National WHS Manager - Transport & Logistics

Consulting Services; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Transport & Logistics is seeking a National WHS & Environmental Manager to lead safety and environmental initiatives across Australia and New Zealand. The role reports to the Chief Operating Officer and guides strategy for multi-site operations including ports, depots and logistics facilities.

The ideal candidate has extensive WHS leadership experience, manages incidents, and ensures compliance with harmonised WHS laws and CoR, with a track record in heavy industry and contractor safety

Qualifications

• At least 10 years' experience in WHS, including at least 5 years in a national or multi-site senior WHS role.
• Port/stevedoring/container logistics/road transport/warehousing or similar heavy industry experience.
• Tertiary qualification in WHS, OHS, Environmental Management or related discipline.
• Strong working knowledge of harmonised WHS laws, Victorian OHS law and the Heavy Vehicle National Law, including CoR.
• Experience managing workers' compensation and injury management.
• Experience leading serious incident investigations and regulator inspections and notices.
• Experience building or improving a safety management system to ISO 45001 or equivalent.
• Experience working with unions/HSRs in an enterprise agreement environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safety leadership and strategy
• Own the safety and environmental management systems
• Lead the controls for critical risk management
• Manage incidents & investigations
• Injury management & fitness for work
• Heavy vehicles & chain of responsibility
• Lead environmental management initiatives nationally
• Manage contractor safety, including pre-qualification, inductions, permits to work and site supervision
• Set up and support health and safety representatives (HSRs), committees and work groups

Skills

WHS leadership

Incident investigations

Contractor safety management

Environmental management

Regulatory compliance

CoR knowledge

ISO 45001 familiarity

Education

Tertiary WHS/OHS/Environmental qualification

Job description

National WHS Manager - Transport & Logistics

Our client is a Global Transport & Logistics business with sites & operations across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Auckland. As the business continues to expand, they employ over 1,000 people across ANZ running container depots, warehousing, transport and port-side logistics. Due to an internal restructure they are looking for National WHS & Environmental Manager to lead the business through it's next phase. This role will report through to the Chief Operating Officer.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversee safety leadership and strategy
• Own the safety and environmental management systems
• Lead the controls for critical risk management
• Manage incidents & investigations
• Injury management & fitness for work
• Heavy vehicles & chain of responsibility
• Lead environmental management initiatives nationally
• Manage contractor safety, including pre-qualification, inductions, permits to work and site supervision
• Set up and support health and safety representatives (HSRs), committees and work groups

Required Skills/Qualification

• At least 10 years' experience in WHS, including at least 5 years in a national or multi-site senior WHS role
• Recent experience in ports, stevedoring, container logistics, road transport, warehousing or a similar heavy industry with mobile plant
• Tertiary qualification in WHS, OHS, Environmental Management or a related discipline
• Strong working knowledge of harmonised WHS laws, Victorian OHS law and the Heavy Vehicle National Law, including CoR
• Working knowledge of environmental legislation and environmental management systems
• Experience managing workers' compensation and injury management
• Proven experience managing high-risk mobile plant, traffic management and dangerous goods
• Experience leading serious incident investigations and managing regulator inspections and notices
• Experience working constructively with unions, HSRs and workers in an enterprise agreement environment
• Experience building or improving a safety management system to ISO 45001 or equivalent