Senior Advisor, Power Generation

WorkSafe Victoria; Traralgon; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12% super

16 weeks training

Statewide travel

Job summary

WorkSafe Victoria, Victoria's workplace health and safety regulator, is seeking a Senior Advisor, Power Generation. The role delivers specialist written and verbal construction advice and mentors Appointed Inspectors, supported by a comprehensive training program.

Candidates should have deep power generation knowledge, 5–10 years in power generation, boiler/turbine operation, with strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills and a solid understanding of Victorian OHS obligations.

Qualifications

• Strong power generation knowledge including boiler and turbine operation.
• Significant negotiation and stakeholder engagement experience.
• Ability to coach and mentor inspectors and workers.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist written and verbal construction advice.
• Coach and mentor Appointed Inspectors.
• Support and contribute to the Position Description and recruitment process.

Skills

Power generation expertise

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Verbal communication

Education

OHS tertiary qualification desirable

BA/TO high risk licences or equivalent

Job description

WorkSafe is Victoria's workplace health and safety regulator. We are also the workplace injury insurer. Our job is to reduce workplace harm and improve outcomes for injured workers. This is our promise to the Victorian community and the reason we exist.

• $143,915 per annum + 12% super
• 16 weeks training, paid at full salary
• Full-time permanent position with the ability to working out of our Melbourne CBD, Traralgon, Narre Warren or Mulgrave offices. Statewide travel is required for this position.

About the opportunity

At WorkSafe we are aiming to make Victoria a global leader in workplace safety and wellbeing. We're looking for people who share our passion to bring their own industry knowledge and/or safety experience to join us in making a real difference together.

As a WorkSafe Senior Advisor, Power Generation, you will attend a comprehensive training program in a supportive environment. Once appointed, you will spend a large portion of your time providing specialist written and verbal construction advice as well as providing coaching and mentoring to Appointed Inspectors.

For more details on the role's responsibilities, please click here to view the Position Description (copies are also available via WorkSafe Victoria's Careers Page).

About you

Our people come from a diverse range of professional backgrounds but share a common goal of ensuring Victorian workplaces are safe and that all workers return home safely at the end of each day. Ideally, you will demonstrate the following:

• Strong understanding of the power generation industry, including established relationships with senior industry stakeholders and key partners.
• Significant practical experience (typically 5-10 years) in power generation, including boiler and turbine operation.
• Highly developed negotiation, stakeholder engagement, conflict resolution, influencing and mentoring skills, with the ability to build capability and drive positive outcomes across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent negotiation, conflict resolution, influencing and mentoring skills.
• Experience in driving and leading negotiations with workplace parties in the resolution of industry wide safety issues, using a range of influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution approaches.
• Experience in assisting, advising and educating workplace parties on how to meet their OHS obligations.
• Sound knowledge of the OHS obligations as detailed under the OHS Act in Victoria.

Qualifications

• You must hold or have previously held WorkSafe Victoria High Risk Work Licences in Advanced Boiler Operation (BA class) and Turbine Operation (TO class), or equivalent
• A Tertiary qualification in OHS is desirable.

Working with us

At WorkSafe, our goal is for every employee to feel connected, safe, and valued within their team, for teams to feel appreciated in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be respected in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community. We strongly encourage applications from all individuals, including First Nations people, people with disabilities, those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and individuals of all sexualities and genders.

What's next?

Applications close 11:00pm Thursday, 15th October 2026.

Preferred candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.

Eligibility for ongoing employment with WorkSafe Victoria requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.

Due to the volume of applications received, individualised feedback will only be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.

To ensure a fair and open recruitment process, we request that you complete your written application and any online interviews without the use of AI tools. We want to understand your professional skills, experience and capabilities. We acknowledge that candidates may choose to use AI as part of background research.

For further enquiries please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist, Will Hillgrove via email **************@worksafe.vic.gov.au