Lead Safety Across Major Healthcare Construction Projects!

Take a senior role in shaping safety across major infrastructure and maintenance projects, providing expert WHS guidance in live healthcare environments! Temporary full time opportunity!

About This Role

About your role

As the Senior Safety Permit Officer, you will provide senior WHS expertise across construction and major maintenance activities within Metro South Health.

- Provide expert WHS advice across construction, maintenance and infrastructure activities.
- Review risk assessments, SWMS and safety documentation to ensure compliance and effective risk controls.
- Conduct site inspections, observations and compliance activities, maintaining a strong presence across projects.
- Lead or support investigations into serious and complex construction-related incidents and identify improvement opportunities.

About You You are an experienced WHS professional who can confidently navigate complex construction environments and communicate effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.

- Relevant WHS qualifications or extensive construction and health industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience providing WHS advice across major infrastructure or complex construction projects.
- Solid knowledge of WHS legislation, regulations, Australian Standards and safety management practices.
- Excellent research, problem-solving, negotiation and report-writing skills.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials! What We Can Offer You

- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
- We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages,



salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About The Assets And Infrastructure The Assets and Infrastructure Business Unit (A&I;) enables Metro South Health to continue to expand its scope and capacity of clinical services through the effective leadership of master-planned facility renewal and redevelopment. A&I; undertake infrastructure planning through the development of business cases to deliver on the priorities identified within the Metro South Health Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP). We further deliver the identified Priority Capital Works and Capital Infrastructure projects within defined guidelines. A&I; leads the development of asset management capability through MSH, working towards alignment with ISO 55000 processes. We undertake audits and appropriate actions to address any identified issues with asset performance, lifecycle planning, information management and governance.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

📌 Safety and Permit Officer (Queensland)
🏢 South West Hospital and Health Service
📍 Queensland