As our business grows, we’re looking for an HSEQ Advisor to join Sodexo in a newly created role. You’ll be the go-to health, safety, environment and quality partner for our account leaders, site teams and clients, working hands-on across sites to help keep our people safe, our services compliant and our standards high.

What you’ll do

- Partner with the business: Act as the primary HSEQ contact for account leaders, site teams, clients and service partners, building strong relationships and aligning specialist support to operational and client priorities.
- Manage risk and compliance: Facilitate risk assessments and HAZID workshops, maintain site risk registers (including psychosocial risks), manage ChemWatch, SDS files and chemical risk assessments, and support food safety, HACCP and allergen programs.
- Provide assurance: Conduct safety walks, field coaching, inspections and audits (including Permit to Work and JHA compliance), and track corrective actions through to close-out.
- Drive quality: Plan and run quality audits and service assurance reviews, investigate service failures, and support continuous improvement across accounts.
- Lead incident management: Ensure incidents and near misses are properly investigated, share lessons learned, support injury management and return to work, and coordinate emergency response drills.
- Train and coach: Deliver inductions,



toolbox talks and HSE training to Sodexo personnel and service partners, support training needs analysis, and coordinate the Safety Champions program.
- Strengthen our systems: Maintain HSEQ policies and procedures, prepare monthly performance reports, and support mobilisation and management of change.

What you’ll bring

- Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis facilitator certification (required)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (desirable)
- 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Exposure to ISO 45001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems (desirable)
- Exposure to psychosocial risk management (desirable)
- Excellent verbal and written communication, with the confidence to present to operations, clients and employees
- Proven ability to influence, coach and build relationships at all levels
- Strong problem-solving, facilitation, time management and organisational skills
- Working knowledge of change management principles and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Why apply?

If you’re a safety qualified who enjoys coaching leaders, getting out on site and making a practical difference to how people work every day, this is a great opportunity to grow your career with a global leader in food and facilities services.

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📌 HSEQ Advisor (Melbourne)
🏢 Sodexo
📍 Melbourne