At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead environmental compliance and process safety across multiple operational sites.
- Company: Join a leading diversified industrial group in Australia and New Zealand.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development opportunities, and a positive workplace culture.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on safety and environmental management while developing frontline leaders.
- Qualifications: Environmental or process safety engineering degree with 5+ years of experience.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
A leading diversified industrial group providing end-to-end supply chain solutions across Australia and New Zealand. We are seeking an experienced Environmental and Process Safety Manager with a passion for leadership and capability development to drive operational excellence across our manufacturing and warehousing operations. This role will play a key part in developing frontline leaders, strengthening site-level capabilities, and implementing company-wide strategies focused on manufacturing excellence, safety, environmental management, and quality.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Environmental and Process Safety Manager to drive environmental compliance, process safety and continuous improvement across multiple operational sites. This role will work closely with site management and operational teams to strengthen safety performance, manage environmental risks, ensure regulatory compliance and deliver company-wide improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise, a proactive approach to risk management and a passion for building frontline capability and promoting a positive safety culture.
Key Responsibilities
- Support sites regarding effective HSEQ duties across multiple sites.
- Support management with hazard and risk identification associated with various tasks and activities in the workplace.
- Recommend controls to mitigate those risks.
- Ensure company policies are communicated effectively to all employees and support the rollout of HSE initiatives.
- Support development and implementation of effective toolbox/Gemba walks and frontline training to ensure that everyone understands potential hazards, risks and knows how to protect community.
- Develop environmental and process safety design and maintenance standards.
- Develop and lead provision of site specific safety assessments, environmental risk assessment, critical asset management plans, emergency response planning and engaging effectively to regulator(s).
- Effectively communicate with regulators, build rapport and support the site managers during any regulator audit/visit.
- Lead investigation of key accidents/incidents that occur in the workplace.
- Conduct regular safety and environmental audits to ensure that the workplace meets all relevant health and safety standards.
- Identify any areas that require improvement.
- Keep up to date with all relevant health, safety and environment legislation and regulations.
- Ensure that the organization is in compliance with all relevant legislation and will recommend any necessary changes.
- Collaborate with management and employees to promote positive safety and environmental culture in the workplace.
- Work closely with all levels of the organization to ensure that everyone is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
- Have a passion for capability building, improving frontline learning and development programs.
- Support sites in ensuring Occupational health, process safety, environmental related company systems are effectively used at the sites and continuously improve site performance.
- Develop execution strategy for initiatives and programs to support sites to achieve agreed KPI.
Key Requirements
- Environmental or process safety related Engineering degree.
- At least 5 years' experience in a similar role, drive for continuous development.
- Well-developed stakeholder and regulator management skills.
- Effective communication, interpersonal and influence skills.
- Strong knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation.
- Proven experience in identifying safety risks and developing measures/plan/procedures to reduce those risks.
- Approachable and supportive personality to assist with stakeholder relationship building.
Interviews will commence as soon as suitable applications come through.
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