People, Safety and Payroll Manager

ARW Homes; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct access to Directors

Competitive salary package

Long-term opportunity

Job summary

ARW Homes in Mackay, QLD is expanding to hire a dedicated HR, WHS and payroll lead. This newly created, standalone role reports directly to the Directors and offers genuine scope to shape the function across people, safety and payroll.

You will own end-to-end payroll, manage recruitment and onboarding, maintain contracts and records, and support managers on people matters and safety. This is a hands-on, collaborative role in a growing builder.

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll experience with awards and STP.
• Ability to interpret modern awards and apply conditions.
• General HR across recruitment, onboarding and lifecycle.
• Knowledge of Fair Work Act and NES.
• Experience maintaining WHS systems and records.
• Workers’ compensation and RTW experience or willingness.

Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end payroll including award interpretation, superannuation, leave, payroll tax and STP.
• Manage recruitment, onboarding and inductions.
• Maintain contracts, policies, position descriptions and records.
• Support managers with day-to-day people matters and safety.
• Own WHS system, training registers and reporting.
• Manage workers' compensation and RTW coordination.
• Improve systems and processes behind HR, WHS and payroll.

Skills

Payroll processing

HR generalist

Workplace safety

Awards interpretation

Recruitment

Onboarding

Documentation

Job description

ARW Homes is an award-winning residential builder based in Mackay. We build quality homes for local families and we are proud of both the standard of work we deliver and the team behind it.

As the business has grown, so have the responsibilities that sit behind our people. We are now creating a dedicated role to bring human resources, workplace health and safety and payroll together under one person for the first time.

About ARW Homes

ARW Homes is an award-winning residential builder based in Mackay. We build quality homes for local families and we are proud of both the standard of work we deliver and the team behind it.

As the business has grown, so have the responsibilities that sit behind our people. We are now creating a dedicated role to bring human resources, workplace health and safety and payroll together under one person for the first time.

About the role

This is a newly created, standalone position reporting directly to the Directors. You will own human resources, workplace health and safety and payroll for the business, and you will have genuine scope to shape how all three work.

It is a hands-on role. You will be processing payroll and managing the detail of compliance, and you will also be the person employees and managers come to for practical advice on people and safety matters.

What you will be doing

• Processing end to end payroll, including award interpretation, superannuation, leave, payroll tax and Single Touch Payroll

• Managing recruitment, onboarding and inductions so new starters are set up properly from day one

• Maintaining employment contracts, policies, position descriptions and employee records

• Supporting managers with day to day people matters, from probation reviews through to performance conversations

• Owning our workplace health and safety system, documentation, training registers and reporting, working alongside the construction team who manage safety on site

• Managing workers compensation claims and return to work coordination

• Improving the systems and processes that sit behind all of the above

About you

You will have practical experience across payroll and human resources and be confident taking on workplace health and safety.

• End to end payroll experience for a payroll of a similar size, including payroll tax

• Confidence interpreting modern awards and applying employment conditions

• Generalist HR experience across recruitment, onboarding and the employment lifecycle

• Working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards

• Experience maintaining workplace health and safety systems, documentation and records

• Workers compensation and return to work experience, or the willingness to take it on

• Accuracy, discretion and strong organisational skills

Experience in building, construction or another trades based industry will be highly regarded. Qualifications in human resources, workplace health and safety or payroll are well regarded, but practical experience matters most to us.

What's on offer

• A newly created role you can genuinely own and shape

• Direct access to the Directors, with decisions made quickly and without red tape

• A supportive, down to earth team that gets on well and gets on with the job

• An attractive salary package, negotiable based on experience

• A long term opportunity with an established local builder