Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Coordinator - SKA-Low Telescope - Geraldton, WA, Australia

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Role highlights

• Great 12-month opportunity to build your career in Health, Safety and Environment
• Apply your coordination skills to support a major infrastructure project
• Join the SKA-Low team and gain practical, site-based HSE experience

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The opportunity

The SKA-Low Telescope is an international science and engineering project that will form part of the SKA Observatory, a global next-generation radio astronomy facility. Located in remote Western Australia on Wajarri Yamaji Country, SKA-Low will be one of two SKA telescopes and will provide new capabilities for exploring the Universe. In Australia, CSIRO is collaborating with the SKA Observatory to support the construction and operation of the telescope, with teams working across Geraldton, Perth and the telescope site.

The HSE team supports this work by coordinating Health, Safety and Environment activities across the project’s operational and site-based environments, helping teams work safely and meet HSE requirements.

Reporting to the Senior HSE Advisor, you will support the team with training and compliance activities, HSE records and systems, risk assessments and investigations, and the follow-up of actions. You will gain practical experience across both the Engineering Operations Centre in Geraldton and the SKA-Low telescope site.

You will bring good organisation, communication and time-management skills, ideally with some experience in administration, training, compliance or Health and Safety. Formal HSE qualifications or extensive experience are not essential. You will receive on-the-job mentoring and support to build your HSE knowledge and practical experience.

Based in Geraldton, you will regularly travel to the SKA-Low telescope site, generally every second week, with occasional travel to Perth.

If you’re interested in Health and Safety and keen to learn, develop and gain hands-on experience while contributing to a major international project, this could be a great next step in your career, and we’d love to hear from you!

Your high-level duties will include:

• Supporting the implementation and ongoing review and improvement of SKAO project HSE plans, procedures and the HSE Management System.
• Supporting SKA-Low teams’ training requirements by coordinating training bookings, qualifications and certificates, maintaining training registers, and coordinating integrated team training exercises to test site Emergency Response Plans.
• Supporting teams to complete risk assessments and making recommendations to reduce risk exposure, and assisting with the timely close-out of investigations and corrective actions.
• Supporting the SKA-Low HSE Committee by maintaining the action register and working with action owners to close out agreed tasks.
• Supporting HSE compliance, document and records management across online systems, including SharePoint, Confluence and Rapid Global, and accurately maintaining records of inspections, assurance, training and other HSE activities.

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: Geraldton, WA

Salary: AU$76K – AU$96K per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus 15.4% superannuation + opportunity for overtime when on site

Tenure & work schedule: Specified Term of 12 months (leave cover) – Full-time, Part-time or Job-share

Reference: 104216

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

Essential

• A background in Health and Safety administration, training, compliance, or other project administration.
• Valid C Class Driver’s Licence.
• Skills in Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 platforms (e.g. SharePoint, Teams, Outlook).
• Experience in records management and compliance processes.

Desirable

• Certification in Occupational Health and Safety, or practical site-based experience in a Health and Safety role.
• Willingness to undertake higher training in Occupational Health and Safety as part of ongoing professional development.
• Experience working in remote or regional locations.
• Experience collaborating with construction teams or working in a construction environment.

For full details about this role, please review the Position Description.

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner via email (see details in the Position Description) and let us know how we can support you.

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens, and Australian Permanent Residents.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Due to the specific duties and/or conditions associated with this role, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical examination, and will also be required to provide evidence that they have a C Class driver’s licence. They will also be required to provide a Construction Card (WHITE CARD) (or be willing to obtain it upon appointment to the role).

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Child safety

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How to apply

Please apply online, and provide a CV and a detailed cover letter, responding to each of the selection criteria in detail, that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role. Please attach your selection criteria responses to your cover letter as one document.

Applications close

15 November 2026, 11:00pm AEDT

We strongly encourage early applications as we will be reviewing applications as they come through. CSIRO reserves the right to close the advertising early if we find our desired candidate.