Whs Manager

**WHS Manager - Residential construction**

- **Join NEX, setting a new standard in quality, residential housing and building better futures**
- **Regular travel to sites across Southeast Queensland and Loganholme office**
- **Discounts on gym memberships, home appliances, energy, health insurance & more**

At Brighton Homes, we understand being a Queensland home builder involves more than just building new homes. We offer a range of stunning architectural house plans full of sun-fringed spaces and generously sized rooms, perfect for the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast lifestyle. Our home designs consistently win Master Builders Association State and National Awards.

We are proud to belong to the NEX Building Group, a diverse and expanding organisation with over 1300 passionate employees whose purpose is to build beautiful homes for Australians. Established in 1987 and continuing to evolve both organically and through acquisition, we are well positioned for growth and committed to achieving our vision of being Australia’s leading home building group.

Building new homes and better futures for Australians is a true honour and so rewarding. Here are some other rewards and benefits we offer our employees

**Our perks and benefits**
We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation, and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being Australia’s leading residential builder and employer of choice in our sector. We are committed to taking care of our employees, that’s why we offer a bundle of benefits:

- Discount on building a home with any of our building brands (after qualifying period)
- Income protection insurance
- 100% funded by NEX. Covers up to 2 years at 75% of base salary in case of illness or injury
- Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks for the primary carer and 4 weeks for secondary carer (we’re proud to be industry leading with this benefit)
- Employee discounts on gym memberships (Fitness Passport), motor vehicles (Mitsubishi), home appliances, energy, health insurance and more
- AIA Vitality health and wellbeing program
- A genuine focus on diversity and inclusion (we’re proud of our Women in Construction Program and annual Building Inclusivity Awards)
- Employee assistance program to support your mental, financial and physical wellbeing
- A huge catalogue of online learning and ongoing professional development programs
- NAWIC and HIA corporate membership
- Attractive remuneration
- And so much more

**About the opportunity**
The WHS Manager reports to the National WHS Manager and is part of the NEX Building Group People, Safety and Culture team. Your focus will be to implement and manage all aspects of the NEX Building Group WHS Management Systems for Brighton Homes. More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

- Implement, monitor and review the WHS management system to ensure compliance with legislative and organisational requirements
- Coordinate risk management activities including incident reporting, maintenance of hazard registers and completion of site audits
- Develop and maintain an Audit Schedule and compliance with relevant standards across all sites
- Provide expert WHS advice and guidance to management and employees, promoting a proactive positive safety culture
- Facilitate training and support to managers, including emergency response, first aid and safety induction programs for new employees and contractors
- Support management with workers compensation claims and return to work process ensuring legislative requirements are met
- Prepare and present monthly WHS performance reports, statistics and corrective action updates to management
- Travel to various sites within Southeast Queensland to conduct audits and ensure WHS practices are consistently maintained

**About you**
You will share a passion for our purpose and be aligned to our core values. In addition, you will demonstrate:

- Relevant Health, Safety and Environment qualifications, or willingness to complete Certificate IV in WHS
- WHS background within leadership/advisory or similar field.
- Exposure to residential construction or related industry
- Knowledge of WHS legislation, relevant codes of practice, relevant safety standards and guides
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and process compliance
- Willingness to travel to building sites between Southeast Queensland and Loganholme office

We are keen to improve female (and other marginalised groups) representation in our workplaces. If this role appeals to you but you don’t feel you tick every box, we encourage you to still apply. We’d love to have a chat with you about your career goals.

**Interested?**
- Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. NEX Building Group and its brands are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes_