Safety Health

If you’re an adaptable strategic thinker who values integrity and always strives for results, then you’ll feel right at home with us. You’ll discover a complex and rewarding career sticking up for the little guys, leaving them free to do what they do best - be the power behind an independent Australia and New Zealand.

We currently have a great opportunity for a safety professional to join the team based in **Canning Vale**. This role will see you provide Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) leadership and support to our four Food and Liquor sites operating across **Western Australia **including Canning Vale, Balcatta and Cottesloe.

This role is also responsible for proactively driving implementation of the Metcash SHE Strategy, deployment of practices which support legislative requirements, build capability within all levels of Metcash’s leadership, foster effective workforce, and trade partner engagement and drive continuous improvement.

**What you'll do**
- Provide advice and support to senior level management and business pillars regarding SHE and Injury Management programs, policies, and processes
- Support the development and implementation of the Metcash SHE Strategy and assist with the local coordination of safety, health, and wellbeing and environmental initiatives
- Ensure SHE processes are implemented at site level establishing a culture of ‘Safety as a Core Value’
- Work with the Injury Management Advisor to set the strategy for Workers Compensation claims management
- Proactively manage safety, health, and environmental risk and to coach and build this capability in others
- Oversee compliance to relevant training needs analysis / matrices as required
- Build leader’s capability to lead high potential SHE incidents investigations to verify appropriateness of corrective actions and communication of learnings to align all with Metcash Leadership and Behaviour
- Liaise with regulators to notify of required incidents, including liaison with relevant pillar leaders to close out improvement and other notices
- Conduct audits to verify that compliance and behaviour is in line with the SHE Management System and work with pillar leads and sites to develop action plans to address identified opportunities.

**What you'll bring**
- Extensive experience in a safety leadership position - preferably in FMCG, Warehousing, Distribution and Supply Chain
- Tertiary qualifications in SHE or a related discipline
- ICAM Lead Investigator Certification
- SHE Lead Auditor Certification
- Proven ability to work effectively with line management to build capability and safety leadership.
- Solutions provider, innovator thinker with a continuous improvement mind-set
- Demonstrated capability in Injury/Claims Management with preference for Return-to-Work Coordinator Certification
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of programs

**What we can offer you**
- Career development opportunities
- Access to discounts and special offers through our market leading partners including health insurance and retail.
- Well-being days
- An extra week of annual leave after your first year as part of our Fifth Week program, and the opportunity to purchase annual leave to help you recharge
- You can make a difference and shape what this iconic Aussie brand stands for

**Join Our Team and drive Safety, Health & Environmental Excellence Across Western Australia’s Food and Liquor Industry**

We’re all about celebrating success, and we’re proud to be a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, an accredited FlexReady workplace and a Gold Standard Mental Health First Aid skilled workplace.

So, roll up your sleeves and bring your best self to work, and we’ll give you the support you need to develop a rewarding career and make your mark on the future of retail.

**Make your Mark**

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