Title:  Safety Advisor

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.
That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.
Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the Role / Are you up for the challenge?

Join our team as a Safety Advisor on an exciting Communications project based in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. 

As a Safety Advisor, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our projects are executed in a safe and compliant manner, while working in a rail environment.

This role is supporting a Pilbara based project and therefore will be engaged on a FIFO arrangement with a roster of 14 days on and 7 days off, with a point of hire of Perth. 

Responsibilities of the role include / What you will do;

• Providing operational support and leadership to the project management team in understanding and taking responsibility for safety within the workplace.
• Supporting operational leadership in monitoring compliance with safety systems and procedures
• Implementing Health and Wellbeing campaigns and initiatives.
• Conducting incident and accident investigations that may require litigation, as well as routine safety inspections and monitoring work areas
• Establishing positive working relationships with project personnel and raising awareness of safety risks
• Assisting with the development of safety policies specific to the project and administering safety programs for project employees
• Maintaining knowledge of applicable legislative requirements, government regulations, standards and policies
• Evaluating, investigating and gathering information that will address inadequacies concerning safety matters
• Reviewing specific high-risk planned works to be undertaken to ensure compliance with the method of work
• Ordering appropriate stocks of PPE as directed and supporting the communication of SQE requirements to the project
   

To be successful in this key role, you must have / What we are looking for;

• A Diploma of Work Health and Safety or equivalent
• Experience in conducting and interpreting audit reviews and knowledge of quantitative and qualitative risk assessment and monitoring of risk controls
• Experience monitoring, reviewing and reporting on performance, compliance, and defects
• Skills in safety management techniques and tools

Join us in our commitment to safety and make a difference in the lives of our employees and the success of our projects
 

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.
We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.
We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of   super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.
• Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.