People, Safety

Hands on opportunity for an experienced People, Safety and Quality Manager to drive Waternish’s people and safety culture to the next level.
- Newly designed, hands-on senior leadership role reporting to the CEO
- Permanent full-time position, based in Lonsdale
- Rewarding salary package

**Who the Company is?**

A dynamic and collaborative organisation based in Lonsdale, South Australia, Waternish has developed safe, efficient water infrastructure solutions for the local and national water industry for two decades. The company’s reputation is built on sound construction practices, innovative thinking, flexibility, honesty and reliability and they contribute their success to their dedicated team.

With a genuine commitment to maintaining a high standard of safety and quality performance, and to ensure continuous improvement, Waternish have an exciting opportunity for a highly capable and experienced professional to lead the People, Safety and Quality function of the business.

**What you will be doing and will be responsible for**:
A newly designed role reporting directly to the Managing Director, the People, Safety and Quality Manager will join a close-knit team of 40 employees to lead all activity in these areas. This is both a strategic and hands-on operational role that will be delivered with the support of the Safety Advisor who has a dual reporting to the Operations Manager.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Create and lead people, culture and safety initiatives and processes within the organisation
- Support development of the Company Strategy which sets a clear strategic direction for employees, and enhances leadership capacity and capability
- Foster a workplace culture that is consistent with Waternish’s culture, emphasising company values
- Support company change and growth plans
- Develop (enhance existing), implement and maintain health, quality and safety systems, policies and procedures to deliver an industry leading health and safety culture
- Ensure compliance with statutory obligations, standards and WHS policy
- Manage workplace and project site audits, assessments, and inspections; follow up results and implement required changes
- Collaborate with clients’ and contractors’ safety and management representatives to meet WHS requirements
- Manage the identification and mitigation of hazards and the reporting and investigation of incidents
- Proactively report to the CEO & management team and provide strategic HSEQ advice
- Create and lead cross-functional business teams to embed HSEQ initiatives including mentoring, proactive reporting, safety committees and audits.
- Provide and monitor training in HSEQ systems to internal stakeholders
- Manage subcontractor compliance
- Review and prepare HSEQ and other project related documentation
- Ensure a continual improvement process in place that is both user friendly and updated on regular basis as required.

**‘What you look like’ and need to demonstrate to be successful’.**

This position is great fit for a senior WHS experienced leader with exposure to HR and Quality who is a generalist in experience and enjoys and can operate at both a strategic and operational level.

Your ability to effectively communicate, problem solve, influence and build credible relationships at all levels of the business will be critical to your success, as will be your “can do” attitude and ability to both lead and deliver. You will also demonstrate:

- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role in a relevant industry
- A formal WHS qualification or substantial industry experience
- Proven experience in establishing, implementing and maintaining effective and relevant business specific HR and health and safety management systems, policies and procedures
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain sound working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- High level communication, interpersonal, negotiation and facilitation skills
- Extensive understanding of relevant legislation, practices and standards
- Proficiency in using and navigate Microsoft Office suite, including SharePoint
- Ability and willingness to travel to various sites when required
- Current Australian driver’s license

**What can the Company offer?**
- Successful, fast growing organisation to be part of
- Exciting projects and pipeline
- Engaging team values, culture and environment to work in
- Attractive remuneration package
- Flexibility in role
- Work/Life Balance (potential for PT or mix of office and WFH)

**Sound like you?