Safety Lead

• Permanent Opportunity
• Sydney Location
• Create SH&W capabilities that deliver great business outcomes and team experiences in  BIG W, W Living businesses and across the portfolio   .

Welcome to BIG W

For over 50 years, we've been helping Aussie families find those little wins. Who makes it all happen? Our team. They're our biggest asset, the heart of everything we do. From new ideas to big energy and genuine care, they bring it every day, on every shift, at every shelf and in every customer moment.

We're part of the largest Australian employer group, a community icon, and our scale opens the door to career possibilities as big as your ambition. Whether you're on the shop floor, in one of our dynamic support offices, or a bustling distribution centre, we'll back you to grow, make an impact, and feel proud to be part of something that truly matters.

Think you'd look good in blue? A career at BIG W could be the perfect gig for you.

The Opportunity

The purpose of the BIG W SH&W lead is to drive and support safety, health & wellbeing ("SH&W") across BIG W with a national footprint of close to 180 stores and 18k team members. This role will lead the co-creation and enable the delivery of the business SH&W roadmap in alignment with the Woolworths Group SH&W Strategy and BIG W Business Strategy, encompassing the management of risks associated with Retail operations, working end-to-end with our business teams and support functions. Through nurturing a close partnership between the operational business, key partners in W Living and the core teams in the SH&W Platform and wider support functions, this role will enable ownership and management of SH&W risks and assurance of control frameworks.

Reporting to the Head of SH&W W Living, this role will partner with our senior leaders and their teams to provide support, guidance and coaching as we begin to establish new components of the W Living Portfolio, enhance our systems in existing businesses and deliver on our ambition to care for and protect everyone we engage.

What you'll do

• Lead the development and execution of the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing strategy for BIG W, as a core member of the leadership team.
• Coach and partner with the BIG W Stores Executive Team to implement and monitor safety systems, ensuring high store standards and compliance.
• Conduct high-potential incident investigations, collaborate with regulators, and implement proactive processes to mitigate significant risks across stores.
• Drive capability development within the broader BIG W Operations Team regarding safety processes, systems, and regulations.
• Maintain an 'In-person' national presence to build strong, trusting relationships and understand opportunities to simplify processes for frontline teams.
• Lead and simplify weekly/monthly safety reporting for senior leadership in line with Due Diligence and the Group's SHW Strategy.

What you'll bring

• Minimum 5 years experience in a safety role (required), with 2 years (desirable) leading teams
• Degree qualified in safety or a related discipline (desirable)
• Demonstrated competency influencing leadership and frontline
• Experience in an Agile environment (desirable)
• Demonstrated experience of strategic problem solving, including ability to make the complex simple and to build repeatable practical frameworks from ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills,  strong and engaging storyteller

What you'll experience

• Hybrid Flexibility: Blend in-office engagement with work-from-home opportunities for a balanced work week.
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus paid superannuation for up to 12 months while the Team Member is on parental leave - eligible from the first day of employment

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team's diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems.