Manager HSE Systems and Assurance

The Safe Step; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Safe Step is seeking a senior Health & Safety leader to drive safety systems, compliance and assurance across multiple Australian states. This role provides strategic leadership while engaging operations, leaders, contractors and regulators to strengthen systems and lift capability.

You will lead safety standards, provide expert advice, manage regulatory compliance frameworks and oversee audits to ensure continuous improvement across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Health & Safety or related field.
• Experience leading safety systems, standards and procedures.
• Strong assurance and audit capability with measurable improvements.
• Ability to influence across broad stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve health and safety standards, systems, tools and processes.
• Provide specialist advice across safety legislation, risk, systems and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the regulatory compliance framework across safety and broader technical obligations.
• Oversee assurance and audit programs, including effectiveness of risk controls and management systems.

Skills

Safety leadership

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in Health & Safety / related field

Job description

An opportunity for a senior Health & Safety leader to take a key role across safety systems, compliance and assurance supporting operations across multiple Australian states.

This role will provide leadership across the organisation’s safety management system and assurance agenda, while continuing to provide practical, expert safety advice and support across the business.

This is a broad, multi-state role requiring someone who can operate strategically while remaining close to operations - working with leaders, employees, contractors and regulators to strengthen systems, lift capability and drive continuous improvement.

The role

You will:

• Lead and continuously improve health and safety standards, systems, tools and processes
• Provide specialist advice across safety legislation, risk, systems and regulatory requirements
• Lead the regulatory compliance framework across safety and broader technical obligations
• Oversee assurance and audit programs, including the effectiveness of critical risk controls and management systems

What you will bring

We are looking for an experienced safety professional with strong technical depth, commercial judgement and the ability to influence.

You will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Health & Safety, Health Sciences, Engineering or a related disciplines
• Leadership experience and influencing across broad stakeholder groups
• Demonstrated experience implementing and maintaining safety management systems, standards and procedures
• Strong assurance and audit capability, including developing programs and translating findings into measurable improvement

Your approach

• You will be someone who builds strong relationships while maintaining independent professional judgement
• You are practical, resilient and comfortable working through complexity, with the ability to see the connection between operational risk, management systems, regulatory obligations and business performance
• You will be equally comfortable providing strategic advice, challenging thinking, coaching leaders and getting into the detail when required.