Job Description

The Next Step Recruitment Company – Sydney NSW

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Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

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Eastern Seaboard | Sydney-based on-site Monday-Friday | Nationally growing business

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Build credibility. Shape strategy. Make a genuine impact.

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A newly created opportunity has arisen for a practical and relationship-focused Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor to join a rapidly growing national construction materials business undergoing a significant safety transformation.

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With strong executive commitment to safety and investment in additional capability, this is an opportunity to play a foundational role in shaping the next phase of the organisation's safety journey.

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This is not a traditional compliance-focused Safety Advisor role. The priority is to be visible across the operation, build trusted relationships and understand how work is actually performed.

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The Role

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Supporting operations across the Eastern Seaboard, you will act as the eyes and ears of the safety function, spending approximately 80% of your time in the field.

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Your focus will include:

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- Building strong relationships with operational leaders and frontline teams
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- Understanding operational risks and the realities of work "as done"
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- Providing practical safety advice and support
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- Identifying emerging risks, trends and opportunities for improvement
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- Supporting incident investigations and organisational learning
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- Conducting field-based assurance and verification activities
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- Improving safety systems, reporting, processes and documentation
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- Contributing to the development of a comprehensive operational risk profile
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- Supporting the broader uplift in safety maturity across the business
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The operating environment includes transport, logistics, equipment, mobile plant and field-based activities, so practical operational experience is important.

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About You

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You will be an experienced Safety Advisor who enjoys being close to operations and building genuine relationships with people at all levels.

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Experience in transport, logistics, construction, manufacturing, industrial operations, heavy industry, mining or mobile plant environments would be highly relevant.

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You will bring:

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- Practical WHS and risk management experience
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- Experience supporting incident investigations
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- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
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- A curious, collaborative and solutions-focused approach
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- The confidence to challenge respectfully and influence without authority
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- The ability to work autonomously across multiple sites
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- A genuine willingness to travel across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and regional Queensland as required
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Experience in injury management, return to work,



workers' compensation or assurance would be advantageous, but is not essential.

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Why Join?

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This is an prospect to join a business with genuine appetite for change and improvement, where safety has strong senior leadership support.

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You will have the chance to:

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- Make a visible and meaningful impact
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- Help shape the future safety strategy
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- Build strong relationships across a growing national operation
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- Work closely with senior safety leadership
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- Develop broad operational exposure
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- Position yourself for future leadership opportunities as the Eastern Seaboard safety function grows
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If you're a practical safety professional who believes the best safety outcomes come from working with people, not policing them, we'd like to hear from you.

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About Applying

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At TSS, we embrace individuality and differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, faith and sexual orientation. We strive to provide a recruitment experience that's fair, inclusive and accessible. We encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role.

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For any accessibility needs to be considered during the recruitment process, please let us know at *******@thesafestep.com.au

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Additional information

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- Newly created role with solid executive commitment to safety transformation
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- 80% field-based, building trust and influencing operational teams
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- Genuine opportunity to shape the safety function and progress into leadership
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📌 Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor (New South Wales)
🏢 The Next Step Recruitment
📍 New South Wales