WHS Coordinator - Steel Fabrication

Australian Pile Cages; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPE supplied

Job summary

Australian Pile Cages is seeking a highly experienced WHS professional to ensure safety on our Blacktown fabrication floor, yard, and surrounding operations. Expect to spend ~80% on the floor and 20% on supporting paperwork with formal reporting to the General Manager.

You will lead safety coaching for supervisors, monitor cranes and PPE, and drive incident investigations and action close-out. This role is fully on-site with PPE supplied and no travel to client sites.

Qualifications

• Must hold Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
• 5+ years in WHS within fabrication, manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Hands-on safety knowledge with cranes, forklifts, hot work, welding fumes, and manual handling.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily floor and yard safety walkarounds.
• Check cranes, lifting gear, forklifts, cage machines, hot work and PPE.
• Correct unsafe work and coach crews on safety.

Skills

Safety leadership

Incident investigation

Workplace safety culture

Education

Certificate IV in WHS

Tools

SafetyCulture

Microsoft 365

Job description

This role keeps the Blacktown fabrication floor safe by being on it every day. Expect to spend about 80% of your time on the floor and in the yard, and 20% on the paperwork that backs it up. The role is fully on-site, with no work from home. You'll report to the General Manager and work daily with the Operations Manager and bay supervisors. Supervisors stay accountable for their crews' safety, and you coach them, check the standard and **escalate** when it slips.

Key responsibilities

• Daily walkarounds of the floor, yard, loading and storage areas
• Checking cranes, lifting gear, forklifts, the cage machine, hot work and PPE
• Correcting unsafe work on the spot and coaching the crew
• Supporting morning prestarts and delivering toolbox talks
• Leading incident and near-miss reporting and investigations
• Recording inspections and chasing actions to close-out in SafetyCulture
• Inducting new starters, contractors and visitors, and tracking licences
• Keeping risk assessments, SWMS and registers current

About you

• Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
• 5+ years in a WHS role in fabrication, manufacturing or heavy industry
• Hands-on knowledge of cranes, forklifts, hot work, welding fume and manual handling
• Working knowledge of the NSW WHS Act and Regulation
• Confidence with SafetyCulture (or similar) and Microsoft 365

About us

Australian Pile Cages manufactures steel reinforcement pile and column cages for Tier 1 contractors across NSW, SA and QLD. Our cages go into infrastructure, energy, residential and commercial projects. We run Australia's largest automated pile cage machine alongside bespoke benches for complex work. We compete on quality, not price.

Monday to Friday at one site, with no travel to client sites

PPE supplied

Reporting directly to the General Manager