Training, Development and WHS Lead

Total HRM; Albury City; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OTTICO Equipment is seeking a hands-on Training, Development & Workplace Health and Safety Lead to drive safety and learning across the Albury site and service centres. You’ll own the LMS, build compliant training, and partner with managers to embed practical safety practices on the factory floor.

The role blends on-site inspections, SOP creation, and strategic input into safety initiatives, with occasional state-wide travel to NSW, QLD and VIC.

Qualifications

• Formal WHS qualification (Cert IV or Diploma) or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Solid knowledge of WHS legislation and risk-management principles.
• Experience administering an LMS – content, compliance monitoring and reporting.
• Confidence coaching and influencing managers and frontline teams.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Split time between the Albury factory floor and the desk, running workplace inspections, coaching managers, and training content.
• Own the Learning Management System end-to-end: building/updating courses, allocating training, overdue modules, and reporting on compliance.
• Write SOPs and safe work procedures with managers/technicians that people actually use.
• Travel occasionally to SPITWATER Service Centres across NSW, QLD and VIC to stay on top of WHS requirements.
• Report into People & Culture with input into safety strategy and business plan for both companies.

Skills

WHS qualification

LMS administration

Stakeholder coaching

Manufacturing environment

Education

WHS qualification (Cert IV or Diploma)

Tools

LMS platform

Job description

Own training and safety across an iconic Australian manufacturing brand - a hands-on, high-impact role based right here in Albury!

• Full ownership of the LMS - content, compliance
• Genuine autonomy to shape safety culture across NSW, QLD & VIC
• Be part of a 40+ year Australian manufacturing success story
• Hands-on variety - factory floor one day, P&C project the next

Total HRM has partnered with OTTICO Equipment, creators of SPITWATER, to find their next Training, Development & Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Lead.

Every SPITWATER machine that leaves the OTTICO Equipment Albury factory carries four decades of “built tough” behind it - this role is about making sure the people building it are just as well trained and just as safe.

This isn't a desk-bound compliance role. You'll be on the factory floor, in the workshop, and in conversation with managers who want practical, straight-talking safety advice - not another policy nobody reads.

If you want a role where the impact of your work is visible every single day, keep reading!

About the Role

• Split your time between the Albury factory floor and the desk - running workplace inspections, coaching managers, and getting hands-on with training content.
• Own the Learning Management System end-to-end: building and updating courses, allocating training, chasing overdue modules and reporting on compliance.
• Work alongside managers and technicians to write SOPs and safe work procedures that people actually use.
• Travel occasionally to SPITWATER Service Centres across NSW, QLD and VIC, staying on top of the different WHS requirements in each state.
• Report into People & Culture, with direct input into the safety strategy and business plan for both companies.

Skills We're Looking For / Your Core Talents

• Formal WHS qualification (Certificate IV or Diploma) or equivalent hands-on experience
• Solid, practical knowledge of WHS legislation and risk-management principles
• Experience administering an LMS - content, compliance monitoring and reporting
• Confidence coaching and influencing managers and frontline teams
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing or industrial environment

Working at OTTICO Equipment and SPITWATER

OTTICO Equipment is the Albury factory behind SPITWATER - the SPITWATER pressure cleaners, JETFIRE heaters and VACSTORM vacuums that Aussie tradies, farmers and factories have trusted since 1982. It started when Giancarlo and Maresa Martinotti, fresh from Italy, decided Australian industry needed cleaning equipment as tough as the conditions it worked in - so they built it themselves, right here in Albury. That original factory still stands today, still designing, engineering and manufacturing for the future.

Forty-plus years on, SPITWATER is hard at work in mines, on farms, in workshops and factories right across the country, backed by a national network of distribution centres and dealers. It's a proudly Australian, family-founded business that has grown without losing its down-to-earth culture - you'll work alongside people who've been part of the story for decades.

And when the workday's done, you're in Albury-Wodonga - a border city on the Murray River with city conveniences and none of the commute. Think a relaxed café culture, wineries in Rutherglen and Beechworth a short drive away, snowfields at Falls Creek and Mt Hotham under two hours from home, and a housing market a fraction of the price of Sydney or Melbourne.

Inclusion

We encourage diverse candidates to apply, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from multicultural backgrounds, people with disability, veterans, young people, and people over 45 years old, even if your experience doesn't align perfectly.

You will need full Australian working rights and a valid driver's licence to be considered for this position. Additional assessments may apply.

Applications close: Friday October 16th 2026, although you may be appointed earlier.

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