General Manager, Health Safety

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AVIATION SUPPORT BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2024
AUSTRALASIA's AIRLINE CATERER OF THE YEAR 2025

We are seeking an experienced National Manager to provide strategic and operational oversight of our health, safety, wellbeing and environment streams and drive frameworks and initiatives across all these areas in line with our organisation's strategic direction.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), you will be responsible for leading these streams of work to ensure tailored frameworks, procedures, policies and programs are in place across the organisation to minimise risk and develop and build the safety culture and enhance environmental performance.

What does a typical day look like?

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the health, safety, wellbeing and environment streams to ensure innovative and best practice procedures, frameworks, policies and programs are in place across the organisation to minimise risk and develop and build our safety culture and enhance environmental performance.

What are your responsibilities?

Model best practice health and safety leadership by ensuring specialist and pragmatic advice, practical guidance and support is available to the Executive Team, Managers and Frontline Supervisors.

Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements, including legislation, national and international standards and codes of practice.

Ensure we maintain the highest possible health and safety accreditations.

Lead, mentor, and develop the national Safety and Compliance team, fostering a high-performance culture.

Provide support and work with managers and WHS Committee representatives to ensure compliance with relevant legislation relating to respective areas, such as manual handling, noise, prevention of falls, etc.

Manage a programme of health and safety audits, that includes scheduled and 'unscheduled' audits, across sites reviewing against the requirements of legislation, company guidelines and safety management plans.

Working with the National Security Compliance Manager, develop and implement long term strategies to ensure regulatory compliance with ABF/AFP, Aviation Security, and other industry requirements across all regions.

Oversee the identification and mitigation of hazards, the reporting and investigation of incidents and monitor the implementation of actions arising from investigations

Oversee the review of all high consequence events including the injury management, restoring control of the site, scoping the investigation, reviewing the investigation and organising audit of improvement controls

Maintain oversight of the Safety Management System (SMS) in line with Global requirements, ensuring that business unit and site management are coached and mentored in the implementation and delivery of desired results.

Develop and implement environmental strategies, policies, practices and action plans to ensure corporate sustainable development.

Consistently model dnata's catering values: safety and security, performance driven, delighting customers, imagination, respect and service excellence.

What's in it for you?

Lead all health, safety, wellbeing and environment functions across the organisation

Be part of a close knit and dedicated team who are truly passionate about building a safety culture and reducing environmental impacts

Be part of a business that is committed to giving back to our people and our communities, through environmental, community and wellbeing initiatives

An attractive salary package

5 weeks Annual Leave per 12 months service

Choice of office locations: Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne

Free parking onsite and daily staff meals provided in our canteen

Tailored Novated Lease program

Access to our employee benefits program which includes a wellbeing platform, discounted private health insurance and access to specials and discounts from over 700 retailers nationally

What Do I Need to be Successful in this role?

At least 15 years of experience in HSE roles, with minimum of 5 in senior leadership

WHS - Formal qualifications are essential

Ability to lead and mentor a group of HSE professionals based around Australia

Demonstrated working knowledge of occupational health and safety management and an understanding of the underlying principles.

The ability to conduct research, investigate and analyse complex issues and engage with key stakeholders to identify course of action or changes

Well-developed report writing and research skills

Demonstrated skills and achievements in project management

Experience in working with a diverse group of stakeholders

Displays business and industry acumen understanding

Competent in documentation and records management using the MS Office Suite

Strong communication and influencing skills

Membership of the AIHS as a signatory to its code of ethics, will be highly regarded

Certification as an OHS practitioner/professional will be highly regarded

Understanding of environmental metrics and experience in reporting sustainability disclosures such as carbon accounting (GHG Protocol), GRI, CDP, and UN SDGs

Part of the Emirates Group, we are Australia's largest inflight catering and retail partner, with divisions in food manufacturing, travel technology, passenger services, ground handling and cargo. Chosen by many of the world's top Airlines, we operate 15 catering facilities across 10 cities, employ over 4,000 people, produce over 64 million meals, and service over 246 thousand flights each year.

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