Sheq Manager Living Services

Ventia requires an energetic and experience SHEQ Manager to join our Leadership Team for the Living Services Business line nationally. Ventia’s facilities management solution in the Living Services business line enables our clients across a broad range of sectors to focus on their core business while delivering on service excellence.

**About the Role**
As a key leader you will promote a positive and generative approach to the health, safety, environment and quality functions within the business. Partnering with contracts / projects within your designated function to supply advice and ongoing support around compliance and operational excellence with the SHEQ discipline including food safety matters. The role will also provide technical capability to drive the development, implementation, and continual improvement of the Integrated Management System to meet legal, contractual, and other business requirements.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Managing the implementation of SHEQ Management Plans across the business line including delivering the requirements of business improvements plans aligned with the overall SHEQ strategy
- Overseeing a significant portfolio with multiple contracts and risk profiles
- Ensuring compliance with legislation, regulations, and standards and that all activities on projects are undertaken in a safe manner and within applicable suitable frameworks and documentation
- Undertake or lead investigations in relation to safety related incidents
- Implementing processes to ensure communications and compliance with all SHEQ policies and procedures including fostering a culture of “safety and health above all else”
- Oversee employee rehabilitation, including Return to Work planning
- Manage COVID 19 communications and general risk management
- Ensure risk assessments and registers are developed and maintained
- Ensure Ventia’s Critical Risk Protocols are embedded in projects through leaders
- Develop and review document version control across the business line
- Utilise VenCentral to enable informed decisions to be made in relation to asset disposal, renewal, and planned maintenance programs
- Monitor contracts statistical data and report to senior leadership weekly, monthly or at request
- Support the review process of procedures with designated sites / work groups and deliver safety related training when required including toolbox talks, prestart meetings, and campaigns
- Supporting internal and external audit schedules and reviews
- Provide advice and assistance to Site Managers to monitor the wellbeing of site personnel and promote the Health Bodies and Healthy Minds programs

**What’s on Offer**
Ventia aims to provide an unrivalled opportunity for our people to develop their careers in a flexible, supportive, and inclusive work environment that values work-life balance and diversity.
- Access to a variety of Health and Wellness initiatives - including the EAP, Ventia’s Healthy Minds program and Healthy Bodies program
- Employee benefits such as corporate travel discounts, Novated leases, private health discounts, credit discounts and more
- Attractive salary and benefits

**About You**
To be successful in this role you must have:

- A minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in a similar or managerial position
- Tertiary qualification in Work Health and Safety or similar
- Formal training in incident investigation (ICAM)
- Management systems and Lead Auditor Qualifications
- Cert IV in Food Science or equivalent food safety knowledge
- Cert IV in Training and Assessment (optional)
- Detailed knowledge of SHEQ legislation, regulatory requirements and ISO standards within a utility or infrastructure project environment
- The ability to develop and execute strategies to ensure compliance and minimise risks while driving continuous improvement
- The capability to follow instructions, work within guidelines and procedures, identify problems and seek advice to resolve issues relating to tasks
- Demonstrated understanding of contractual KPI’s, commitment to HS&E through behaviours, visible and accountable leadership, and participation in monitoring of established working practices
- Sound experience in conflict resolution
- Possess strong leadership, personal drive, and motivation to achieve excellence in all that you do

**About Ventia**
Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds. With a diverse and proud heritage, we have a track record of delivering essential services to the communities in which we operate.

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**How to Apply**

Position Reference Number: 149758

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