WH&S Assistant

Langs Building Supplies Pty; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Langs Building Supplies Pty is seeking a highly organized WH&S Assistant to join our team on a full‑time basis (38 hours per week, Monday to Friday). This important role supports the Workplace Health and Safety Advisor and the Administration Department, with a focus on compliance, documentation and proactive risk management.

The successful candidate will handle site inductions, training records, Safety Data Sheets, risk assessments, and incident support.

Qualifications

• Experience in Workplace Health and Safety preferred with understanding of office procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills and accountability.
• Ability to manage time and priorities, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Current driver\'s license.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the WH&S Advisor and admin duties.
• Inductions for new employees.
• Maintain training records.
• Maintain Safety Data Sheets.
• Document risk assessments and procedures.
• Arrange annual First Aid training and hearing tests.
• Take injured workers to medical facilities.
• File relevant documents.
• General WH&S duties as required.

Skills

WH&S experience

Communication skills

Time management

Detail-oriented

Interpersonal skills

Driver's Licence

Job description

Langs Building Supplies is a family owned and operated company, who for more than 50 years has been supplying a full range of quality building products to our customers.

An exciting opportunity has just opened up for an WH&S Assistant to join our team. This is an important role within the company and would suit an extremely well organised individual with a keen eye for detail, strong communication and time management skills, who can problem solve and plan ahead. The position is working 38hrs Monday to Friday.

Your main responsibilities will be to provide support to our Workplace Health and Safety Advisor within our Administration Department. Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• New Employee site inductions,
• Maintain and follow up on training records,
• Maintain Safety Data Sheets,
• Document risk assessments and procedures,
• Arrange annual First Aid training and hearing tests
• Taking injured workers to the Doctor or Hospital,
• Filing of relevant documentation,
• General Adhoc WH&S duties as required.

This role requires the ideal candidate to possess the following:

• Experience would be an advantage in Workplace Health and Safety, supported by sound understanding of office procedures,
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Interpersonal skills - confidence, professionalism, integrity and strong sense of accountability
• Ability to perform steadily and maintain work load during peak times for reasonable periods of time
• Time, task and priority management
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Drivers Licence

In return we offer an excellent work environment with flexible hours and salary will be acknowledged on your relevant experience. Someone who can start immediately would be ideal. In accordance with Langs OH&S policy you will be required to undertake a pre-employment Drug & Alcohol test.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted

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