Senior Manager, Health & Safety

Healthcare & Life Sciences · Occupational Health & Safety

In short

ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems seeks a Senior Manager, Health & Safety to lead and execute the H&S strategy across Australia and New Zealand. This role involves strengthening safety culture, managing risk, ensuring compliance with WHS legislation, and overseeing various safety programs and teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Health & Safety strategy and transformation roadmap across Australia and New Zealand.
  • Partner with operational leaders to strengthen safety leadership and accountability.
  • Simplify and enhance safety systems, governance and reporting.
  • Lead incident investigations and drive effective corrective actions.
  • Oversee workers' compensation and return-to-work programs.
  • Ensure compliance with WHS legislation, regulatory requirements and company standards.
  • Manage safety audits, compliance frameworks and regulatory engagement.
  • Oversee technician licensing, competency and compliance management.
  • Build capability across the organisation through coaching and consultation.
  • Lead and develop a small Health & Safety team while influencing stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications in Health & Safety or a related discipline.
  • Health & Safety leadership experience in a multi-site operational environment.
  • Demonstrated experience leading safety transformation and organisational change.
  • Strong knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and regulatory requirements.
  • Experience managing audits, governance frameworks, investigations and compliance programs.
  • Experience managing workers' compensation and return-to-work outcomes.
  • Experience overseeing workforce compliance programs, licenses, competencies and training requirements.
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and drive operational ownership of safety.

Desired Qualifications

  • Return-to-Work Coordinator training and ISO 45001 experience will be highly regarded.

Benefits

  • Be part of a global leader that values empowerment, innovation, and integrity.
  • Join a supportive and collaborative team environment.
  • Enjoy benefits such as novated leasing, the Origin Energy benefits program, corporate health insurance and a hybrid work environment.
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Let’s create a safer and more open world – together! ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions with sales of SEK 121 billion and 52,000 employees. The Group has operations in over 70 countries and sales worldwide. ASSA ABLOY’s innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world. We have a feeling of discovery and urge to innovate by working together and telling it like it is, enabling us to be always growing, never boring and leading right. Do you want to be encouraged to act, have…

Job Posted

1 week ago

Expires

in 2 weeks

Employment Type

Full Time

Work mode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bangholme, Australia

Qualification

Bachelor

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