About the Company

Our client is a global manufacturer, with a significant, well-established site based in Geelong. Backed by international scale and a centralised support structure, the local site operates with a solid sense of identity and a leadership team that genuinely cares about doing right by its people.

This is a business that values people, product quality, and doing things properly - and now needs a safety leader who can help it live up to that reputation on the ground.

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced safety professional to step into a key, newly created position and genuinely shape the safety culture of the site. You'll take ownership of health, safety and wellbeing across the site, while also supporting injury management and return to work processes for affected employees.

Duties

- Own and drive the site safety strategy and roadmap
- Lead a cultural shift from compliance to genuine ownership
- Coach and influence leaders to model safety behaviours




- Support IM and RTW cases in partnership with HR
- Review and improve safety observation processes
- Strengthen reporting and visibility of safety metrics
- Partner with a centralised safety function based in Europe
- Drive practical, sustainable change management initiatives
- Investigate incidents and embed genuine corrective actions
- Build trust and credibility across all levels of the site

Skills and Experience

- 10+ years' experience in a safety leadership role
- Manufacturing, FMCG or industrial background preferred
- Proven experience leading genuine culture change
- Confident operating within centralised/matrixed structures
- Strong stakeholder and influencing skills at leadership level
- Comfortable identifying and fixing broken systems
- Relevant safety qualifications (Cert IV or higher, WHS)
- Experience with IM/RTW case management highly regarded

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📌 Safety Manager (Geelong)
🏢 Sharp & Carter
📍 Geelong