Occupational Health and Wellness Specialist

Permanent position, located at Lytton Refinery in Brisbane with competitive salary and benefits.
- Join a collaborative, energetic and engaging team.
- Critical role within the Refinery.

**About Ampol**:
Our company has always been about more than fuel. Fuel may be the foundation of our business, but our motivation and purpose come from the people, businesses, industries, and communities we engage with. From our origins until today, we’ve always been inspired by the role we can play in people’s lives - to keep them moving, to make journeys happen.

Here at Ampol, we are proud of our heritage as the only Australian owned fuel brand. For over 100 years we have supported Australians to travel far and wide, and we’ll be here for 100 more, powering better journeys for today and tomorrow.

**About the role**:
We are looking for Occupational Health and Wellbeing Specialist who will be responsible for managing several fit for work, wellness, and health surveillance programs at our Lytton refinery in Brisbane. The role works across Refinery and Lubrications business areas and includes support to contracting partners as well.

The Occupational Health and Wellbeing Specialist role aims to deliver preventative measures aimed at protecting and enhancing the health and wellbeing of our workforce.

**Key outputs required from the role are, but not limited to**:

- Develop, implement, and promote the Refinery Health and Wellness program.
- Coordinate health surveillance activities such as audiometric assessment, respirator fit testing etc, analyse results and recommend health improvement initiatives.
- Recommend strategies to address identified psychosocial hazards and to encourage a best practice approach in their management of psychosocial risk.
- Provide effective management of Worker’s Compensation and Return to Work for line managers and staff.
- Assist with first response and primary health care to employees and contractor workforce, as required.
- Liaise with medical and allied health professionals on the medical requirements for Ampol personnel and provide support to contractors.
- Coordinate and execute the annual Drug and Alcohol testing program in line with the Ampol Policy and Procedures.
- Maintain data management of Occupational Health Records for employees and contractors, where appropriate.

**About you**:

- Workplace Health and Safety Qualification (minimum Cert IV) or Allied Health qualification (eg. Physiotherapy, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology) or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Have previous experience as a Rehabilitation Coordinator in Worker’s Compensation and Return to Work case management.
- Strong experience in developing and implementing Mental Health programs and strategies to enhance safety and wellbeing.
- Ability to engage with Medical Practitioners
- Demonstrated ability to competently use different computer programs such as Lotus notes, SAP, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
- Proven written & verbal communication skills.
- High regard for patient care and confidentiality

**Our benefits**:

- Competitive Salary and performance bonus
- Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions
- Internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.
- Fuel up on us - receive a 25% fuel discount all year round for two privately used cars
- Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid)
- BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work
- Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available
- Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme
- Community giving day - spend one day volunteering with one of our partners
- We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We’ll take you further with freedom and flexibility to be your true self._