Safety Advisory and Partnering Team Lead

Overview

Lead safety advisory team, drive safety strategies, coach, ensure compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• risk assessment
• incident investigation
• safety audits
• regulatory compliance
• performance reporting
• stakeholder engagement

Tasks

This frontline leadership role provides coaching and guidance to both team members and operational leaders, ensuring safety requirements are effectively operationalised and aligned with industry standards. We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Safety Advisory and Partnering Team Lead to lead and support a team of Safety Advisory Partners in driving and embedding our operational safety strategies across our Southern Depots. -Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, promoting proactive safety initiatives and effective communication across the organisation. -Lead the coordination of safety training, toolbox talks, inspections, audits, and emergency preparedness activities. -Lead and develop the Safety Advisory & Partnering team, driving performance, capability, and alignment with safety policies and initiatives. -Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental legislation, standards, and internal procedures, escalating issues as required. -Lead and manage investigations for significant incidents, ensuring root cause analysis, corrective actions, and timely reporting. -Provide insights and reporting on safety performance to support continuous improvement. -Coach and mentor team members, fostering accountability, learning, and a strong safety culture. -Oversee hazard identification, risk assessments, and implementation of effective controls in collaboration with operational teams.

Requirements

• icam
• graduate diploma
• c licence
• leadership
• stakeholder
• risk management

What You Bring

Our ideal candidate will bring strong stakeholder engagement skills, industry insight, and a passion for fostering a proactive, high-performance safety culture. -Experience managing contractor safety performance and ensuring regulatory compliance. -Tertiary qualification in Occupational Health and Safety (minimum Graduate Diploma or Bachelor’s). -Extensive years’ experience managing Safety and Health outcomes for a large multi-disciplinary workforce ideally in a complex industrial/ operational environment. -Valid WA ‘C’ or ‘C-A’ Class Driver’s Licence. -ICAM qualification. -A seasoned professional with extensive knowledge of safety, health and environment disciplines. -Demonstrated capability in operationalising safety strategy, risk management, and incident investigation (ICAM qualification desirable). -Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and build effective relationships at all levels. -Proven leadership in managing and developing safety teams and driving positive safety outcomes.

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Benefits

You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. -In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year. -Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. -Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression. -An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. -Flexible work arrangements to support working hours and working from home arrangements. -The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. -22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

About Western Power

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