Health & Safety Advisor

Competitive Salary | Vehicle | Laptop, Mobile | Great Perks
- Ongoing personal and professional development opportunities
- Join an Award-Winning Builder | Supportive team environment

**Full Job Description**

Porter Davis is a building company, right? Yes, we are, but we’re also so much more.

We’re a group of passionate professionals who love to share ideas, introduce more innovative ways of working, and are dedicated to ensuring our clients have an amazing experience when building their dream homes.

We're now looking for a talented **Health & Safety Advisor** to join our **Safety** **Team** based in the **Eastern** and **Western suburbs**.

Reporting to our National Safety Manager, the role is fundamental in ensuring the Porter Davis Homes Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Management System, associated programs and continuous improvement strategies are implemented across the organisation.

This role requires 2 days on the road visiting/assessing sites, 1 day in the office for team collaboration and the remaining days working from home.

**Key areas of responsibility include**:

- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to support the implementation of the injury management and RTW program.
- Undertake regular workplace visits and conduct site inspections to evaluate the effectiveness of the WHS risk management program.
- Provide timely and effective advice to internal and external stakeholders on safety matters.
- Work with all Leaders and teams to build safety awareness, skills, knowledge, competence and sustainability.
- Coach, guide and assist Leaders and Teams with new WHS initiatives as required.
- Maintain and deliver the WHS induction program to internal and external stakeholders.
- Implement the Porter Davis Homes health and safety management system (HSMS) and WHS plans across Victoria.
- Drive continuous improvement following our WHS strategy and operational action plans across workplaces and business functions.
- Assist all Leaders and Teams to implement, monitor, review and update effective risk control measures including safe work procedures, risk assessments, SWMS etc.

**Who we’re looking for**:
A self-motivated individual with a genuine commitment to improving WHS performance across the organisation, possessing the following skills:

- Tertiary qualifications in OHS/WHS with a minimum of 5+ years in a safety role
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite with high-level professional writing skills.
- A high degree of technical proficiency in the development and implementation of health and safety processes, protocols, and documentation.
- The capacity to work in a mobile, fast-paced environment across multiple workplaces.
- The ability to develop and maintain effective, respectful and collaborative internal/external Stakeholder relations.
- The ability to deliver on established targets and key performance indicators to inform and continually improve effective risk management practices.
- Experience in undertaking root cause analysis or tap root investigations, audits/reviews; and the ability to develop and effectively implement corrective actions.
- Operational WHS experience in the Construction Industry or related industries such as utilities, civil, etc. (not essential but desirable).
- Experience in the development and delivery of WHS training at the Leadership and Team level.

**What's in it for you**:

- Vehicle + fuel card
- Work close to home
- The ability to manage your daily schedule to suit your needs
- Flexible work arrangement, a mix of WFH, on-site & Docklands office
- An opportunity to join an award-winning brand
- Professional and personal development programs and initiatives
- Loads of great perks - with a focus on wellness, giving back to the community and a staff discount program, you will feel great, make a difference, and your pocket will be better off too
- You must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role._
- Recruitment agencies, thanks for thinking of us, but we’ve got this._