Health, Safety and Environment Transformation Leader

2 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Think Talent Full time

The Organisation

Think Talent is partnering with a leading service provider that employs over 8,500 people and works with more than 5,000 partners. This organisation offers unparalleled scale and reach across Australia and New Zealand, aiming to lead the way in ESG, accessibility, and economic prosperity.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Program Director who will shape and drive enterprise HSE strategy, management systems, and operating models to ensure best practice and progressive leadership.

This transformational role requires a strategic thinker who can lead with influence, champion HSE initiatives, and foster a culture of safety and wellbeing.

  • Strategic Leadership: Working with leadership teams to develop and implement a robust HSE strategic plan that delivers best practice and progressive safety culture.
  • Safety Culture Transformation: Shaping and embedding a safety-first culture that focuses on collaboration and has a strong emphasis on employee engagement.
  • Safety Management Systems: Refining, implementing, and continuously improving robust safety management systems that ensure wellbeing, facilitate business objectives, and meet compliance requirements.
  • Risk & Compliance: Providing expert guidance on safety challenges, risk management, and injury prevention while ensuring compliance with all statutory and contractual obligations.
  • Coaching & Mentoring: Supporting leaders in enhancing their safety leadership capabilities and practices to foster improvements in safety cultural maturity.
  • Change Management: Collaborating, innovating, and delivering a practical roadmap for change with the support required to embed new ways of working.
  • Incident Management: Managing incidents and acting as the interface with regulatory authorities and internal/external legal practitioners.
  • Performance & Reporting: Measuring performance against organisational objectives and national data to proactively pursue strategies that improve performance and prevent incidents.

To Be Successful

You will leverage strong problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills to drive change, foster innovation, and develop health, safety, and sustainability strategies that create value for all.

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

  • Tertiary qualifications and certificates in Health, Safety, and Environment-related disciplines.
  • Over 15 years of experience leading health, safety, and wellbeing functions for complex enterprises, ideally listed organisations.
  • Experience presenting, engaging, and building constructive relationships with diverse audiences from operations to Board and Executive level.
  • Extensive knowledge of contemporary safety concepts, theories, and business enablers with the ability to bring a lens of what good looks like.
  • Strong business transformation experience and a track record of implementing HSE systems, practices, and projects with excellent business adoption.
  • Experience in Transport, Logistics/Warehousing or related heavy industry.
  • A comprehensive understanding of HSW legislative frameworks across all jurisdictions.

Salary

An attractive remuneration package is available for the right candidate, including salary packaging opportunities.

Benefits

You will have the opportunity to work with a talented, values-aligned, purpose-driven team on an important transformation program that will shape the culture, employee experience, and workforce of the future.

We offer a collaborative and dynamic work environment that supports professional growth and development.

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