Safety Systems Manager 10/23

**Award Classification**: Contract (4 year - Max Term)

**Employment Conditions**:
Guided by_ - Queensland Local Government Industry (State) _
- Award 2017 _

**Department / Branch**: Engineering / Engineering Services

**Principal Location**: Shire Office, Hughenden

**Reports to**: Chief Executive Officer (or as directed)

**Direct Reports**: 0

**Our Vision**:Flinders Shire - a place of discovery, opportunity and lifestyle

**Our Mission**:To promote quality of life through leadership, attitude and respect

**Our Values**:

- A Caring Philosophy
- Pursuit of Excellence
- Teamwork
- Local Ownership
- Communication
- Leadership
- Recognition

**The Department**

**Position Objective**

The Safety Systems Manager is responsible for driving a proactive safety-first culture across Council
through the development, implementation, management and continuous improvement of compliant
and focused Safety Management Systems including ISO and Federal safety accredited systems.

As a representative of Council, demonstrated professionalism and a commitment to a high level of
service and continuous improvement in the best interest of Council and the Community are essential.

**Community Services &**
**Wellbeing**

**Tourism & Economic Development**

**Community Development &**
**Engagement**

**Sport, Recreation & Wellbeing**

**Library & Resource Services**

**Community Care**

**Office of the Chief Executive Officer**

**Engineering**

**Roads & Infrastructure**

**Asset Management**

**Open Spaces & Community Assets**

**Workplace Health & Safety**

**Project Management**

**Corporate & Financial**
**Services**

**Financial Control**

**Governance & Compliance**

**Environmental Health**

**Information & Communication**
**Technology**

**Workplace Health & Safety**

**Human Resources**

**Executive Support**

**Rural Lands**

**Key Responsibilities**

**_Leadership _**
- Collaborate with all departments to ensure successful strategic and operational planning and

implementation of safety strategies and systems ensuring compliance with relevant health and
safety standards, specifications, codes of practice, regulations, and policies as relevant
- Train, coach and support staff throughout Council to build and drive a proactive safety-first

culture
**_Workplace Health and Safety _**
- Ensure that safety management systems comply with internal and external standards and legal

obligations to ensure that third party certification (ISO9001 AS/NZS4801) and Federal
accreditation is maintained
- Proactively identify non-conformance areas
- Recommend and implement solutions to problems identified in processes or systems
- Evaluate workplace and site safety by way of regular site visits
- Conduct internal safety audits
- Manage and facilitate external audits
- Coordinating health and safety communications and documents
- Prepare safety reports and data analysis for management review
- Develop and deliver induction and education toolbox training programs for new and existing

employees
- Provide training in all areas of health and safety
- Manage and maintain training register for licences, tickets and qualifications relating to

operational employee positions
- Oversee engaged contractors undertaking works including ensuring safe systems of work,

licence compliance and contractual compliance
- Provide timely and effective health and safety advice to managers and staff through effective

communication with personnel at all levels of the organisation
- Facilitating incident reports and investigations
- Manage the client feedback system
- Develop and maintain site-specific documents and manuals
- Review subcontractor HSEQ systems to ensure compliance and maintain subcontractor

records
- Facilitate calibration, test and tag of equipment in accordance with legislative requirements

**_Rehabilitation and Return to Work _**
- In consultation with the HR Team, manage the end to end process for rehabilitation of injured

workers including workers compensation claim process, suitable duties plan and ensuring
employee returns to the workplace as soon as practical
- Review, update and implement changes and provide recommendations to Councils

rehabilitation system and processes ensuring currency to required legislation and regulations
- Recommend options and solutions to decrease workplace injuries

**_General _**
- Consistently complete allocated tasks to a high standard and within agreed timeframes
- Undertake other tasks up to and including your competency and level
- Actively promote the values of the organisation to staff
- Actively participate in identifying, recommending, developing and implementing measures

through which allocated tasks and responsibilities may be carried out more effectively and
efficiently

**_Administration _**
- Ensure general administration and records management requirements are being met
- Provide courteous and professional customer service to internal and external customers and

conduct all transactions