Health and Safety Business Partner

Join to apply for the Health and Safety Business Partner role at Boral.

With safety prioritised above all else at Boral, we look out for each other and are committed to zero harm across our vast, vertically-integrated national business. An opportunity exists for a proactive and energetic Health & Safety Business Partner to join our national Health and Safety team, supporting our state of the art Cement facility in Geelong.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity and you will be provided with a motor vehicle allowance.

Reporting to the Site Manager Geelong for the Cement business and a Head of Business Partnering Health and Safety, your primary focus is to support operational teams, ensuring that business unit level issues are understood, controls are implemented and compliance and assurance measures reviewed. Working closely with the frontline and as part of their team, this is a key role in delivering strong alignment between operational risks and health and safety controls and will enable safety improvements and standardisation of processes across the Cement business. You will be based at our Geelong site and engage with site based leaders and employees to understand their challenges, creating learning opportunities from issues and incidents to enable them to perform more effectively. A central part of this role is to build an intimate understanding of our operations and forge strong relationships with stakeholders to deliver positive safety outcomes.

• Constructively work with and support operational leaders on risk management
• Build the operational teams collective health and safety capacity by providing specialist health and safety advice, support and coaching
• Understand and manage risk profiles, verify critical control implementation and identify and coordinate risk reduction, improvement and assurance activities
• Support the roll out and implementation of the Boral Health & Safety Strategy including the HSEQ Management System & National Programs
• Facilitate and manage incident response and subsequent analysis and learnings
• Support operations in appropriate preparation, management and response to HSE regulatory compliance inspections, audits, statutory reports and prescribed incident notifications
• Maintain oversight of HSE risk registers and facilitate operational risk assessment/SWMS reviews
• Review and validate the management of Contractors in line with the Assurance program

• A positive and proactive approach, team player with a willingness and commitment to partnering with operational teams
• Prior experience in a hands-on, operational role will be highly regarded
• A curious mind with a willingness to embrace new ideas and different approaches
• Proven experience in a similar role within a high-risk environment
• Proven experience with implementing successful organisational change within complex environments
• Knowledge of WHS regulations, systems, processes and Information Systems is beneficial but not essential
• Cert IV or Diploma in Work Health & Safety is beneficial but not essential
• Superior interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and communication skills with a natural ability to build solid relationships and influence outcomes

• Motor vehicle allowance
• Permanent, full-time opportunity
• Access to a variety of support networks including Boral Employee Assistance Program
• Work for a values-based business that shares goals and celebrates individual and team success
• Work for an Equal Opportunity Employer – diversity is encouraged
• Join an industry aimed at offering value to the community and committed to Zero Harm
• Iconic market leader committed to driving sustainable outcomes
• We are Australian-owned and operated
• Opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Generous paid parental leave entitlements

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Business Development and Sales
• Industries
• Construction

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Boral by 2x