Safety Advisor

Winslow Group; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent career progression

Award-winning team

Pipeline of future projects

Job summary

Winslow Group, a leading civil infrastructure contractor, is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to join our Melbourne team. You will provide specialised guidance to project teams, ensuring safety is the top priority across our works and supporting delivery of safety strategies.

The role requires a Cert IV or Diploma in OHS and 3+ years’ experience on civil infrastructure projects, with a current White Card and additional safety qualifications being highly desired.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in a similar role delivering civil infrastructure projects.
• Cert IV or Diploma in OHS or equivalent.
• Current Drivers Licence and White Card; First Aid/CPR as highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialised HSE advice for project teams, ensuring safety is the priority across works.
• Assist in delivering safety strategies and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal OH&S requirements.
• Support the Safety Manager to plan, deliver and report on safety activities and incidents.
• Conduct inductions, assess competencies, and carry out risk assessments, SWMS reviews, safety audits and inspections.
• Contribute to HSE committee, toolbox talks, and incident trend reporting.
• Promote safe work practices and close out non-conformances and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Health and Safety

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Education

Cert IV or Diploma in OHS

Tools

White Card

First Aid

CPR

Working at Heights

Confined Space

Job description

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At Winslow, it’s more than just a job. We are a family that believes in and supports you as a person. Winslow started as one person’s passion and desire to be the best. We excel at identifying and nurturing future leaders through our inclusive culture where every employee has the opportunity to reach their full potential. You are an important part of a skilled and trusted team that continues to safely build outstanding infrastructure and sustainable communities by thinking differently.

Winslow Infrastructure is involved in building Melbourne’s vast infrastructure network and requires a professional, engaged and driven Health and Safety Advisor to join our high performing team

• Work in an award-winning team with people who have your best interests at heart.
• Excellent career progression opportunities.
• Great pipeline of future Infrastructure projects

The Opportunity

As a Health and Safety Advisor you will provide specialised advice and services for the application of Health and Safety practices and policies in the project team; ensuring safety is the highest priority in all works. We are looking for someone to start immediately.

• Provide support to Infrastructure projects and ensure safety management systems are being implemented and meet compliance with local, state, and federal Occupational Health and Safety requirements.
• Assist in the delivery of safety strategies throughout the Project and provide safety support and guidance to the wider project team.
• Assist the Safety Manager to ensure all activities are safely completed, throughout the planning, delivery and implementation of the project. Research and collate information for the reporting of HSE incident investigations, inclusive of development and implementation of remedial action.
• Conduct company inductions and follow-up inductions of newly employed personnel, assessing their competencies to carry out their tasks in a safe manner. Undertake risk assessments, SWMS review, safety audits and Inspections.
• Contribute and participate in, HSE Committee, toolbox and muster meetings providing attention to bulletins, industry alerts and safety issues
• Reporting on incident / injury and hazard frequency rates and respond appropriately to developing trends.
• Promote the planning and implementation of programs to train employees in safe work practices.
• Respond and close out any Non-conformances, Observations or Opportunities for Improvement

Here’s what we are looking for…

• A person who drives a positive safety culture and has demonstrated ability in proactively building relationships with key stakeholders and team members
• Someone able to work with the project team to collaborately find safety solutions and is a trusted advisor for all safety matters.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role delivering civil infrastructure projects.
• Cert IV or Diploma in OHS or a similar relevant degree
• Current Drivers Licence, Construction Induction Card (White card), First Aid, CPR, Working at Heights, Confined Space Ticket, Electrical Spotting, Trenching Safety, Environmental Green Card are highly desired

The Winslow Way…

Each person at Winslow is empowered to make good decisions to look after each other as family, be accountable to each other, and always operate safely. We are dedicated and passionate about doing our best and committed to doing it once and doing it right. This is seen every day on the projects and in the offices – it’s what makes us so different from everyone else – It’s the Winslow Way.

Winslow, Unlimited Opportunities and Inspiring Careers

For more information please contact: [e-mail]

About Winslow Infrastructure

The Winslow Group is a leading national civil construction company with diversified capabilities, operating across Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia, with an extensive history of successful project delivery. It’s a vertically integrated business that provides skills and expert services to the construction industry to produce safe, sustainable and innovative solutions for our clients.

Winslow Infrastructure is a rapidly growing business unit with a focus on a diverse range of complex infrastructure and road projects as core business offerings. We offer both construct only and design and construction services for multi-faceted and complex infrastructure projects in the civil construction, remediation, water, rail and energy sectors. We are a preferred contractor through our ability to develop strategic partnerships and our reputation as a self-performing contractor of choice. We are uniquely placed to offer a genuinely collaborative partnership with shared outcomes that achieve efficient design and delivery.

Winslow is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity. We appreciate the benefits of a diverse workforce and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and female candidates to apply.