Senior Health, Safety and Sustainability Transformation Leader

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Think Talent Full time

Think Talent is partnering with a leading service organisation to find an experienced Health, Safety and Sustainability Transformation Leader. The organisation employs over 8,500 people and works with more than 5,000 delivery partners domestically and overseas.

The role will involve driving enterprise health, safety and sustainability strategy, management systems and operating models that ensure best practice and progressive leadership.

This transformational position requires a strategic thinker who can lead with influence, champion initiatives and foster a culture of safety, wellbeing and environmental responsibility. Key responsibilities include:

  • Strategic Leadership: Working with leadership teams to develop and implement a robust HSE strategic plan that delivers best practice and a progressive safety culture.
  • Safety Culture Transformation: Shaping and embedding a safety-first culture with a strong focus on collaboration, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and supporting them to implement learning and awareness programs.
  • 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 statutory and contractual obligations.
  • Coaching & Mentoring: Supporting leaders in enhancing their safety leadership capabilities and practices to improve 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 pursue strategies that improve performance and prevent incidents.

To be successful, you will leverage problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills to drive change, foster innovation and develop health, safety and sustainability strategies. You will demonstrate:

  • Tertiary qualifications and certificates in Health, Safety and Environment related disciplines.
  • 15 years+ leading health, safety and wellbeing functions for complex enterprises and ideally listed organisations.
  • Experience presenting, engaging and building 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 the HSW legislative frameworks across all jurisdictions.

This is an opportunity to work with an inspiring leader and a talented team on a critical transformation program that will shape the culture, employee experience and workforce of the future.

An attractive remuneration structure with salary packaging opportunities is available for the right candidate demonstrating capability and aligned behaviours.



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