About the Company

At SA Water, our work sustains life. Every day, we deliver safe, reliable water and wastewater services to more than 1.8 million South Australians, supporting healthy communities across our state.

Behind this essential service are people who care. From engineering and science to construction, digital, operations and customer experience, every role plays a part. We bring our authentic selves to work, driven by purpose, supporting one another to deliver work that truly matters.

About the job The Safety Coordinator partners closely with operational leaders and workers to bring health and safety initiatives to life. This is a hands-on role where you will spend time engaging with frontline teams, supporting leaders to manage risks, investigating incidents, conducting field-based audits and inspections, and driving continuous improvement across safety systems and processes.

Based in Port Lincoln, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact by coaching and influencing others, strengthening safety capability, and helping ensure our people, contractors and communities remain safe.

About the Person

You are a practical and approachable safety professional who enjoys building relationships and working alongside operational teams. You know how to balance safety requirements with operational realities and are confident providing advice, coaching and support to leaders at all levels.

You bring a collaborative mindset, strong communication skills and a genuine passion for fostering safe and healthy workplaces. Whether your experience comes from a dedicated safety role or an operational background with strong safety responsibilities, you understand what good safety looks like and how to influence positive outcomes.





About People and Safety The People and Safety business group supports the capability, wellbeing, and safety of our workforce. The team brings together human resources, talent attraction, organisational development, and safety and wellbeing to ensure our people can do their best work, safely and sustainably

Working in People and Safety means shaping culture, attracting and developing talent, supporting leaders and teams, and strengthening safe, inclusive workplaces across South Australia. Your work will help ensure we have the right people, skills, and environments to deliver essential water and wastewater services now and into the future.

In addition, your responsibilities will include:

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensure we effectively communicate and engage audiences with our business strategy and its delivery across South Australia, every day.

You will

- Champion health and safety at the front line, partnering with leaders to manage risks and promote safety culture.
- Conduct workplace inspections, audits, investigations and field observations.
- Coach and support leaders to build health and safety capability across operations.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of health and safety systems, a processes and tools.
- Monitor safety performance and identify opportunities to strengthen safety outcomes.





Your success in this role will come from:

- Qualifications in Work Health and Safety (minimum Cert IV), training and assessment, incident investigation or auditing will be highly regarded, but we are also open to candidates with strong operational experience and a genuine passion for safety.
- Experience working within operational environments and supporting health and safety outcomes.
- Robust influencing, coaching and relationship building skills.
- An understanding of health and safety management systems and risk management practices.
- Demonstrated commitment to creating safe and healthy workplaces.
- A current driver’s licence and willingness to travel across operational areas as required.

Further information can be found in the attached PD - Safety Coordinator. To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Despina Livadiotis from the Talent Acquisition team [email protected].

Applications close 11:55pm, 17 November 2026.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.

📌 Safety Coordinator – Port Lincoln
🏢 SA Water
📍 Port Lincoln