Senior HSE Business Partner - Operations

Davidson; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Iberdrola Australia is recruiting a Senior HSE Business Partner - Operations to provide guidance and management of safety systems across our sites in Australia. The role collaborates with Site Managers and O&M contractors to ensure compliance with WHS and environmental requirements and to uphold Iberdrola's safety standards.

You will implement assurance programs, conduct audits, investigations and coaching, and support the development of corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications and strong experience in health, safety and environment in large, complex renewable energy, construction, mining, oil and gas or similar industry.
• Additional qualifications in auditing, assurance, incident investigation and risk management highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Implement and coordinate Health and Safety Assurance Program across operational sites.
• Plan, schedule and conduct assurance activities including inspections, audits, verifications and workplace observations.
• Support implementation of the Enterprise Critical Control Program and verify effectiveness of critical controls.
• Undertake first- and second-line assurance activities per organisational requirements.
• Monitor compliance with Health and Safety Management System requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Support leaders and contractors to meet assurance requirements.
• Participate in incident investigations and close corrective actions.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans from audits and investigations.
• Facilitate lessons learned reviews and knowledge-sharing.

Skills

HSE Management

Auditing

Incident Investigation

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Education

Health, Safety & Environment qualifications

Job description

About the Company

Iberdrola Australia is leading Australia's transition to a clean energy future. With over 170 years history, the Iberdrola Group today is a global energy leader. Their expertise includes renewable energy, networks, smart grids, large-scale energy storage, energy innovation and digitisation, and advanced customer products.

Their generation portfolio is more than 95% renewable and includes 9 wind farms, 3 solar farms, 2 grid scale batteries and 2 fast-start peakers and continuing to evolve, investing in new capabilities in networks and offshore wind. Iberdrola's financial strength, supply chain access and history of award-winning expertise, will make Iberdrola a certain partner to accelerate Australia's Net Zero emissions future.

Iberdrola is now recruiting for a Senior HSE Business Partner - Operations to be based in the Sydney CBD office.

This is an opportunity to shape your career with one of the genuine global energy leaders within Australia.

About the Role

The Senior HSE Business Partner - Operations will provide guidance and management of safety systems to support compliance with WHS and Environment requirements at Iberdrola Australia's operational sites. The role will work closely with Site Managers, Owner's Representatives, and O&M contractors to ensure that safety processes meet Iberdrola's obligations and standards for safe and sustainable operations.

• Implement and coordinate the Health and Safety Assurance Program across operational sites and business activities.
• Plan, schedule and conduct assurance activities, including inspections, audits, verifications, workplace observations and critical control effectiveness reviews.
• Support the implementation of the Enterprise Critical Control Program and verify the effectiveness of critical controls through assurance activities.
• Undertake first- and second-line assurance activities in accordance with organisational assurance requirements.
• Monitor compliance with Health and Safety Management System requirements, corporate standards, legal obligations and regulatory requirements.
• Support operational leaders and contractors to understand and meet health and safety assurance requirements.
• Participate in incident investigations and verify the implementation and closure of corrective and preventive actions.
• Support the development and implementation of corrective action plans arising from audits, investigations, inspections and assurance reviews.
• Support organisational learning through the facilitation of lessons learned reviews, post-incident reviews and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Provide coaching and practical guidance to leaders and workers on assurance processes, risk management and critical control verification.
• Participate in contractor prequalification, mobilisation and contractor assurance activities to verify compliance with contractual and legislative requirements.
• Support the preparation of management review reports, assurance summaries and performance dashboards.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have relevant qualifications and strong experience in health, safety and environment in large, complex renewable energy, construction, mining, oil and gas or similar industry. Additional qualifications in auditing, assurance, incident investigation and risk management will also be highly regarded.

Your excellent interpersonal skills allow you to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, resulting in exceptional performance.

You will be able to work in a very hands-on, flexible and practical manner while thinking strategically, and you will be comfortable and able to travel interstate to both office and site locations when required.

An open, unrestricted drivers' licence is required.

The Benefits

This is an exceptional career opportunity to join a world leader in renewable energy and work on a wide variety of projects alongside a globally experienced team.