Job Title: Health and Safety Site Manager
This position is ideal for a hands-on professional with extensive experience in construction safety management.
The successful candidate will provide leadership and support during civil and construction works, ensuring compliance with all relevant safety standards. They will also engage effectively with principal and subcontractors to facilitate safe project delivery.
To excel in this role, you will need to develop and implement site safety plans and systems aligned with industry best practices. You must also be able to facilitate contractor pre-starts, toolbox talks, and HSE coordination meetings.
In addition, you will work closely with operations and project management teams to balance construction and BAU activities. You will address industrial interface challenges and promote a collaborative, approachable, and solutions-focused safety culture onsite.
You will require tertiary qualifications in Health, Safety & Environment or a related discipline. Proven experience in project-based construction safety management is essential, particularly in civil or concreting projects.
About the Role
* Provide HSE leadership across civil construction and decommissioning works.
* Manage and engage with principal and subcontractors to ensure compliance and safe project delivery.
* Develop and implement site safety plans and systems aligned with safety standards.
* Facilitate contractor pre-starts, toolbox talks, and HSE coordination meetings.
* Partner closely with operations and project management teams to balance construction and BAU activities.
* Address industrial interface challenges, working effectively with both unionised and non-unionised workgroups.
Key Requirements:
* Tertiary qualifications in Health, Safety & Environment or related discipline.
* Proven experience in project-based construction safety management (civil/concreting experience highly regarded).
We Are Looking For Someone Who:
Is a practical safety professional who enjoys being embedded on site.
Can build relationships and create safe systems from the ground up.
Has a strong focus on creating a collaborative and approachable safety culture onsite.