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Senior Safety Partner

"YOU COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE"

Primary Work Location: Wyong, NSW 

• Provide expert safety consultation to support the business
• Work with the Water and Sewer team to drive a safety culture
• Work/life balance - 9-day fortnight with flexible/hybrid working arrangements available
• Permanent full time

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. 

Today the Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, with the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

Central Coast Council is the third largest water utility in NSW servicing 139,000 homes and businesses in a growing region.

The Senior Safety Partner role will work within the Central Coast Council Safety team and partner collaboratively with the leadership team of Water and Sewer. It will lead safety in the Water and Sewer business in line with the Corporate Safety Management System and will focus on driving improvements and cultural change with a strong focus on the needs of business operations in Water and Sewer. You will also work closely with a variety of professional and operational teams to ensure best practice safety standards are implemented.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Key activities of this role include:

• working closely with business units to develop staff and leadership capability to build a safety culture within teams
• coach leaders on building a safe work environment
• undertake work, health and safety investigations
• provide advice on work health and safety policy and legislation.

About you:

• You have a degree qualification in a related field or extensive contemporary experience in a similar role combined with ongoing professional development
• You are experienced in undertaking work health and safety investigations and have Lead auditor qualifications
• You have a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• You have a NSW Construction Induction card
• You have experience in working in a Water Utility or a similar regulated Authority industry body
• You enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise, while also learning from others
• Having a work/life balance is important to you

About us:

• We are a large organisation delivering a wide variety of services to our local community
• You will be joining a team of safety professionals who excel at what they do
• We offer a supportive work environment with opportunities for career development
• We provide opportunities to collaborate with subject matter experts from a variety of areas across the organisation
• We offer an attractive range of benefits to our employees.

Please refer to the position description for detailed information on the position and required skills and experience.

This role provides a commencing salary range of between $92,175k to $110,588k per annum dependent on skills and experience + 10.5% superannuation. 

A leaseback vehicle is provided in this role for official duties and private use and your choice of vehicle will be provided when one becomes available in accordance with Council’s Vehicle Policy. In the meantime, either an alternate pre-used vehicle or a vehicle allowance of $165 per week ($8,580 per annum) is temporarily applied for this position due to ongoing issues with supply for new vehicles.

A 9 day fortnight work-cycle currently applies to this role with flexible/hybrid working arrangements available.

Central Coast Council is committed to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of all of our employees. In accordance with Council's WHS requirements and COVID-19 Safety Plans we require all employees to be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine.

Enquiries: Paul Mewing, Work Health and Safety Lead on 4350 1668.

If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Closing Date:  Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 30 April 2023.