Health & Safety Business Partner

Cleanaway Waste Management is seeking a Health & Safety Business Partner in Dandenong, VIC, Australia. The role involves guiding health and safety management, delivering safety plans, and ensuring compliance. Key responsibilities include coaching frontline leaders, conducting risk assessments, and promoting a strong safety culture. Candidates should have experience in safety management, particularly in the hazardous process industry. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.
About Us

Join us at Cleanaway and contribute to making a sustainable future possible, together.

We transform waste into resources and renewable energy. When you start to think of waste as a resource, it opens a world of possibilities.

As a high growth, ASX listed organisation with over 7500 employees, our goal is to be recognised by our customers as the most innovative and sustainable waste management company with industry leading HSE performance. We are Australia’s largest company in this sector, providing essential services to millions of customers and communities nationally.

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Health and Safety Professional ready for a new challenge? Cleanaway is seeking a dynamic individual to support our Health Services Operational teams. As the Health and Safety Business Partner, you will partner with and guide on all aspects of Health and Safety management, delivering safety plans, initiatives and priorities will be the focus of this integral role as will be ensuring compliance and risk management/mitigation.

Based in Melbourne @ Dandenong, your key responsibilities will include:
• Coach and influence frontline leaders and workers, engaging teams to establish high standards of safety in everyday work
• Provide expert guidance or facilitation to operating sites and other functions relating to the management of change, hazard studies, incident investigations, risk assessments, safe operating envelopes, safety-critical elements and other aspects of process risk management
• Collaborate with key HSE teams and stakeholders to effectively partner to deliver key changes or requirements.
• Conduct hazard and risk analysis, as well as the assurance of effective safe systems of work for high-risk work activities
• Embed a strong safety culture across site operations through the application of HSE behaviours and the establishment of a learning culture
• Maintain and lead safety awareness and compliance activities in the region through proactive assurance activities

About You
• Strong influencing abilities and capability to work with a broad range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to communicate across various levels of stakeholders within the organisation and with external vendors, customers and government agency representatives
• Proven experience as a safety professional relating to production/process facilities though all stages of the plant life cycle to reduce operation risk.
• Understanding and experience working in transport, waste/resource recovery
• Knowledge and experience working in the hazardous process industry, chemical/ petrochemical plants or major hazard facilities is highly desirable.
• Understanding and experience with Process Safety Management and interactions with Conventional Safety Systems
• Hold an appropriate work health and safety qualification

Why join Cleanaway?
• Competitive salary package
• Flexible working arrangements
• Career opportunities in a high growth, Australian business
• Supportive and safe work environment
• Paid parental leave
• Great company benefits: Employee share program, company discounts, salary packaging, flu vaccinations, EAP, discounts on private health insurance and more.

Our Process

Our recruitment process involves a number of checks including, but not limited to, criminal history, medicals, drug & alcohol testing, as well as verification of qualifications, licences and right-to-work status.

We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also welcome candidates of all ages, abilities, gender identities, experiences (including veterans), and cultural backgrounds.

If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us by emailing inclusion@cleanaway.com.au .

Join us on our exciting journey towards a sustainable future.

Simply click the Apply button or visit https://www.cleanaway.com.au/about-us/careers and let's make a positive impact together.

Applications close: 13 Jun 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time

Vacancy No

521366

Work Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location:

Dandenong VIC Australia

Categories

Health, Safety & Environment