EHS Advisor

**Date Posted**:
2024-03-25
**Country**:
Australia
**Location**:
AUSNSW116: Garden Island NSW, 83 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Building 328, Potts Point, NSW, 2011, Australia
**Position Role Type**:
Unspecified
- Leading Defence Contractor committed to driving strategic growth
- Tailored career & development opportunities
- Fixed Term Role till 30 June 2024, based at Garden Island, Sydney NSW

Raytheon Australia is a trusted capability partner delivering some of the most complex, innovative, and meaningful engineering projects for the Australian Defence Force.

Right now the company is experiencing exciting growth across the country and we are looking for smart and energised **EHS Advisor **to join our team on a fixed term basis.

We offer outstanding opportunities to grow, with Raytheon Australia’s exclusive professional development programs, and a raft of employee benefits tailored to suit every stage of your career and lifestyle.

Playing a key role in key projects is just one of the many reasons why it’s great to work here.

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced EHS Advisor to join our Hobart Class Destroyer Combat System Integrator team in our Garden Island, NSW offices. The Environment Health and Safety Advisor is responsible for ensuring legislative, contractual and EHS Management System requirements are met. The EHS Advisor will coordinate the provision of a safe work environment by targeting best practice levels of safety and legislative compliance in an environment of continuous improvement. This is a hands-on position, supported by a National EHS&W Functional team, that requires initiative, excellent coordination skills and a practical, solutions-focused approach to safety.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Achieve and maintain compliance with relevant WHS/EHS Acts
- Coordinate and conduct on site EHS Inductions
- Contribute to and facilitate implementation of EHS policies, plans, procedures and processes, including reporting and records management
- Advise, participate and support Internal and External Audit programs and Inspections
- Respond to EHS issues and undertake investigations following incidents or occurrences to determine likely causes, corrective actions and improvement opportunities and control effectiveness

**Skills, Experience and Qualifications**
- Demonstrated ability to conduct various types of health and safety assessments, inspections, and audits
- Skilled at writing EHS reports and developing/updating documents such as policies, procedures, investigation reports, project status reports, ergonomic assessments, registers
- Strong understanding of Risk Management and Risk Mitigation processes
- Experience in driving cultural change to support EHS and Risk Management processes
- Experience in a similar WHS/EHS role
- Working knowledge of OSH & WHS legislation, Regulations Codes of Practice and Standards (both NSW state level and harmonised/federal level)
- Demonstrated understanding of AS4801 and/or ISO45001 and/or OHSAS18001
- Cert IV in Work Health and Safety or above
- ICAM training highly desirable
- Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence security clearance

Don’t miss the opportunity to build your career in a world class team and help build the defence systems that keep Australia safe.

As our employees say, we do great work at Raytheon Australia and it’s great to #workhere. Come and find out why

**_ RTX is An Equal _**_Opportunity/Affirmative_**_ Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class._**

**Privacy Policy and Terms**:
Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms