Group WHSEQ Manager | Perth or Kalgoorlie
Group WHSEQ Manager reporting to the MD.
Lead safety, environment and quality across three growing WA businesses.
Perth or Kalgoorlie.
21st October, ****
Lead WHSEQ across three growing WA businesses, with more acquisitions to come.
Want to set the safety, environment and quality standard for a whole group, not just one site?
Our client, a quick-growing West Australian group, is appointing a Group WHSEQ Manager to lead work health, safety, environment and quality across its three operating businesses.
You'll report directly to the Managing Director and be based in
Perth or Kalgoorlie
.
About Our Client
Our client is a WA-owned group working mainly for the mining and resources sector across the Goldfields, Mid West and Perth.
It has three businesses, each with its own risk profile:
Controlled waste:
collection, transport, pumping, treatment and disposal of liquid and solid waste
Mine-site recycling:
resource recovery, material handling, mobile plant and bins on customer sites
Asset maintenance:
workshop and field maintenance of the group's fleet and plant
The group is growing through acquisition, and it needs one practical WHSEQ framework that works across all of it.
The Opportunity
This is the senior WHSEQ role in the group.
You'll be the principal adviser to the Managing Director and leadership team, with group-wide authority, including the authority to stop work where a risk is material.
You'll set consistent minimum standards while allowing for the different risks of controlled waste, recycling and maintenance, and you'll lead WHSEQ due diligence and readiness for every new contract, facility and acquisition.
What's On Offer
Salary Package Negotiable
Choice of base:
Perth or Kalgoorlie, with regular travel to sites, workshops and mine sites
Direct reporting
to the Managing Director




Genuine authority and scope to shape the group's WHSEQ function and culture
A front-row seat in a group growing through acquisition
A family-friendly, supportive culture built on safety, quality and growth
Key Responsibilities
Leadership and governance:
develop the group WHSEQ strategy, standards and annual plans, and be a visible, field-focused leader
Business-specific risk:
oversee controls for controlled waste (liquid and solid), mine-site recycling, and maintenance hazards such as isolation, lifting, hot work and stored energy
Compliance:
make sure WA WHS, environmental, controlled waste and transport obligations, licences and customer requirements are met
Risk and incidents:
lead critical-risk management, field assurance and investigations into injuries, spills, vehicle incidents and near misses
Environment and quality:
maintain waste classification, tracking and disposal systems, spill and hydrocarbon controls, and quality of service delivery, aligned with ISO *****, ***** and **** principles
Audit and reporting:
run a risk-based audit program, coordinate customer, regulator and certification audits, and give the MD a clear WHSEQ dashboard
Training and contractors:
own induction, competency and VOC requirements, and set contractor prequalification standards
Operational change:
make sure WHSEQ risk is managed before new contracts, equipment, waste streams or acquisitions go live
People:




lead and develop the group's WHSEQ resources and build safety ownership within operations
About You
You're a practical, field-focused WHSEQ leader who's as credible in a workshop or on a mine site as in the boardroom.
You're commercially aware, calm under pressure, and confident challenging and escalating risk.
You build ownership in operations rather than running safety as a stand‐alone function.
Essential
Tertiary qualification or diploma in WHS, environmental management, quality, risk or a related field
Substantial WHSEQ leadership in multi‐site industrial operations, such as waste, recycling, mining services, transport, maintenance or heavy industry
Experience implementing practical WHSEQ systems across multiple sites or businesses
Robust knowledge of WA WHS and environmental requirements, and of controlled waste obligations for liquid and solid waste
Working knowledge of high‐risk maintenance activities: isolation, stored energy, lifting, hot work and plant
Strong capability in risk management, incident investigation, emergency response and audit
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence frontline workers, executives, customers and regulators
Current C Class licence and willingness to travel regularly to remote sites
Preferred
Lead or Internal Auditor qualification, and ICAM or RCA investigation training
Experience with ISO *****, ***** and **** systems and certification audits
Experience with regulators, major mining clients and contractor prequalification systems
Why This Role?
You'll be the group's senior WHSEQ leader, reporting to the Managing Director, with the authority to set the standard across three businesses and every acquisition that follows.
You'll also have the choice of living in Perth or Kalgoorlie.
It's a role where you'll build something that lasts.
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📌 Group Whseq Manager | Perth Or Kalgoorlie
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