briefs, dashboards and decision papers.
• Coordinate HSW project and program portfolio with priorities and risks.
• Design improvement initiatives using behavioural insight and visual storytelling.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to drive improvements.

Skills

Executive communication

Data storytelling

Trend analysis

Project coordination

HSW analytics

Education

Tertiary qualification in safety/HSW

Tools

BI dashboards

AI analytics tools

Job description

Transform complex HSW information into clear insights that help leaders identify risk, prevent serious harm and improve performance. You'll provide practical recommendations and support key HSW priorities and programs. A consulting background in HSW, risk or analytics is highly regarded.

We currently have an opportunity for an HSW Performance Manager, reporting to the Deputy Head of HSW - Performance & Assurance. This specialist role turns complex Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW), operational and workforce information into clear, actionable insights that help leaders make informed decisions and focus on the risks that matter most.
You'll identify emerging trends, weak signals and control gaps, translating data into compelling insights that support early intervention and help prevent serious harm.
Alongside this analytical focus, you'll coordinate key HSW projects and programs, providing visibility across priorities, progress, risks and outcomes.
Combining strong analytical capability with strategic thinking and clear communication, you'll help ensure HSW effort and investment are directed towards initiatives that deliver meaningful and measurable impact.

What You'll Do

This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:

• Apply the HSW Decision Intelligence framework to turn quantitative and qualitative information into clear insights, risk implications and actionable business intelligence.
• Identify trends, anomalies, weak signals, recurring pathways and critical-control weaknesses that could contribute to fatalities or serious injuries.
• Create executive-ready briefs, dashboards, visualisations, presentations and decision papers that explain what is happening, why it matters and what action is required.
• Coordinate the HSW project and program portfolio, managing priorities, dependencies, milestones, resources, delivery risks, benefits and value realisation.
• Design practical improvement initiatives, communications and learning products using behavioural insight, adult learning, human-centred design and visual storytelling.

What You'll Bring

You will have demonstrated experience working at the intersection of HSW, analytics, business intelligence, portfolio delivery and executive communication.

• Experience converting complex data into executive-level insights, compelling visual narratives and practical business decisions.
• Proven ability to identify trends, anomalies, weak signals and systemic relationships across multiple quantitative and qualitative information sources.
• Strong project or program portfolio coordination experience, including governance, dependencies, risks, benefits tracking and value realisation.
• Advanced data literacy and dashboard-design capability, with confidence using business intelligence and emerging AI-enabled tools while assessing data quality, bias and uncertainty.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and delivering improvement programs, communications or learning interventions, ideally within a complex, distributed, high-risk or safety-critical organisation.

A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent safety-critical experience is required, with Health and Safety qualifications preferred. Consulting experience in HSW, risk, analytics or a related field will be highly regarded. The preferred office location is Collins Street, Melbourne; however, Milton, Brisbane and North Ryde, Sydney will also be considered

More than anything, you'll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer?

At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

We're proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.
• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you'll find real opportunities to advance your career.
• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.
• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with this role, we'd still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we're here to help you put your best foot forward.

Pre-employment checks

The preferred candidate will be required to complete reference, criminal history, work eligibility and qualification checks, together with the applicable medical assessment and drug and alcohol screening.