HSE Site Lead

About the business

Vossloh Sleeper Technologies Australia (VSTA) is the Australian Industry leader in the manufacture and sale of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers with four factories operating in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland servicing major government and blue-chip customers around Australia. VSTA is owned by German parent company Vossloh, who are a global leader in Rail Infrastructure Products and Services and who operate two other business units within Australia in Victoria and Brisbane.

About the role

The purpose of the role is to lead, empower and embed a culture of safety and quality on site, as well as maintain compliance with management systems. You will support the National HSEQ and Systems Assurance Manager in the site implementation and continuous improvement of the VSTA Integrated Management System.

Enjoy a family-friendly schedule that lets you go home each night, with flexible core hours available upon request to support work-life balance. This role also offers unique development and exposure opportunities, including support for other sites, allowing you to grow within a dynamic, National Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) team. Join an inclusive group where cross-site collaboration is valued, providing a chance to make an impact across our network

You will be responsible for the following:

HSE ADVISOR

• Lead a culture that promotes the safety of all workers, quality of product and protection of the environment at Vossloh Sleeper Technologies Australia manufacturing facility
• Proactively identify trends in HSE incident and emerging issues and formulate a response to address any hazards and risks.
• Assist and/or facilitate pre starts, inductions, risk assessments, and other activities that support in creating a safe working environment
• Coach Supervisors and Factory Manager in understanding and applying all aspects of health and safety, environmental management systems
• Promote, and drive responsible behaviours around Health and Safety and Environmental
• Have a strong presence on the factory floor engaging with operators, supervisors and maintenance daily
• Ensure the site maintains compliance with Health and Safety, Environmental Management Systems
• Prepare reports, record data and collect evidence of the site's compliance to these systems
• Assist in maintaining the annual ISO external audits
• Attend Safety, Environmental and Quality Leadership Team meetings, and represent the site at these meetings
• Conduct audit and inspection activities on site
• Audit Schedule control, maintain, drive completion.
• Manage and maintain site Risk Register
• Monitor and drive corrective actions to completion in a timely manner through engaging with supervisors, operators and maintenance
• Identify health, safety and environmental non-conformances, conduct /coach site leadership teams in carrying out investigations and develop solutions for implementation.
• Support and advise Factory Manager and factory staff to improve the control of risks
• Secretary to the HSE Committee Meeting
• Manage/support the Worker's Compensation and injury management for the Factory
• Flexibility to respond to emerging business requirements

TRAINING COORDINATOR

• Ensure personnel hold relevant HSE certificates of competency as identified in the factory Training Needs Analysis.
• Design induction/coaching/training programs as required
• Facilitate the Health & safety induction program
• Facilitate OHS coaching and training programs

Skills and experience

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a suitable health and safety role
• Able to present information in a training environment.
• Desirable: iCAM investigation training
• Certificate IV Occupational Health and Safety or higher as a minimum.
• Return to Work Co-ordinator Training, or a willingness to obtain
• Other qualifications such as engineering, supervisory, auditing, training may be advantageous depending on industry and experience

Benefits and perks

• Relocation packages available
• Generous remuneration package
• Work anniversary bonus - every 5 years get an extra weeks annual leave + $3000 to spend on a holiday
• Generous career development funds to support your career progression
• Salary sacrificing options (including novated leases)
• Death and TPD insurance coverage
• Salary continuance insurance
• Additional purchased leave options
• 15 weeks paid parental leave + superannuation will be paid while on paid/ unpaid parental leave for 12 months
• Access to Telus Health Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & employee recognition rewards program

We strongly encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, people from diverse backgrounds, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals differently abled to apply.

Vossloh is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone in our organisation.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (for example – she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).