Work Health and Safety Advisor

Seeking an experienced & dynamic HSE professional
- Champion a strong HSE culture in a diverse & challenging role
- Career growth opportunities & extensive employee benefits

**About Us**
BGC Asphalt supply and lay asphalt throughout WA for highway maintenance, freeways, suburban roads, as well as the civil and defence industries.

BGC’s Quarries, based at The Lakes along The Great Southern Highway, produce more than 1,500,000 tonnes of crushed aggregate a year, and supply the raw material for the required concrete, roof tiles, block paving products, road construction projects, civil engineering and large commercial projects.

**The Opportunity**

As the HSE Advisor, you will be exposed to a variety of safety-related functions and will play a key role in driving the health, safety and environment activities and a positive safety culture across the Asphalt and Quarries operations, including:

- Promoting Safety Leadership - Providing advice and leadership on HSE-related matters, striving to achieve safe operations and continuous improvement
- Investigations & Reporting - Facilitate the incident investigation process and reporting on workplace incidents and accidents
- HSE Systems & Compliance - Reviewing, developing, implementing and maintaining safety management systems, HSE policies, JHAs, SWMS, Lift Plans, Work Instructions and associated documentation for work activities
- Hazard Identification & Prevention - Ensuring the identification and control of hazards, the prevention of injuries and the maintenance of a safe working environment
- HSE Advocacy - Working closely with Supervisors to ensure safety policies and procedures are understood and adhered to by employees and contractors
- Auditing & Inspections - Conducting regular safety audits, risk assessments and inspections, site safety inductions and contributing to toolbox talks, safety committee meetings and pre-start meetings
- Stakeholder Engagement - Maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including business leaders, managers, employees and contractors, government and regulatory agencies and officers
- Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety (essential)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessing (desirable)
- Previous experience in mining and civil (desirable)
- Demonstrated experience in an Advisory-level role
- Strong understanding and working knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and codes
- High degree of professionalism, the ability to work autonomously and make sound decisions within the scope of the role
- Confidence building effective relationships across Asphalt, Quarries and internal BGC stakeholders and external stakeholders
- High level of influencing, communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) with the ability to confidently communicate at all levels
- Intermediate to advanced computer literacy, particularly with Safety Data Management Systems, MS Office and Excel.

**What we can offer**
- Competitive remuneration package with a tool of trade vehicle
- A challenging and diverse role with a high degree of autonomy
- Supportive HSE leadership and a commitment to professional growth and development

Backed by over 60 years of experience in the building industry, BGC operations spans manufacturing through to construction. With integrated businesses across residential construction, commercial construction, and manufacturing, we work towards building the future for more Australians.

We pride ourselves on our healthy and safe workplace culture of diversity, inclusiveness and support. At BGC, we place a very high value on our team and want to reward you for your efforts. We are focused on our communities and are actively involved in various fundraisers and health & wellbeing initiatives. You will enjoy great staff benefits including;
- In-house BGC discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Vehicle discounts partnering with AHG
- Corporate discounts including health insurance, Crown Hotels, retail shopping