Safety Advisor

Our organisation

We exist to deliver reliable, high-quality water, wastewater and waste recovery services to ensure the economy and liveability of the central Gippsland region.

We are focused on:

• Maintaining affordable quality water and wastewater services for our customers
• Our sustainable future and future of the region
• Continuing to strengthen the important role we play in our local communities.

There are many benefits in working for us, we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Work variety
• A positive environment
• Work/life balance, with the opportunity to negotiate flexible working arrangements.

We focus on building the capability and culture of our people into a more highly skilled, professional, customer focused and efficient organisation.

We do truly meaningful work within a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

The role

Are you a self-starter who thrives on taking initiative and going the extra mile? Do you have a passion for health, safety, and wellbeing and love engaging with people to make a real difference? If so, this is your opportunity to shine.

As the Safety Advisor you'll provide professional and timely advice on a wide range of safety matters across the business, with the objective of maintaining a safe and healthy working environment. You'll have a strong field-based focus and be the first point of contact for our people in relation to safety practices. You'll also take ownership of coordinating safety training, programs, and initiatives that keep our teams safe and informed.

You'll also draw on your passion for health, safety and wellbeing and experience in engaging people to provide assurance through site inspections and audits in the field, promoting innovative thinking and the continuous improvement of organisational safety and wellbeing practices.

You'll develop and deliver improvements to our focus on safety, in addition to having a pivotal role in our various internal committees along with regular reporting requirements of our safety statistics, including our lead and lag indicators. You'll also use your ability to apply OHS legislation to actively contribute to the cyclical review of OHS policies and procedures and delivering on our strategic objectives.

What you'll bring

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in safety
• Experience in the interpretation and application of legislation, policies and procedures
• Ability to provide first point of contact advice and support
• Well-developed relationship building skills with a focus on achieving outcomes
• Ability to positively influence strategic objectives across all organisational levels
• High attention to detail with strong written and presentation skills
• Ability to develop and coach others in safety practices and processes

Freedom

We offer a variety of flexible arrangements to suit our employees varied needs and the business, including purchased leave, varied start and finish times, working from alternative locations and accrued days off. We understand that Gippsland Water and our customers benefit from enabling our employees to achieve balance in work and life.

How to apply

For enquiries relating to this position please contact
Sharon O'Reilly, Acting Manager Safety & Wellbeing, on

We will be reviewing applications as they are received.

To apply, please submit a cover letter outlining why your skills and experience make you the right fit for this role, along with your resume.

We encourage applicants to provide a response to the key selection criteria.

Further information:
A position description and instructions on how to apply can be obtained from our website

Shortlisted candidates may be required to undertake a National Police Check.