Principal Advisor

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Office of Industrial Relations Full time

The successful person will use technical knowledge to effectively and efficiently evaluate notifications and provide advice to clients in relation to workplace health and safety, electrical safety and dangerous goods safety management legislation. The primary focus of this role relates to assessing electrical safety. Qualifications and/or experience in the electrical field would be advantageous.
Working with us is more than just a job, it's making a difference to people's lives. We're Queensland's work health and safety regulator, part of the Office of Industrial Relations (OIR).
Our purpose is to improve work health and safety and reduce the risk of work-related fatalities, injuries, and illness in Queensland workplaces. We work with industry and assist businesses to create a safe and healthy culture in Queensland places of work. We do this by:

- Making sure work health and safety laws are followed. Investigating work-related fatalities and serious injuries. Educating workplaces on ways to comply with legislation. Taking legal action when work health and safety laws are broken. Educating employees and employers on their legal obligations.

About the team
The Licensing and Advisory Services (LAS) unit is responsible for administering four key streams of operations - processing and advising on licensing and authorisations; the provision of advice on work health and electrical safety matters; triaging of workplace incident and complaint notifications; and compliance and businessengagement to support the licensing framework.
The Assessment Services team manages the notification of incidents and complaints and triages notified events to achieve appropriate regulatory responses to health and safety issues in Queensland workplaces, in addition to managing other statutory authorisations including Health and Safety Representative (HSR) training and Work Health and Safety Officer (WHSO) authorisations.
As Principal Advisor, you will participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team to deliver advisory and assessment services in accordance with the endorsed business model in a work unit that receives, assesses and triages workplace health and safety, electrical safety and dangerous goods incident notifications and complaints.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.

**Job Ad Reference**: QLD/494435/23

**Closing Date**: Thursday, 29th June 2023This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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