Health and Safety Advisor

At Resmed, the health and safety of our people is fundamental to how we work.

We are looking for aHealth & Safety Advisorwho is passionate about creating safer workplaces and enjoys working alongside leaders and teams to turn good safety practices into everyday habits.

In this role, you will be a trusted Health & Safety partner across our Australian operations, providing practical advice, strengthening our safety systems and helping leaders and teams build a proactive safety culture where everyone takes ownership of safety.

This is more than a compliance role. You will spend time where the work happens – partnering with leaders and employees, understanding how work is performed, solving practical safety challenges and identifying opportunities to continuously improve the way we work.

If you enjoy combining technical Health & Safety expertise with coaching, problem-solving and genuine partnership, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact on the safety and experience of our people.

Responsibilities:

Be a trusted Health & Safety partner

You will work closely with leaders and employees to make Health & Safety practical, accessible and part of everyday decision-making.

You will:

• Provide timely and practical Health & Safety advice to leaders, employees and key stakeholders.
• Interpret WHS legislation, standards and internal requirements and translate them into practical workplace solutions.
• Coach leaders to understand and confidently fulfil their Health & Safety responsibilities.
• Build strong relationships across manufacturing, operational and corporate teams.
• Support effective consultation and engagement with employees, Health & Safety Representatives and Health & Safety Committees.
• Lead and embed a proactive safety culture by partnering with leaders and teams to strengthen safety ownership, accountability and everyday safe behaviours.
• Foster an environment where employees feel confident to speak up about safety, proactively identify and report risks, and contribute ideas that improve workplace safety.

Strengthen risk management & prevention

A key focus of the role is helping us identify risks early and prevent incidents before they occur.

You will:

• Facilitate and support workplace risk assessments, hazard identification and implementation of effective controls.
• Partner with teams to review existing controls and identify opportunities to strengthen them.
• Maintain and support effective management of Health & Safety risk registers.
• Analyse hazards, incidents, near misses and safety observations to identify trends and emerging risks.
• Translate insights into practical preventative actions and improvement initiatives.
• Provide Health & Safety input into workplace changes, new equipment, processes and projects.
• Support ergonomic and workplace design risk assessments from a preventative and systems perspective.

When incidents occur, you will help the organisation learn from them and prevent recurrence.

You will:

• Support the timely reporting, assessment and investigation of workplace incidents and near misses.
• Facilitate effective incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Partner with leaders to develop practical corrective and preventative actions.
• Monitor actions through to completion and evaluate whether controls have been effective.
• Identify recurring themes and use insights to shape broader Health & Safety improvement priorities.
• Support the development and delivery of Health & Safety improvement plans, initiatives and projects.

Build Health & Safety capability

Great safety outcomes come from capable and confident leaders and teams.

You will:

• Develop and deliver engaging Health & Safety training, education and awareness programs.
• Provide ongoing coaching to leaders and employees on safe work practices and risk management.
• Support Health & Safety inductions and other required safety training.
• Identify capability gaps and recommend practical ways to strengthen safety knowledge and behaviours.
• Develop clear and engaging Health & Safety communications, tools and resources.
• Support safety campaigns and initiatives that encourage active employee participation.

Strengthen our Health & Safety systems

You will help ensure our Health & Safety systems remain effective, contemporary and easy for our people to use.

You will:

• Support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Health & Safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work.
• Help maintain and strengthen our Health & Safety Management System.
• Support internal and external Health & Safety audits, inspections and assurance activities.
• Monitor corrective actions, audit findings and improvement commitments through to closure.
• Maintain accurate Health & Safety documentation, records and reporting.
• Monitor Health & Safety performance indicators and provide meaningful insights to leaders.
• Support compliance with applicable WHS legislation, regulatory requirements and Resmed standards.

Let’s Talk About You

You are a practical and collaborative Health & Safety professional who enjoys being close to the business and making safety work in the real world.

You are comfortable moving between the shop floor and leadership conversations – whether that means facilitating a risk assessment, investigating an incident, coaching a leader or using data to identify where we can do better.

You bring curiosity and sound judgement. Rather than simply pointing to a policy or requirement, you seek to understand the work, engage the people closest to it and find solutions that are both safe and practical.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in a Health & Safety, WHS role.
• Sound knowledge of Australian WHS legislation, regulations and contemporary Health & Safety practices.
• Experience undertaking risk assessments, incident investigations and corrective action management.
• The ability to interpret Health & Safety requirements and translate them into practical workplace solutions.
• Strong consultation, coaching and influencing skills.
• Confidence partnering with leaders and employees at different levels of an organisation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, prevention-focused mindset.
• The ability to analyse safety information and trends and translate insights into meaningful action.
• Strong organisational and documentation skills.
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across a broader team.

Qualifications and Experience

• A relevant qualification inWork Health & Safety, Health & Safety, Risk Managementor a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience working in a Health & Safety advisory role.
• Practical experience with workplace risk assessment, incident investigation and Health & Safety management systems.
• Working knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, consultation and communication skills.

We'd Also Love to See

• Experience withinmanufacturing, medical devices, healthcare, engineering or another highly regulated environment.
• Experience working with ISO 45001 or another recognised Health & Safety management system.
• Formal incident investigation or root cause analysis training.
• Experience supporting Health & Safety audits and regulatory interactions.
• Experience delivering Health & Safety training and coaching leaders.
• Exposure to ergonomics, manual handling, machinery safety, hazardous substances or contractor safety.
• Experience supporting organisational change, new equipment, facility or process risk assessments.

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