Injury Management

**Dandenong South**

**Wurth** is a growing global family company with a strong customer focus and quality product range.

We are an international, privately owned family company with 88,000 employees, continually seeking opportunities for expansion and growth. Our reputation for quality and consistently delivering solutions to our customers is what makes us a global leader generating over 20-billion-euro in sales in 2023.

With over 465 direct sales staff selling to 56,000 customers nationally, we are proud to offer a comprehensive range of tools, fasteners and consumables, as well as systems and service solutions.

**The Role**

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on administrator with a passion for safety and injury management, who is looking to develop their skillset in this area. Working within our **HR** **Department**, you will utilise your injury management experience to support the business Return to Work Program, supporting injured workers to return to work quickly and safely, and assisting the business to meet its obligations under WHS, disability discrimination and workers compensation legislation.

**Reporting to the HR Manager, your key responsibilities will include**:

- Effective end to end management of return-to-work cases and providing support and advice for non-work related medical conditions, including collaborating with injured workers, management, medical professionals and insurers
- Maximising outcomes for workers, minimising impacts on insurance premiums while maintaining a positive safety culture
- Maintaining accurate injury management records
- Assisting in the development of safety initiatives and campaign launches
- Conducting workplace inspections, risk assessments, audits, inductions and training
- Incident Investigations and the implementation of risk controls
- Analysis of injury / claims to identify trends and assisting with the implementation of preventative measures
- Liaising with management and staff about safe work practices and continuous improvement programs
- Comprehensive report writing and development of return-to-work plans

**Critical to your success will be**:

- Experience in injury management, WHS and return to work programs in a large, national working environment
- Formal Return to Work Coordinator qualification
- A solid understanding of the current principles of workers compensation, discrimination and work, health and safety legislation.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategies on workers compensation claims
- High level problem-solving skills and the ability to think flexibly to develop solutions and obtain optimal outcomes that meet business needs, while complying with legislation
- Demonstrated stakeholder management experience to collaborate, influence and build strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, as well as written and oral communication skills
- A high attention to detail and the ability to approach investigations with an open mind and objectivity
- Ability to work both autonomously without supervision and as part of a team

**Why we are WURTH it**
- A remuneration package commensurate with your experience
- A fast paced and dynamic team environment
- Ongoing coaching, mentoring and professional development
- Local role based in our state-of-the-art head office in **Dandenong South**:

- Free on site secure parking and access to the Staff Gym
- Monthly Birthday Celebration and Annual Christmas Parties
- Free access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Great access to a wide range of optional online training modules
- Generous uniform allowance and staff product discounts
- We are a proud supporter of Beyond Blue

**Diversity** **and** **Inclusion**

Diversity and inclusion sit at the heart of the Wurths core values. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the communities in which we live, work and operate. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, teamwork and diversity of thought in the workplace.

**Culture**

**We care **about our people and are dedicated to seeing our employees work together in an environment that fosters the true meaning of collaboration; a culture that believes in what we do creates long-lasting relationships and improved organisational and individual capabilities. We aim to give our employees an opportunity to grow and develop their careers.

If you have any questions, please contact our national Recruitment Team on 03 8788 1199.

**No Recruitment Agencies please.