WHS Partner

Job Description

Work collaboratively with the WHS team and partner with the business to manage work, health & safety, evolve our WHS culture and manage enhancements in safety management systems

• Support WHS team to ensure delivery of services
• Work with a supportive and collaborative team
• Contribute to a renewable energy future for Australia

With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We’re fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us, to assist with maintaining the integrity of and support for, the operation and maintenance of Hydro Tasmania’s employees and health and safety systems and procedures.

We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers

Who are you?

Your interpersonal and relationship-building skills will be crucial for your success in this role. Your experience also includes:

• Curious mindset and enthusiasm to jump straight in!
• Strong interpersonal skills with abilities to engage and influence a range of stakeholders
• Willing, able and happy to travel to remote and beautiful sites in Tasmania
• Strong electrical background or high voltage experience strong desirable but not essential

Even if you don’t meet these criteria 100%, we still want to hear from you!

About the role

To put it simply, based in the Southern region of Tasmania, you will be responsible for conducting site-based inspections, audits and incident investigations with a strong focus on capital and operational programs of work in our Assets and Infrastructure business unit as well as across the business. Additionally, advocating our WHS management system, contributing to evolving our safety culture within the organisation while working collaboratively with both internal and external relevant stakeholders are key aspects of this role with the chance to make this role your own.

As a WHS Partner at Hydro Tasmania, you will be…

✓ Build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to ensure WHS corrective and preventative actions are fit for purpose

✓ Proactively support site leadership with effective and efficient implementation of WHS improvement initiatives

✓ Contribute to development of WHS objectives targets and measures to facilitate managerial decision making

✓ Take responsibility for own work priorities to ensure accuracy, quality value and timeliness of work undertaken

✓ Provide feedback to the WHS Operations & Capability Team of the status of WHS Management systems and processes to help make improvements

More information can be found on the attached Position Description: PD - PCE - WHS Partner - Jan 25.pdf

Haven’t convinced you yet?

In addition to a competitive remuneration package, this role offers the unique advantage of being directly involved in contributing to key customer-focussed system enhancements for Hydro Tasmania. We value flexibility and understand this means different things to different people, so we are open to discussing what this looks like for you. We offer a range of employee perks and often have something for everyone, including generous parental leave, electricity discounts and un-debited sick leave. At Hydro Tasmania we also strongly support career development opportunities, and while this can look different for everyone as well, we will work with you to support the pathways at Hydro Tasmania you want to explore!

As an endorsed employer for women, we have benefits and policies on our Work180 page – check it out here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania

Let’s get applying!

Attach your resume and a cover letter outlining what skills and experience you can bring to this role as well as tell us a bit about who you are to help us get to know you! We will be running an agile recruitment process and will engage with suitable candidates as soon we have reviewed their applications.

Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.