Sr. EHS Specialist

2 months ago


Melbourne, Australia Tesla Full time

What to Expect

The Sr. Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist is responsible for driving, influencing, and achieving EHS process excellence, regulatory compliance, and overall risk reduction throughout Commercial, Utility and Charging Operations and Maintenance within the Pacific Region. This role will also support the development and execution of global electrical safety programs.

This position reports to the EHS Director - Energy, Charging and Service, and will ensure world-class electrical safety standards are met and sustained across operations. The role will interface with senior regional leadership, front-line operational staff, contracting partners, and other related teams within Tesla to drive and support continuous improvement throughout the design and deployment of energy storage systems and electric vehicle chargers.

This position is based in either Melbourne or Brisbane, Australia and will require regional and international travel, given the geographical reach of the business.

What You’ll Do

  • Develop and maintain a partnership with and become a trusted advisor on EHS matters to operational leaders and stakeholders, associates, and contracting partners. 
  • Serve as an Electrical Safety technical expert to identify critical risks, including legal compliance requirements and responsibilities in all phases of product deployment, operation, and service, including specific support in the safe design and engineering, installation and construction, commissioning and operations, and preventative maintenance and repair of energy products.
  • Lead the development, implementation, and execution of short and long-term plans for Tesla's Electrical Safety program for Utility and Commercial Operations and Maintenance.
  • Be a visible model in the field and teach, train and coach business teams and support staff on fundamental EHS concepts and principles to reduce risk, and influence, inspire and empower business teams and staff to minimise the risk per our Tesla EHS vision, values and principles.
  • Respond to and investigate EHS events and support the learning from events by determining causes and preventative actions with management and business teams.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor environmental policies and programs to ensure compliance with regulations, while driving regional initiatives to enhance awareness and implementation of waste management practices, focusing on waste avoidance, re-use, and recycling as part of the Circular Economy Strategy.

What You’ll Bring

  • Extensive experience working directly in electric power generation, transmission, storage, or distribution industries. Detailed knowledge of the functionality of lithium-ion battery storage is preferred.
  • Detailed knowledge and practical, hands-on experience in developing and deploying electrical safety programs under the requirements of AS3000.
  • Have strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to positively interact with senior business management, regulators, frontline workers, and 3rd party clients.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform duties independently and remotely with minimal supervision. The ideal candidate will also be a team player who can be proactive, creative, and innovative in approaching challenges.
  • Expert in MS Office 365 Suite, including SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
  • Have a minimum of 5 years of progressive Environment, Health, and Safety experience in organisations at scale and an educational degree in an EHS-related field, engineering, or other related fields of study (preferred but not mandatory)
  • High Voltage Switching (preferred but not mandatory)
  • Electrical license (preferred but not mandatory)

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