Work, Health and Safety Specialist

A newly created opportunity has arisen to appoint a Work Health and Safety & Facilities Officer in a hybrid capacity working from home and our head office in Notting Hill, Melbourne.

As the Work Health and Safety & Facilities Officer you will:

- Support WHS across all Olympus Australia and New Zealand sites
- Assist in the maintenance of all WHS standards and compliance with relevant regulations and building codes across all sites
- Ensure all staff and contractors comply with WHS guidelines across all sites
- Partner with OAZ WHS Committee to ensure workplace health and safety is achieved in accordance with local regulations, WHS policy and agreed work plans.
- Liaise with Landlord, tenants and stakeholders regarding general maintenance matters
- Control budgets, forecasting and invoicing relating to all Olympus ANZ premises
- Supervise all preventative and contracted maintenance works to mechanical, electrical goods and plumbing, to ensure minimum disruption to buildings
- Ensure office support functions and maintenance services are delivered according to business requirements and allocated budgets
- General office management tasks, reporting and cross departmental projects as required

**About Olympus**:
Our purpose at Olympus is to make peoples’ lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. We do this through innovation. As a technology pioneer, we design and deliver solutions across our Medical and Life-Science divisions that make a positive contribution to society.

Our products are used to capture the medical and diagnostic images of our world, from the microscopic to the endoscopic. They are instrumental in furthering scientific research, and for traveling inside the human body to help diagnose, treat, and prevent illness.

Our commitment to customers and our social responsibility is the cornerstone of everything we do.

**Why work at Olympus?**

At Olympus, we are dedicated to fostering a high performing culture, a collaborative environment, and enabling everyone to shine. Our common values of **_Integrity, Empathy, Long-Term View, Agility _**and**_ Unity_** form the foundation of our culture and guide our behaviour, where our people feel like they are making a difference every single day.

Not only will you benefit from a meaningful, rewarding and challenging career, you will have access to a range of benefits:

- A competitive salary package.
- Learning on-demand.
- Flexible work arrangements (work from home, flexible hours, purchase additional leave).
- Health and Wellbeing initiatives (Corporate Games, Run 4 Kids, Free Bowel Cancer Screening tests, RUOK Day, and EAP).
- Reward and Recognition Program ‘Shining Stars’.
- Dress for your day.
- Social events (Strategy forums, Annual Awards, and Christmas parties).

**What we are looking for**:
You will consider yourself to be a supportive and proactive business partner with intellectual competence across commercial business needs. To be considered for this role you will have:

- Sound knowledge of relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, compliance codes and standards and able to interpret these to inform recommendations
- Knowledge of best practice facilities management processes and administrative management practices and procedures
- Ability to interpret data and make sound recommendations
- Qualification in WHS (preferably minimum Certificate IV in WHS)
- Experience working with WHS management systems
- Over 5 years’ experience focused in an office management or a corporate administration or a facilities management role
- Understanding of basic technical aspects of property (air-conditioning, fire protection system, mechanical and electrical system, BMS system) is advantageous.

**Want to know more?**

A comprehensive Job Description is available on our Careers page.

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**_ No Agency assistance required at this time. _**

**_Olympus Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer_