Safety Partner | Access Industries

Practical safety. Digital confidence. Meaningful impact.

Help create safer, more inclusive workplaces that support meaningful employment for people with disability.

We’re looking for a visible, proactive Safety Partner who builds relationships on site, responds confidently to emerging risks and follows through on improvements. Reporting to the General Manager People and Culture, you’ll work across Access sites alongside operational leaders and employees.

What you’ll be responsible for:

- Safety leadership and business partnering: Maintain regular site engagement, coach supervisors and help managers take ownership of risks, controls and corrective actions.
- Operational risk and critical controls: Assess risks involving machinery, traffic, manual handling, chemicals and workplace layouts. Verify that controls work in practice and ensure safety is considered before operational changes begin.
- Incidents and investigations: Respond to hazards, near misses and incidents, identify underlying causes and work with operational teams to implement and verify preventative actions.
- Early intervention and recovery at work: Coordinate the initial response to workplace injuries, support timely access to care and work with employees, treating practitioners, insurers and managers on safe, meaningful suitable duties.
- Inclusive consultation and psychosocial safety: Involve supported and non-supported employees in safety decisions. Develop accessible instructions and training, check understanding and help address psychosocial risks.
- Digital safety systems and assurance: Improve digital workflows, risk registers, inspections and reporting.



Help strengthen an ISO 45001-aligned safety management system and turn safety data into practical operational improvements.
- Emergency readiness and governance: Support accessible emergency arrangements, drills and contractor safety, with explicit escalation and coordination across Operations, People and Culture, and safeguarding.

What success looks like

You’ll be present and approachable across our sites, respond promptly to concerns and challenge unsafe practices constructively. You’ll follow actions through to verified completion, support sustainable recovery at work and deliver reporting that helps leaders make informed decisions. We’ll also look for measurable improvements to safety systems or operational risk each quarter.

What you’ll bring

- At least four years’ practical WHS advisory or partnering experience in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, disability employment or comparable operational environments.
- A Certificate IV or Diploma in WHS, or a higher relevant qualification; equivalent substantial experience will be considered.
- Strong knowledge of NSW WHS requirements, risk management, critical controls, consultation and psychosocial hazards.
- Experience in incident investigation, audits, early injury intervention and recovery-at-work coordination.
- Strong digital capability: confidence using safety platforms, improving workflows, analysing data and helping others adopt digital tools.
- The ability to communicate accessibly, coach leaders and engage employees with varied support needs.
- A current driver licence and capacity to travel across sites.

- Experience with ISO 45001, LPR and SiteDocs, would be highly regarded. Bring your safety expertise to an organisation where safe, inclusive work makes a difference.

📌 Safety Partner (Sydney)
🏢 Access Industries
📍 Sydney