Safety Lead

**6 month Fixed Term Contract -Derrimut -West Melbourne**
- **Cold Chain or Refridgeration Distribution Centre or Supply Chain**
- **Amazing team member benefits, worth around $5,000 - $7,000 per annum in savings
**Why you’ll love it here**

**In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer**:

- **An attractive remuneration package**
- **Excellent pathway for long-term career progression**
- **Opportunity to collaborate and engage in a supportive team environment**
- **Culture of innovation, recognition and always creating together**
- **Take the next step in your career**
- **The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across our brands**
- **An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people
**About Primary Connect**

**In October 2020, Woolworths Group Supply Chain rebranded to become Primary Connect - an end-to-end supply chain partner within Woolworths Group. Our team of more than 9,500 continues to support our Woolworths, Countdown, and BIG W stores across the country, providing them with our customers’ favourite food, drink, and everyday needs items.
**Becoming Primary Connect gives us the opportunity to keep growing so we can become the next generation supply chain whilst remaining an essential part of Woolworths Group. There has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
**What are we looking for?**

**We’re seeking a consultative safety professional to join our team in Derrimut - West Melbourne.. As our site Safety Lead, you’ll focus on delivering change, different ways of thinking, and making a real difference in safety practices.
**This role supports DC leaders and line management with safety leadership and technical support, focusing on continually reducing workplace injuries as well as integrating practical and effective Safety initiatives to promote safe workplace behaviour.
**Tell me more...
**Responsible for leading change, you’ll also be accountable for**:

- **The delivery of timely, accurate, and quality assured safety performance data to business including supporting external benchmarking activities**
- **Implementing policies, systems and processes to minimise risks and to achieve compliance**
- **Implementing, maintaining and improving Safety & Health programs, systems, tools, and training to support compliance**
- **Monitoring and identifying actions resulting from the incident management review process**
- **Leading and supporting Operational Managers with positive strategies to promote a positive and resilient SH&E culture for all stakeholders and visitors**
- **Liaising with key stakeholders internally and externally in the event of an incident to share investigation outcomes, provide appropriate communication, prevent recurrence and mitigate further liability**
- **Fostering the value of inclusion of SH&E considerations and controls in all management processes to champion a safety culture and a safe working environment
**Who we are looking for**:
**We’re looking for someone who can coach and influence key stakeholders on what good looks like across safety. You’ll also demonstrate;**
- **Formal qualifications in a related OH&S area**
- **Previous experience in to a Cold Chain Distribution Centres / Supply Chain / Refrigerated Logistics environment, within a safety capacity, preferred**
- **Strong experience working in a hands on role**
- **Strong project and/or change management skills**
- **Comfort with working autonomously and independently**
- **Being consultative and creative in your approach to thinking about safety**
- **Excellent communication and relationship management skills**
- **A passion to learn, develop and grow**
- **Advanced investigation training, desirable
**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other.

**We’d love to hear from You
Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches