Hse Principal

**HSE Principal**:

- Corporate
- HSE
- Perth
- Permanent
- National Civil Contractor
- Attractive salary package paid weekly
- Flexible work conditions

Whittens is an Australian owned and operated multidisciplined civil construction company, proudly offering over 23 years' experience throughout Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland.

With a growing reputation, we continue to partner with some of Australia's major Infrastructure, Mining, Oil and Gas and Defence clients, specialising in the delivery of large scale and technically complex concrete construction, roadworks, earthworks and piping works projects.

Our mission, as an agile and people centric business, is to be the market leader in civil contracting, achieving sustainable growth through high performing people who safely deliver successful project outcomes for their clients.

At Whittens we live by our philosophy of ‘Keeping Our Mates Safe’ (KOMS) and are proud of our strong safety culture. Underpinning our philosophy is our KOMS Framework that encompasses a raft of health and safety initiatives that are designed to manage our HSE risks, recognize and reward our workers, learn from our experiences and engage and listen to our people.

We are currently recruiting a** HSE Principal **to join our Head Office in Osborne Park, Perth. Reporting to the Executive HSE Manager, this role is responsible for assisting our Corporate HSE team in completion of tasks essential to the business functional needs and as required provide operational support to project teams to deliver safe projects nation-wide.

**About the Role**:
This exciting and dynamic role will involve a hybrid of corporate HSE tasks and operational support tasks, including, but not limited to the following:

- Completion of pre-contract/ tendering HSE documentation that requires technical HSE knowledge and experience e.g. Client specific Management Plans
- Review pre-employment medicals
- Review Subcontractor HSE Pre-Qualifications submissions
- Assist with collection and analysis of HSE reports
- Conduct Company HSE training including, off-site and on-site
- Assist with the review, development and continuous improvement of the HSE Management System
- Maintain the Company HSE Legal Register and send notifications of any changes that impact the Company/ Projects
- Auditing the effective implementation of HSE requirements on our projects
- As required assist with project launch, including development of project specific HSE start-up checklists, completion of deliverables e.g. facilitate risk workshops and coordinating meetings to ensure successful mobilisation
- Offer technical support and coach project teams in ensuring project specific and management system HSE requirements are well understood and implemented
- Review incident investigations and ensure root causes and corrective actions are identified and lessons learned communicated across the Company
- Visit projects and complete inspections and reviews e.g. high risk task inspections, Company change management implementation etc.
- Providing off-site and on-site support to projects as required

**ABOUT YOU**
- Demonstrated experience in a Corporate HSE role in the **Civil Contractor** or **Construction** industry with exposure to remote construction sites -**_Must_**:

- HSE advisor field experience -**_Must_**:

- Degree qualified in Health, Safety and Environment space or similar - **_Preferred_**:

- Experience in pre-employment medical reviews**_ - Preferred_**:

- Experience in developing HSE related tendering documentation **_- Preferred_**:

- High-level technical safety skills, including incident investigation (ICAM) and Lead Auditing capability
- Collaborative and team based player
- An energetic, autonomous person who can adapt to a dynamic work environment
- Ability to travel to national sites as required

**What we offer**
Whittens are committed to investing in our people, offering learning and development opportunities to build on the skills and experience you bring. With a pipeline of future works secured, you can be assured, this is a great opportunity to elevate yourself and Whittens to the next level.. In return, you will be rewarded with the following:

- Generous and competitive salary package paid weekly
- Established and high performing collaborative HSE team
- Osborne Park location
- Flexible work arrangements
- An inclusive and safe culture that nurtures collaboration
- Discounted Health insurance
- Novated Lease options
- Paid Parental Leave scheme

Safety is a core value at Whittens and you would be joining a team where the HSET and Operational Business Units work seamlessly together to deliver exceptional performance.

Whittens is committed to workplace diversity. We support women in civil construction, champion Indigenous partnerships and encourage people of all cultural backgrounds to apply.