WHS Advisor

WHS Advisor - NSW

• Join NEX, setting a new standard in quality, residential housing and building better futures

• National role with a focus on managing safety for our offices and sales display homes

• Norwest location I travel required 

The NEX Building Group is a diverse and expanding organisation with over 1,300 passionate employees. Our purpose is to build beautiful homes for Australians. Established in 1987 and continuing to evolve both organically and through acquisition, we are well positioned for growth and committed to achieving our vision of being Australia's leading home building group. Our iconic brands include McDonald Jones, MOJO Homes, Weeks Homes, Wilson Homes, Arden Homes Brighton Homes and Supaloc Steel Frames.

From architecturally designed first homes and multi-residential projects to luxurious residences and investment properties, our brands strive to set the benchmark in the new home building industry while ensuring that our people, both customers and staff, are at the centre of everything we do along the way.

Building new homes and better futures for Australians is a true honour and so rewarding. Here are some other rewards and benefits we offer our employees.

Our perks and benefits

We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation, and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being Australia's leading residential builder and employer of choice in our sector. We are committed to taking care of our employees, that's why we offer a bundle of benefits:

• Discount on building a home with any of our building brands (after qualifying period)

• Income protection insurance– 100% funded by NEX. Covers up to 2 years at 75% of base salary in case of illness or injury

• Purchased leave – opportunity to apply for up to 2 weeks extra leave each year

• Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks for the primary carer and 4 weeks for secondary carer (we're proud to be industry leading with this benefit)

• Employee discounts on gym memberships (Fitness Passport), motor vehicles (Mitsubishi), home appliances, energy, health insurance and more

• AIA Vitality health and wellbeing program

• A genuine focus on diversity and inclusion (we're proud of our Women in Construction Program and annual Building Inclusivity Awards)

• Employee assistance program to support your mental, financial and physical wellbeing

• A huge catalogue of online learning and ongoing professional development programs

• NAWIC and HIA corporate membership  

• Attractive remuneration 

• And so much more 

About the opportunity

Reporting to the National WHS Manager you will be an integral member of the group People, Culture and Safety (PSC) team.  The primary objective of the role is the management of business WHS compliance of our display homes, offices and warehouse facilities across NSW & ACT, including things such as compliance audits, first aid maintenance, emergency preparedness, WHS consultation requirements and wellness initiatives. More specifically, you will:

• Maintain accurate WHS business compliance records and databases.

• Ensure that the organisation complies with all relevant WHS laws and regulations across the jurisdictions in which

we operate.

• Monitor and evaluate WHS performance against strategic objectives and compliance benchmarks.

• Support the execution of Wellness and Health programs

• Facilitate and oversee WHS Committee functions

• Create and deliver weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly business reports to key stakeholders

• Identify and inform management of compliance issues, safety risks, and improvement opportunities through the

conduct of daily, weekly, and monthly audits

• Support the State WHS Manager by facilitating the incident investigation process

• Participate in process improvement activities and manage actions to completion

• Maintain compliance of emergency preparedness programs, fire prevention, testing and tagging of electrical

equipment, and other safety related activities depending on the business unit and location

• Work collaboratively with internal business teams, technical experts, and external stakeholders to improve WHS outcomes  Conduct periodic documented safety and compliance inspections including review of SWMS 

About you

You will share a passion for our purpose and be aligned to our core values; better together, be accountable, people matter and think bigger. In addition, you will:

Strong verbal communication skills to ensure clarity and relationship building.

• The ability to clearly articulate compliance requirements to suppliers and contractors.

• Exemplary attention to detail, accurate reporting, and data input capabilities.

• Strong planning, time management and organisational skills.

• The ability to adapt to a fast paced and changing work agenda.

• Proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

• The ability to work autonomously within the role with minimal supervision.

• The ability to maintain attention to detail when meeting deadlines and conflicting priorities

We are keen to improve female (and other marginalised groups) representation in our workplaces. If this role appeals to you but you don't feel you tick every box, we encourage you to still apply. We'd love to have a chat with you about your career goals.

Interested?

The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening and depending on the inherent requirements of the role, may involve the completion of a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical.