At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead HSE assurance for Power Projects, ensuring safety and compliance on-site.
- Company: Join Downer, a leader in Energy and Utilities with a commitment to Zero Harm.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to coach and develop others in HSE practices.
- Why this job: Influence project delivery while promoting safety and risk management.
- Qualifications: Significant HSE experience and relevant qualifications in Work Health and Safety.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 $ per year.
Downer is seeking an experienced Senior HSE Advisor to join our Energy and Utilities business, supporting our Power Projects Transmission and Substations portfolio. This is a senior project HSE assurance role with genuine influence across project delivery. You will provide independent assurance and risk governance, ensuring HSE systems and critical controls are effective in practice and remain aligned with changing project risks, site conditions and compliance requirements.
You will lead site assurance activities, critical control verification and risk governance while maintaining the Zero Harm risk register. Working closely with project leaders, supervisors, subcontractors and clients, you will identify emerging risks, challenge ineffective controls and drive corrective actions through to effective closure.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading assurance over Health and Safety Management Plan implementation and critical risk controls
- Owning and maintaining the Zero Harm risk register and ensuring risks remain aligned with actual project delivery
- Conducting targeted site surveillance, workplace inspections and critical control verification
- Providing assurance over subcontractor competency, mobilisation, work readiness and HSE performance
- Supporting incident investigations and ensuring corrective actions address underlying control failures
- Providing assurance over plant, equipment, permits, training and competency requirements
- Supporting client, regulatory and external audits and assurance activities
- Coaching HSE Advisors, supervisors and operational personnel to strengthen risk and assurance capability
What we’re looking for:
- You will bring significant HSE experience gained within transmission, substations, utilities, infrastructure, construction or another high risk project environment.
- You will be comfortable working at site level while also providing credible challenge and advice to senior project stakeholders.
- You will also bring a relevant qualification in Work Health and Safety or a related discipline, ideally Certificate IV, Diploma or higher.
- A current construction industry White Card.
- Strong knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and high risk construction controls.
- Demonstrated experience with HSE assurance, risk management, SWMS, permits and critical control verification.
- Experience managing project risk registers and assessing whether controls are genuinely effective in the field.
- Experience supporting incident investigations and corrective action management.
- Strong subcontractor HSE governance and contractor management capability.
- Clear and credible written and verbal communication skills across frontline teams, leaders, clients and assurance stakeholders.
- The judgement and confidence to intervene and elevate where critical controls are absent or ineffective.
- Formal training in incident investigation, auditing, risk management or critical control verification will be highly regarded.
Senior HSE Advisor in Adelaide employer: Downer
At Downer, we pride ourselves on fostering a high-performance culture that values diversity and inclusion, making it an exceptional place to work as a Delivery Service Supervisor. With ample opportunities for career advancement, comprehensive training programs, and a supportive work environment, you will be empowered to make a meaningful impact in the Sydney inner city area. Our commitment to employee well-being is reflected in our perks, including healthcare discounts and an Employee Assistance Program, ensuring you and your family are supported both personally and professionally.
