Title:  Senior 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.

About The Project

John Holland, Stantec and KBR are partnering with Sydney Water in an Alliance to deliver the North-West Treatment Hub – a brownfield treatment program that will commence with a $500 million upgrade of Rouse Hill and Riverstone wastewater treatment facilities. The project will achieve circular economy outcomes, increasing recycled water production, improving the quality of wastewater byproducts for reuse, and leveraging innovative treatment technologies that reduce carbon footprint. Upgrades will support the treatment of a further 45 megalitres of wastewater each day, to cater for growing northwest communities. The Project will deliver a new state-of-the-art biosolids facility at Riverstone, with new technology to improve the quality of wastewater byproducts.

About The Role

As a Senior Safety Advisor, you will monitor and support the safety function of the project to provide support and coordination of safety practices, systems and procedures on the North western Treatment Hub Project for John Holland and Sydney water. 

Guide and support the Construction Team to develop and implement a safety culture that aligns to the company vision, including adequate development and training in safety critical roles
Ensure the projects maintains robust risk management processes, capability, focus and discipline related to safety
Investigate all causes of events on site and recommend actions to prevent future occurrences
Provide specialist support to internal stakeholders including operational leaders, project employees, contractors, clients and visitors
Ensure the project understands and have the tools to meet their regulatory and legal safety obligations
Maintain comprehensive safety records, manage statutory reporting requirements and monitor safety performance progress
Maintain an update-to-date knowledge of relevant legal, regulatory and company safety requirements, ensuring workplace are informed of relevant changes

To be successful in this key role, you’ll have the following;

Advanced Diploma Safety in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent
Safety Lead Auditor Qualification
Construction Tier 1 experience
Audit management practices 
Quantitative and qualitative risk assessment and monitoring of risk controls and actions involved in delivery and implementation of projects
Knowledge of Safety legislation and statutes, and ability to interpret any applicable statutes or legislation relevant to Project
Knowledge of Environmental legislation and statutes, and ability to interpret any applicable statutes or legislation relevant to Project

We Offer

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 industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

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.