Health & Safety Advisor

**External Job Ad**

**HSE Advisor
- Hunter Power Station**

We believe success and value are driven by real teams where everyone has a role to play.
We work on challenging and exciting projects that shape the way we evolve, adapt, and transform the industries we work in. We rally together, drawing on the diverse skills across our teams and create environments where great ideas are heard.

UGL Utilities division is seeking an experienced HSE Advisor for a Gas fired Power Station project based in the Hunter Valley region.

Located in the small suburb of Loxford in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, approximately three km north of the town of Kurri Kurri, approximately 35 km west of Newcastle and 125 km north of Sydney.

As a HSE Advisor the role is accountable for providing advice and support the Health Safety & Environmental Management in driving improvements in HSSE performance through alignment and delivery of UGL HSSE programs, and identification and management of HSSE risks within the business.

The position also provides advice to support and maintain a safe and healthy workplace and for adherence to company policies and other applicable laws, regulations and standards for the workplace. If adequate laws or policies don’t exist, ensuring practices adopted reflect a commitment to the highest standard in WH&S and environment

**Key responsibilities and accountabilities**

**Safety**
- Undertake all responsibilities in a safe manner.
- Ensure a safe working condition is present for all employees, contractors and visitors.
- Participate in daily pre-start meetings.
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems such as job safety analysis, pre-work checklists and risk assessments.
- Comply and have input into safe working procedures.
- Report hazards, incidents and accidents within company guidelines.
- Assist with safety sections for reports, tenders and proposals.
- Actively participate in safety training.

**Technical**
- Actively implement, review and improve the Corporate HSSE management system
- Develop, promote and implement a safe culture and programs for the business.
- Monitor and interpret relevant HSSE legislation, policies and regulations in order to provide direction and advice to projects which meet statutory and corporate objectives and responsibilities.
- Assess safety in design requirements for all major projects.
- Ensure that the Company’s HSSE objectives and goals are set and attained, developing HSSE KPIs for the Business.
- Develop and execute the Business Audit program; Auditing project compliance to HSSE system requirements
- Provide advice to ensure Business Unit’s compliance with UGL certification and accreditation for
- ISO 45001 - Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
- ISO 14001- Environmental Management Systems
- Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner accreditation
- Undertake any adhoc projects, initiatives, tasks as directed by Management
- Prepare and review project HSSE documentation to ensure a coordinated approach and legislative and procedural requirements are met.
- Liaise with customers, external regulatory bodies, state organisations responsible for workplace safety and ensure compliance and compatibility with their systems and processes.
- Manage the implementation of return-to-work programs and procedures to ensure that all injuries are managed according to Company and Legislative requirements.
- Provide support to the business with HSSE inputs to bids and tenders as required.
- Prepare, maintain and report on an annual HSSE improvement plan for the Business
- Provide professional leadership to direct and support the site HSSE Advisors and Coordinators and provide assistance with resolution of site issues.
- Design and deploy safety culture change initiatives aimed at increasing the focus and attention to safety in the business.
- Provide safety statistics on a monthly basis for inclusion in monthly reports.
- Monitor and review the safety risk profile of contracts and projects to identify areas of improvement and strengthening.
- Investigate worksite incidents and occurrences in accordance with the UGL Engineering reporting matrix to manage corrective actions ensuring that identified incidents are addressed efficiently and effectively to ensure that Company and Legislative reporting protocols are maintained.
- Responsibilities as outlined in the Engineering HSSE Management System
- Ensure that all necessary steps are taken to meet the Company’s Environmental licence conditions and to minimise Environmental risks.

**Other**
- Enthusiastically and co-operatively undertake all site inductions as requested by the client.
- Proactively continuously monitor and evaluation systems and procedures specific to site works to ensure that they are up to date, compliant and up-to-date in line with best practice.
- Actively participate in regular learning and development programs to continually enhance and further develop sk