Senior Injury Prevention Systems Specialist

Cochlear; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cochlear is seeking a Senior Systems Specialist Injury prevention to advance injury prevention initiatives and WHS best practices at our Sydney sites. The role focuses on early intervention, risk assessments, and cross‑functional collaboration with engineers and physiotherapists.

The successful candidate will drive process improvements, lead junior staff, and uphold health and safety standards in a manufacturing environment at Cochlear’s Macquarie University HQ.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Allied health, OT, Exercise Physiology, or similar.
• 3–5 years’ experience in Injury Management/ WHS.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe design of manufacturing process and use of equipment with the outcome being injury prevention with support of engineers and physiotherapists (including risk assessments, and review of process design and design improvements)
• Deliver solutions in line with project objectives, target and timeline within the area of expertise.
• Able to identify and recommend significant improvement to operational procedures and processes.
• Provide technical leadership to junior system specialist.
• Develop trusted, influential relationship with internal stakeholders.
• Ensure Workplace Health and Safety standards are maintained in accordance with relevant legislative requirements.
• Implementation of requirement of WHSMS specific to site equipment and processes
• Coordinate and lead the implementation of effective Safety and injury prevention and management initiatives through the inspection/analysis of processes across Cochlear Sydney sites
• Engage all stakeholders in the Early Intervention Program, ensure all elements are communicated effectively to provide a basis of success for the program

Skills

Injury management/ WHS

Manufacturing environment experience

Education

Allied health / OT / Exercise Physiology or similar

Job description

Cochlear is seeking a Senior Systems Specialist Injury prevention to advance injury prevention initiatives and WHS best practices at our Sydney sites. The role focuses on early intervention, risk assessments, and cross‑functional collaboration with engineers and physiotherapists.

The successful candidate will drive process improvements, lead junior staff, and uphold health and safety standards in a manufacturing environment at Cochlear’s Macquarie University HQ.