Safety Manager

Fortitude Valley, QLD, AU, 4006**About John Holland**:
At John Holland, our purpose is simple - we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

**About the opportunity**:
John Holland is expanding significantly to reflect the enormous State and Federal Government investment into the Sunshine Coast over the next 10-15 years.

As part of this growth, we are looking to engage with established Environment Managers to work on major projects spanning Energy, Tunnels, Dams, Water and Transport Infrastructure.

**About the position**:
As a Safety Manager, your primary responsibilities will be to implement and control Work Health & Safety Management requirements, strategies and initiatives across a workplace and report progress to the Project Manager and Project leadership team.

You will play a vital role in setting up high-level safety requirements for the project from inception and be comfortable client-facing.

**Responsibilities of the role include**:

- Guide and support the Project Leadership Team to develop and implement a safety culture that aligns to the company vision, including adequate development and training in safety critical roles
- Ensure the projects maintains robust risk management processes, capability, focus and discipline related to safety
- Ensure the project implements and complies with the John Holland Safety Management System.
- Investigate all causes of events on site and recommend actions to prevent future occurrences
- Provide specialist support to internal stakeholders including operational leaders, project employees, contractors, clients and visitors

**To be successful in this role, you will have**:

- Demonstrated experience as Safety Manager working across the entire project lifecycle
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to a variety of stakeholders. Both internal and external
- Advanced Diploma Safety in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent
- Safety Lead Auditor Qualification
- Construction safety management (5+ years)
- Audit management practices (2-3+ years)
- Quantitative and qualitative risk assessment and monitoring of risk controls and actions involved in delivery and implementation of projects
- Knowledge of Safety legislation and statutes and ability to interpret any applicable statutes or legislation relevant to Project

**As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.**:
Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

**What’s in it for you**:
We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

**We offer**:
**Competitive remuneration** with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

**Great leave benefits** including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

**Career progression** underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

**Learning and development** opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

**Inclusion, diversity and equity** is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong - that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

**Flexible working** that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping