Senior HSE Manager

Worley; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley invites an accomplished Senior HSE Manager to lead health, safety and environmental performance for major Australian projects. You will build and steer a dedicated HSE team, align with client leadership, and drive lifecycle safety programs from planning through delivery.

Based in Australia with fly-in/fly-out flexibility, you will influence contractors and internal teams to achieve Worley’s safety KPIs.

Qualifications

• Recognised HS qualification and knowledge of relevant HS legislation and standards.
• Experience as a Senior HS Manager/Director in Construction or Mining in Australia, EPCM/EPC delivery on $1b+ projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication; ability to influence behaviours of partners.
• Extensive technical, practical HS leadership and culture development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HSE team and partner with project leadership to deliver strong health and safety performance and culture.
• Establish, implement and maintain project HSE systems, plans, and documentation.
• Oversee contractor alignment, mobilisation, reviews and verification against HSE requirements.
• Provide visible leadership across site activities, inspections, audits, risk management and compliance checks.
• Lead hazard identification, risk management, risk workshops, monthly reviews and corrective actions.
• Oversee incident reporting, investigations, injury management and required assurance reporting.
• Coordinate HSE forums, committees, training, workforce communications and safety initiatives.
• Review HSE performance indicators, identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Lead emergency management and site security services with necessary resources.
• Support dispute resolution and work with EPCM teams to achieve HSE KPIs.

Skills

HS leadership

Strategic safety

Stakeholder management

Communication

Contractor management

Education

HS qualification

Job description

About Us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

As a Senior HSE Manager, you will be responsible to the Worley Program Director to establish a HSE strategy and to develop a HSE culture on the Program that achieves Worley and client objectives. This will involve the building of key relationships with client leadership and also to build a HSE team that will ensure the project teams promote positive safety behaviour, monitor, audit and manage Site health and safety performance in line with legislative requirements and assist Management and Contractors with the implementation of Health and Safety Management activities for the Program.

This is a Senior Leadership role, initially based in Brisbane or Adelaide to support our Project Team as they develop the project execution planning and prepare for delivery. The role will then transition to Site on a fly in fly out basis typically 2 weeks on, 1 week of rotation.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the HSE team and partner with project leadership to deliver strong health and safety performance, positive safety culture, and agreed project objectives.
• Establish, implement and maintain project HSE systems, plans, procedures and documentation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, standards and Worley requirements.
• Develop and oversee contractor alignment, mobilisation, post-mobilisation reviews, periodic assessments and verification against project HSE requirements.
• Provide visible leadership across site activities, including safety interactions, inspections, audits, Critical Risk Management verifications and contractor compliance checks.
• Lead hazard identification, risk management, Construction Risk Assessment Workshops, monthly risk reviews and corrective action planning.
• Oversee incident, near-miss and hazard reporting, investigations, injury management, corrective actions and reporting through required assurance systems.
• Coordinate HSE forums, committees, leadership meetings, training programs, workforce communications and safety initiatives.
• Review leading and lagging HSE performance indicators, identify trends, and advise project leadership on improvement actions.
• Lead emergency management and site security services, ensuring required training, resources and arrangements are in place.
• Support dispute resolution and work with EPCM teams and contractors to achieve project HSE KPIs.

What You’ll Have

• A recognized HS qualification, strong knowledge of the relevant HS legislation and standards.
• Experience as a Senior HS Manager / Director in a similar role within the Construction or Mining sector, relevant years of experience as an HS Manager within the construction industry in Australia, preferably in an EPCM or EPC delivery model on projects more than $1b in capital value
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to show leadership in the field, proven strategic ability and be able to influence behaviours, particularly of contracting partners.
• Extensive technical, practical and leadership experience in HS including experience in strategic planning and demonstrable experience in driving industry leadership in HS performance. Experience in building strong people relationships, general management practices and experience in managing and leading a team.
• Proven ability to lead the development of a strong positive safety culture.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.