Projects Hse Advisor

**Projects HSE Advisor**:

- Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000

**About us**:
CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include large numbers of households as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

We provide reliable, safe, and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.

We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together.

But our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**About the role**:
The Safety Advisor role (also known as Projects HSE Advisor internally) provides visible and technical HSE support to the operational requirements of CitiPower & Powercor. This includes coordinating, implementing and maintaining our HSE systems to effectively and efficiently support the safe and sustainable delivery of work.

This junior to mid-level Advisor will assure that all business HSE and Work Practice systems, processes and requirements are implemented to a high quality and opportunities for continual improvement are optimised.

This position can be based in Melbourne CBD, Richmond, Brooklyn or Geelong, and it comes with a part-private use vehicle as this role requires regular travel across Melbourne and Regional Victoria.

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees. We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here for more information on how we create and support a diverse and equitable workplace.

Understand how our benefits can support you. We offer a health and wellbeing subsidy (up to $600 per year), paid parental leave of up to 15 weeks for the primary carer, and more.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Ensure compliance over numerous projects in a fast-paced environment, including creating HSE documentation.
- Facilitate risk assessment workshops with project delivery teams.
- Complete inspections and create inspection reports to be received by key stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for improvement to ensure best practice and effective work processes and make recommendations.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Develop reports and communications to meet or exceed internal and external stakeholder expectations.
- Negotiate effectively with parties in line with business processes and requirements.

**To succeed in the role you’ll have**:

- 2-3 years of experience as an HSE professional with site-based exposure within a high-risk environment.
- Experience with conducting audits or site inspections.
- Minimum Cert IV Level of Health and Safety and/or Environmental (or similar).
- A technical background, including knowledge of OHS, Environment and duties of a PCBU through applicable legislation, acts, regulations, codes of practice and standards.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

**What’s next?**
- If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us._

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can feel valued, trusted, authentic and safe at work.

**Job Segment**:Sustainability, Energy