Safety Consultant - Safety & Prevention

Counselling Appraisal Consultants (CAC); Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary continuance insurance

Novated Leasing

Bonus leave up to two weeks per year

Job summary

Howden Pacific is seeking a Safety Consultant based in Sydney to design, deliver and audit injury prevention programs for a diverse client base, spanning complex industrial operations to office and community settings.

You’ll start with musculoskeletal injury prevention, inspections, audits and assurance, then broaden into psychosocial risk, safety leadership, and technology transformation, supported by mentoring and a clear growth path toward senior associate roles.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in work health and safety or a closely related discipline.
• 3+ years’ experience in a safety, WHS or injury prevention role.
• A completed ISO 45001 Lead Auditor or Auditor course.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122 or equivalent).
• Demonstrated experience delivering musculoskeletal injury prevention programs, including manual handling risk assessment and control.
• Demonstrated experience completing workplace inspections, audits and/or assurance programs.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and run musculoskeletal injury prevention programs, from task risk assessment through to training, coaching and evaluation.
• Complete workplace inspections, audits and assurance reviews with clear, practical recommendations.
• Develop and facilitate safety training for frontline teams, supervisors and leaders.
• Collaborate with Howden Care on early intervention and injury management initiatives.
• Turn incident, hazard and claims data into insight to guide prevention effort.

Skills

WHS/Safety

Lead Auditor ISO45001

TAE40122

MSK injury prevention

Audits & inspections

Data analytics

Excel

Driver's license

Client-facing consulting

Education

WHS/OHS qualification

ISO 45001 Lead Auditor Certification

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are part of the Howden Broking Group, the world's largest privately owned insurance broker, headquartered in London. Since launching Howden in the Pacific region in March 2021, we have grown from a team of three to over 600 employees across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Our mantra is to be People First. We believe you can teach someone new skills, but not how to be a different person. We offer a chance to join a rapidly growing business at an exciting time, with a genuinely collegiate culture and highly engaged team.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a safety professional who is seeking active involvement in the design of injury prevention strategies that eliminate or reduce the frequency and severity of workplace injuries, rather than responding after they do.

Joining our safety & prevention team as a Safety Consultant based in Sydney, you’ll design, deliver and audit practical injury prevention programs for a diverse client portfolio i.e. from complex industrial operations through to office-based and community-facing workplaces.

You’ll start where your existing capability is immediately valuable, musculoskeletal injury prevention programs, workplace inspections, audits and assurance programs, and grow from there into the full breadth of our advisory offer, including psychosocial risk, management systems, safety leadership and culture, and technology transformation.

It's a role with real breadth: no two clients (or weeks) look the same, and you'll be supported to grow your capability and take on more responsibility as you develop.

Where you'll start

• Design, deliver and run musculoskeletal injury prevention programs, from task risk assessment through to training, coaching and evaluation.
• Complete workplace inspections, audits and assurance reviews, translating findings into clear, practical and defensible recommendations.
• Develop and facilitate safety training for frontline teams, supervisors and leaders, drawing on your Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• Work alongside our Howden Care team on early intervention and injury management initiatives, providing them with prevention insights that also drive improved return-to-work outcomes.
• Turn incident, hazard and claims data into insight that shapes where clients invest their prevention effort.

Where you'll grow

With mentoring from senior colleagues, you'll build capability across our wider advisory offer, including:

• WHS/OHS compliance, governance and gap analysis engagements.
• Psychosocial risk management, including ISO 45003 and current regulator expectations.
• Safety management system design and implementation against ISO 45001.
• Safety leadership, officer due diligence and culture maturity programs.
• Digital and technology transformation, helping clients select and implement safety platforms.
• Board and executive advisory, building towards facilitating at that level over time.
• Contributing to the tools, methodologies and IP that shape our advisory offer.

How the role develops

During your first six to twelve months you’ll focus on getting to know your clients and our methodologies, leading delivery in the injury prevention and assurance space where your existing skills are immediately valuable, while working alongside senior colleagues on broader safety engagements. Over time, we’d expect you to be independently running your own programs, building trusted client relationships, and contributing to new work.

From there, the pathway to Senior Associate and beyond is clear for those who want it, with genuine mentoring, support and the opportunity to grow within a growing national practice.

About you

To help Australia's leading organisations prevent harm and build safer, healthier, more resilient workplaces, as part of one of the fastest-growing broking groups in the Pacific you'll need the below experience and skill set:

• Tertiary qualifications in work health and safety, occupational health and safety or a closely related discipline.
• 3+ years’ experience in a safety, WHS or injury prevention role.
• A completed ISO 45001 Lead Auditor or Auditor course.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122 or equivalent).
• Demonstrated experience delivering musculoskeletal injury prevention programs, including manual handling risk assessment and control.
• Demonstrated experience completing workplace inspections, audits and/or assurance programs, and reporting findings to management.
• A working knowledge of Australian WHS/OHS legislation, along with Codes of Practice, compliance codes and regulator guidance, including current psychosocial obligations.
• A sound understanding of risk-management principles applied to WHS/OHS hazards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and adapt your style from the boardroom to the shop floor.
• Confidence facilitating training, toolbox sessions or education with frontline workers and leaders.
• An interest in moving into client-facing consulting, and the organisation to manage several projects and clients at once.
• Confidence with data and analytics to turn information into insight (including Excel).
• A genuine passion for creating new programs of work that make a genuine difference in our clients’ workplaces.
• A current driver’s licence and willingness to travel intra/interstate and occasionally overnight.

Remuneration and benefits

In addition to competitive remuneration, we offer free salary continuance insurance, accessing to Novated Leasing and our industry-leading bonus leave benefit, where employees can qualify for up to two weeks' additional paid leave each year.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to our HR Business Partner, Hayley Diamond at [e-mail].

EEO Statement

We wish to provide a supportive and welcoming workplace environment, which represents the communities and cultures within which we live and work. We have a huge diversity of talent from all walks of life, each with unique experiences and perspectives, all of whom can make a difference. Howden Pacific strives to build an inclusive workplace where our people feel welcome to bring their whole and true self to work, where differences are accepted and where our words and actions are inclusive.