About this role
Job Description
Are you passionate about creating safe, healthy, and high-performing workplaces? Do you thrive on partnering with leaders and teams to build a strong safety culture while providing practical, expert advice across diverse operational environments?
As the Work Health & Safety (WHS) Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting workplace health, safety, wellbeing, injury management, and return-to-work programs across both our Corporate Support Centre and Distribution Centre operations. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will work closely with leaders and team members to identify and manage workplace risks, drive compliance with WHS legislation and best practice, and deliver initiatives that promote a proactive, safety-first culture.
Working within a collaborative safety team, you will provide hands-on support across office and operational environments, coaching leaders, influencing positive safety behaviours, and contributing to the development and implementation of safety programs, training, and continuous improvement initiatives. Your ability to build strong stakeholder relationships, provide practical solutions, and champion wellbeing will help create workplaces where our people can perform at their best and return home safely every day.
This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by combining strategic safety leadership with operational support, ensuring the highest standards of health, safety, and wellbeing are embedded across all areas of the business.
Key Responsibilities
Safety Leadership, Risk Management and Compliance
• Lead and support practical safety initiatives that improve risk management, compliance, and safety performance across Corporate Offices and Distribution Centres.
• Conduct risk assessments, workplace inspections, audits, and assurance activities, partnering with leaders to implement effective controls and safe systems of work.
• Review workplace practices, policies, and procedures, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Monitor legislative changes, industry developments, and emerging risks, ensuring the business remains compliant with WHS obligations and best practice.
• Support managers in implementing health, safety, and wellbeing initiatives across their teams.
Incident Management and Investigation
• Oversee incident, hazard, and near-miss reporting processes, ensuring timely investigation, resolution, and reporting.
• Lead incident investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Manage notifiable incident reporting requirements and liaise with regulators where required.
• Monitor corrective actions to ensure effective and sustainable risk controls are implemented.
• Analyse safety performance data and incident trends to drive targeted improvement initiatives.
Injury Management and Return to Work
• Manage workers' compensation and injury management processes from initial not