Woolworths

Health and Safety Specialist

• Drive safety, health, and wellbeing objectives by partnering across Woolworths Group  to boost engagement and mitigate risks

• Champion a Group-wide safety strategy; deliver on contractor safety frameworks, third party safety risk management and material risk initiatives

• Permanent, hybrid working available to applicants in Sydney (preference), Brisbane or Melbourne

We are Woolworths Group 

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. 

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

What you'll do

As our Health and Safety Specialist, you will support the delivery of key Group Safety and Material Risk initiatives across Woolworths Group. You will contribute to the effective risk management of Woolworths diverse delivery partners, including contractors, suppliers and other third parties. You will also leverage your health and safety knowledge and experience to support Woolworths across, material risk management and safety management systems.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support the deployment and continuous improvement of the Contractor Safety Risk Management (CSRM) framework across the Group.

• Provide expert guidance on the application of the contractor safety framework and third-party risk management.

• Analyze safety data, prepare reports, and provide insights on performance and risk profiles to support decision-making.

• Offer generalist health & safety advice and support, covering management systems, risk assessments, and incident investigations.

• Foster collaborative stakeholder engagement to drive safety outcomes and align with industry best practice.

What you'll bring

A key focus in the role is demonstrating technical expertise in Australian WHS legislation, risk assessment, and contractor management, alongside hands-on experience developing and implementing safety management systems to drive safety performance. Success hinges on exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, which will be used to negotiate, influence, and provide data-driven, actionable insights to diverse business partners. With your proven ability to simplify processes and documentation to be operationally fit for purpose, and to apply a pragmatic approach to understand how work is actually done, designing controls that are simple, intuitive, and effective for teams and partners.

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant WH&S experience and tertiary WHS qualifications.

• Demonstrated ability to challenge traditional safety paradigms, driving innovative and systemic solutions that consistently achieve positive operational and safety outcomes by approaching challenges differently.

• Exposure to contractors and suppliers safety frameworks and systems, including digital safety applications.

• Comfort leading comprehensive risk assessments for operations and perform root-cause incident investigations.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to influence stakeholders across all levels.

• Able to interpret complex safety data to provide actionable insights and contribute to the development of compliant, integrated safety management systems.

What you’ll experience

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• Access to Sonder.  Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.

• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.  

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.

• Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre-tax salary.  Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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