Safety Advisor, Tunnels

UGL; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

16 weeks paid parental leave

Complimentary salary continuance

Discounted health insurance

Individual Development Plan

Wellness Program with AIA Vitality

OneRewards Discount Program

Job summary

UGL, delivering the RIS package for Cross River Rail, seeks a Safety Advisor – Tunnels to provide practical field-based health and safety support inside Cross River Rail tunnels, ensuring compliance and effective safety controls with supervisors and subcontractors.

You will lead inspections, risk assessments and pre-start meetings, support the Principal Contractor’s WHS Plan, and help transition tunnel safety from construction to operations, with a focus on high-risk activities and emergency

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as Safety Advisor in Rail or Tunnels.
• Experience reviewing SWMS, Risk Assessments and Critical Controls.
• Knowledge of high-risk areas and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide field-based safety support in Cross River Rail tunnels.
• Conduct inspections, observations and safety interactions.
• Ensure compliance with work methods and safety controls.
• Identify unsafe conditions and implement controls.
• Advise supervisors, engineers, and subcontractors on safety.
• Verify work areas are secured and signposted.
• Participate in pre-start meetings and toolbox talks.
• Support Principal Contractor WHS responsibilities and plans.
• Provide safety oversight for high-risk activities.

Skills

Rail safety

Tunnel safety experience

High-risk work

Safety leadership

WHS knowledge

Education

Certificate IV or Diploma in Work Health and Safety

Construction White Card

Tools

SWMS

Risk Assessment

Critical Controls

Job description

UGL is delivering the Rail Integration Systems (RIS) Package for Cross River Rail, integrating new infrastructure and systems into a live operational railway. With complex interfaces, staged commissioning activities, and critical possession windows, this role will play a key part in coordinating successful project delivery

The Safety Advisor – Tunnels will provide practical, field-based health and safety support for activities undertaken within the Cross River Rail tunnels. The role will support Principal Contractor compliance, high-risk work activities, tunnel access, permits and isolations, emergency preparedness, testing and commissioning and the progressive transition of the tunnel from construction into an operational environment. The Safety Advisor will work closely with supervisors, engineers, technical SMEs and subcontractors to verify that critical safety controls are established, communicated and effectively implemented in the field.

Key responsibilities

• Provide visible, field-based safety support throughout the Cross River Rail tunnels and associated work areas.


• Undertake regular workplace inspections, observations and safety interactions.


• Monitor work activities to verify compliance with approved work methods and safety controls.


• Identify unsafe conditions, behaviours and emerging risks and work with supervisors to implement appropriate controls.


• Provide practical safety advice to supervisors, engineers, workers and subcontractors.


• Verify that work areas are appropriately established, secured, signed and controlled.


• Participate in pre-start meetings, toolbox talks and coordination meetings.


• Exercise appropriate intervention where an immediate risk to health or safety is identified.


• Support the project in implementing and maintaining the requirements associated with Principal Contractor responsibility, including implementation and ongoing review of the project WHS Management Plan.


• Provide safety oversight and advice for high-risk activities

About You

• Previous experience as a Safety Advisor in Rail, Tunnels, Major Infrastructure


• Experience reviewing and implementing SWMS, Risk Assessment and Critical Controls


• Understanding of of high risk areas


• Strong safety influencing and leadership skills


• Certificate IV or Diploma in Work Health and Safety (or equivalent)


• Construction White Card

About UGL

As a member of the CIMIC Group of companies, we value diversity in our team’s backgrounds, ideas, work styles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.

What we offer

• Benefit from 16 weeks of paid primary parental leave.


• Complimentary salary continuance insurance.


• Discounted Medibank health insurance.


• Shape your career with an Individual Development Plan.


• Participate in our Wellness Program with AIA Vitality.


• Access our OneRewards Discount Program.

Please note: As part of the recruitment process, relevant screening checks will be conducted. These may include reference checks, verification of the right to work in Australia, a national criminal history check, anti-money laundering checks, and a pre-employment medical assessment (including drug and alcohol screening).