SMS Group Services is a proudly WA-owned company delivering scaffolding, rope access, confined space, painting & blasting, and industrial services across major mining, energy, and government projects. With strong growth and recent contracts underway, we are looking for an experienced HSEQ Field Lead to be our presence on site.

About the role

This is a site-based role. You will be on one of our project sites every day, working with crews and supervisors to make sure the system works in practice: running consultation, facilitating risk assessments, verifying critical controls, leading incident investigations and feeding what you find back to our Welshpool-based HSEQ Systems Lead. It suits a practical operator who is credible with trades and supervisors and who reports work as done, not work as imagined.

Key responsibilities

- Be a visible HSEQ presence on site, coaching line managers and crews through site walks and pre-starts.
- Run worker consultation and participation through toolbox talks, safety meetings and worker representatives, and record what was raised and done.
- Facilitate hazard identification and risk assessment with crews before work starts and when conditions change, covering OHS, environmental and quality risks.
- Check legal and other requirements are met on site, including licences, permits, statutory inspections and environmental conditions.
- Turn HSEQ objectives into site actions with site leaders and report progress.
- Verify plant, equipment and measuring devices on site are fit for use, inspected and calibrated.
- Deliver site inductions and field training, and verify competency on site.
- Verify critical controls, permits to work, management of change and environmental controls are applied as written.
- Monitor contractors and suppliers on site against prequalification standards and stop non-compliant work.




- Verify quality in the field through hold points, inspections and identification of nonconforming work.
- Run emergency drills and support first response.
- Carry out site inspections, observations and monitoring to schedule and enter results in myosh accurately and on time.
- Lead first response and investigation of incidents, near misses and complaints with the line manager, and notify the Systems Lead immediately of any serious incident.
- Follow up site corrective actions through to verified closure and pass workers’ improvement ideas to the Systems Lead.
- Support internal and external audits as site guide.

What we’re looking for

- Diploma or degree in OHS, Environmental Science or related field.
- Demonstrated site-based HSEQ experience in industrial services, construction, mining or energy.
- Incident investigation qualification (ICAM or equivalent) and experience leading investigations.
- Working knowledge of WA WHS legislation, permit-to-work systems and the hierarchy of controls.
- Experience with an HSEQ software platform; myosh highly regarded.
- Credibility with trades, supervisors and clients, and the confidence to stop work.
- Comfortable working across multiple sites, including regional travel when projects require it.
- Valid WA driver’s licence; Construction White Card.

Why SMS?

- A role built around time on site, with a Systems Lead handling the documentation.
- Exposure to large-scale mining, port and infrastructure projects.
- Direct line to the leadership team and a real say in how the system changes.
- Strong team culture built on safety, trust, and performance.
- WA-owned business with long-term growth and stability.

This is an chance for a practical HSEQ skilled who wants to be where the work happens and make a visible difference.

Apply now through Seek with your CV and cover letter outlining your site-based HSEQ experience.

📌 HSEQ Field Lead (Perth)
🏢 SMS Group Services
📍 Perth