Site HSE Leader: Safety & Compliance Champion

Sonder Executive; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership role on site

Global FMCG employer

Mon-Fri site based role

Career development

Job summary

Sonder Executive is recruiting an HSE leader for a major Laverton site in Melbourne. You will sit on the site leadership team, driving health, safety and environment initiatives, partnering with operations, warehousing and logistics to build a safety culture that is genuinely owned on the floor.

You will coach leaders and teams, maintain risk management systems for self-insurance readiness and ensure compliance with the OHS Act and standards in a fast-paced production environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in HSE roles within production, warehousing or logistics environments.
• Proven ability to lead and coach the HSE agenda in a fast paced operational setting.
• Strong working knowledge of the OHS Act, Regulations and standards, with exposure to self insurance audits highly regarded.
• FMCG, food manufacturing or distribution centre experience will be highly regarded.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence people at all levels.
• Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety, plus a tertiary qualification in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of all health and safety programs and processes across the site
• Maintain the risk management systems that support State Self Insurance, prepare for self insurance audits and close out corrective actions
• Act as the health and safety subject matter expert for all site projects and change management activities
• Lead incident reporting and investigations alongside the HSE Pillar team and safety committee, driving corrective actions that eliminate root causes and prevent recurrence
• Follow up non conformances and build systems that resolve them through root cause analysis
• Coach and develop leaders and team members so safety is owned on the floor, not just managed from the office
• Keep the site compliant with the OHS Act, Regulations and relevant standards

Skills

HSE experience

Coaching on safety

OHS Act knowledge

FMCG experience

Communication skills

Education

Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety

Tertiary qualification in a relevant field

Job description

Sonder Executive is recruiting an HSE leader for a major Laverton site in Melbourne. You will sit on the site leadership team, driving health, safety and environment initiatives, partnering with operations, warehousing and logistics to build a safety culture that is genuinely owned on the floor.

You will coach leaders and teams, maintain risk management systems for self-insurance readiness and ensure compliance with the OHS Act and standards in a fast-paced production environment.