🚧 HSE Administrator / Trainee – Mackay
📍 Full-Time | Competitive Salary
Are you looking to start your career in Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) and grow within a supportive and professional team?
Our Mackay office is seeking a motivated HSE Administrator / Trainee to join us and help ensure our workplaces remain safe, compliant, and efficient.
About the Role
This isn't just admin — this is your chance to be at the core of site safety operations. You'll support our HSE team across multiple projects, ensuring critical safety systems, documentation, and compliance requirements are always on point.
Working alongside our experienced HSE Coordinator where you'll gain real exposure to construction safety practices and play a hands-on role in keeping our projects running safely and efficiently.
This role provides a fantastic entry point into HSE, with clear pathways for career progression to Coordinator, Advisor, and Senior HSE roles.
Your Day to Day will include
* Coordinating inspections & servicing of essential site safety equipment
* Maintaining critical HSE registers across projects and the business
* Supporting workforce training, compliance & onboarding
* Managing subcontractor safety documentation via 1Breadcrumb
* Following up non-compliant documentation with subcontractors
* Assisting in the development of SWMS & Safety/Environmental Plans
* Scheduling health monitoring & respiratory fit testing
* Supporting internal, ISO & Federal Safety audits
* Providing key admin support to a busy HSE team
About You
* Administration experience (construction or regulated industry highly regarded)
* Experience with MS Office 365 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
* High attention to detail
* Reliable, Strong organisational and time management skills
* Confidence communicating with site teams & subcontractors
* Driver's Licence
* White Construction Card (or willingness to obtain)
* Australian permanent residency status required for this position
Why Join Fergus Builders?
* Fulltime role – Monday to Friday
* Job security
* Competitive salary packaging
* Work on real construction projects where safety is front and centre
* Be part of a team that genuinely values safety and continuous improvement
* Gain hands-on experience that builds your long-term career
* Supportive environment with strong mentorship from experienced HSE leaders
* Ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your HSE career
* Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
* Supportive, professional team environment in our Mackay office
* Comprehensive in-house training to ensure all necessary skills and knowledge are fully developed for success
FAST-TRACK YOUR HSE CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION
This is where your career steps up a gear.
If you're serious about building a future in Health & Safety, we'll support your growth with real opportunities — not just promises.
🎯 What's On Offer:
• Certificate IV or Diploma in Health & Safety
• Practical, on-the-job learning in active construction environments
• Clear pathways to advance into HSE Advisor roles
• Ongoing development in a high-demand industry
Whether you're starting out or ready to level up, this role is your entry point into a career that makes a real impact on every job site, we'd love to hear from you!
Fergus Builders are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
📩 Interested or want to know more?
Email *********@fergusbuilders.com.au
📞 For a confidential discussion, please call Shay on 07 4942 2***.