Safety, Health & Wellbeing Specialist - Proactive Services

• Newly created role to support our Proactive Services team
• Sydney based with flexible working
• Permanent full time opportunity

About Us

At Woolworths, the Safety of our customers and team is critical. Our Safety & Wellbeing team is responsible for working with operational leaders to provide and maintain a safe working and shopping environment for our team members, customers, visitors, and contractors.

The Role

This role is an essential Safety, Health & Wellbeing (SH&W) Specialist position, which provides support to Woolworths Facilities Management (WFM) predominantly in the Proactive Services business arena.

The role itself is not a risk nor control owner and focuses on ensuring rigorous and consistent approaches to risk assessment and control establishment by WFM responsible operational leaders. The role will engage proactively with the WFM group by providing input to reports, tactical solutions to complicated problems and coaching in correct approaches to effective SH&W leadership and practice. The role will be central to building the key components of the safe systems of work utilised by a significant operational workforce.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Participate with a small team to establish robust and unambiguous processes.
• Create and present reports, presentations and recommendations for improvement
• Engage with all levels of WFM/Proactive Services in team meetings
• Visit sites with the SH&W teams
• Deliver training on risk assessment and controls establishment to all levels within Proactive Services and WFM
• Attend sites to facilitate effective risk assessment and controls establishment
• Participate in audits, inspections and reviews of work practices
• Establish risk and control specific guidance materials and have them available for use in the most appropriate platform.
• Author, consult and achieve consensus on SH&W processes

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an experienced safety professional with:

• Analytical thinking
• Ability to work cohesively across multiple teams
• Risk Management
• SHW System development and implementation.
• Training and training materials development
• Investigation conducting
• High risk safety activities
• Achieving in partnership with others
• Cultural change
• Relationship building
• Communication, both written and verbal
• Stakeholder engagement
  

Why you’ll love it here

In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

• Flexibility isn't just about working from home. It's about opening the conversation and changing the focus to what & how we deliver, rather than where we deliver it. Chat to us about your flexibility needs.
• A culture that embraces new talent and truly a great place to work.
• Team member discounts across Woolworths brands.
• An attractive remuneration package including base + super + bonus + Car
• An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people.

Applications close 25th August 2023

We are focused on inclusion and diversity as Ways of Working. If you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to submit your application.

See how our team are creating better experiences together and connect with us through LinkedIn #LI #work180, Facebook or www.wowcareers.com.au

Grow with the Group

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.

We’d love to hear from You

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application. You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or via www.wowcareers.com.au. #LI #work180.

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Woolworths Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.