About SAFESCOPE Consulting

SAFESCOPE Consulting is a specialist health, safety and risk consulting business. We're currently partnering with a major chemical processing and refinery operation in Kwinana, aligned to the energy transition space, to recruit a Health & Safety Advisor for their Processing Operations team.

About the opportunity

This is a genuinely field-based role. You'll be embedded with Processing and Maintenance teams, acting as a trusted safety partner to frontline leaders — coaching, influencing and supporting safe operational decision-making on the ground, not managing compliance from behind a desk.

What you'll be doing

- Providing hands-on health and safety support to Processing and Maintenance teams, including contractors

- Coaching Frontline Supervisors and Operators on Permit to Work, isolations (LOTO), SIMOPS and critical risk controls

- Maintaining a strong field presence through regular Time in Field — identifying risks, reinforcing safe behaviours and providing real-time coaching

- Facilitating risk assessments, JHAs and pre-task planning, and verifying the effectiveness of critical controls

- Supporting the implementation and continual improvement of the site's Mines Safety Management System (MSMS)

- Leading and supporting incident and near-miss investigations with a learning-focused, systems-based approach

- Conducting inspections, audits and verification activities, and monitoring compliance with WHS legislation and Dangerous Goods requirements





- Analysing safety data and trends to drive continuous improvement in operational safety performance

What you'll bring

- 5–8+ years' health and safety advisory experience in complex chemical processing plants, refineries or Major Hazard Facilities (e.g. alumina, nickel, lithium, chemical manufacturing)

- Tertiary qualification in WHS, OHS, Engineering, Science or a related discipline (or equivalent demonstrated experience)

- Strong working knowledge of Permit to Work systems, isolation/energy control, SIMOPS and task-based risk assessment

- Sound understanding of WHS legislation and regulatory requirements for processing and refinery operations

- Formal training in risk management, incident investigation and hazard identification

- The ability to influence without authority and build credible relationships with operators, supervisors, engineers and contractors

- A current C Class driver's licence

Highly regarded

- MHF operating environment experience

- Knowledge of process safety principles, critical risk verification or Bowtie-based control frameworks

- ICAM, TapRooT or similar systems-based investigation qualifications

- Shutdown, turnaround or brownfield/greenfield project experience

- Previous experience in WA processing operations

What's on offer

- Permanent, Monday–Friday role — no FIFO, no roster

- Salary circa $140,000 + super

- A mature, high-integrity safety setting with a genuine process safety focus

- Real operational impact in a business connected to the energy transition

Please note: applicants must hold permanent work rights in Australia.

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