About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced HSEQ Advisor to support our project teams in the effective implementation of site-based HSEQ management systems, procedures, and programs.
In this role, you will bring our guiding principles of Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future to life —embedding them in the way you work, build relationships, and support our teams every day.
You will play a key role in ensuring the business meets its legal obligations, client requirements, and broader organisational objectives across:
- Safety
- Sustainability
- Environmental performance
- Quality
- Risk management
- Governance excellence
Reporting to the WA HSEQ Manager, this site-based position will see you act as the HSEQ champion for Guidera O’Connor. You will drive a culture where “Work As Planned IS Work As Done”, ensuring alignment with our HSEQ policies, systems, and procedures across all project activities.
As the successful applicant, you will:
- Champion and maintain a positive culture of Health, Safety, Environment, Wellbeing, and Quality (HSEQ) across the business
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in HSEQ performance
- Guide and support site teams in all aspects of HSEQ throughout the construction and project delivery lifecycle
- Support the ongoing maintenance and compliance of accredited management systems
- Promote and maintain a safe and compliant workplace for all workers
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors to achieve positive HSEQ outcomes
You will bring:
- Proven experience within the construction industry, including strong knowledge of high-risk work activities and safe work practices
- Proven experience working autonomously in a site-based environment, while drawing on the backing, support and expertise of your manager and the National HSEQ team
- The ability to interpret legislation and company procedures and translate them into clear, practical guidance for site teams
- Experience using HSEQ systems, software, and reporting tools systems
- Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to build rapport and influence a wide range of stakeholders
- Demonstrated leadership and influencing capability, including confidence in managing negotiation and issue resolution
- A self-motivated approach with strong problem-solving skills
- Alignment with and commitment to our guiding principles of Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future
Qualifications & Certifications:
- Cert IV WHS /OHS qualification (essential / minimum)
- Current First Aid Certificate (essential)
- Workplace Drug and Alcohol Tester qualification (essential)
- ICAM Lead Investigator or equivalent certification (essential)
- Prepare to Work Safely in the Construction Industry (Construction White Card - essential)
- Electrical Test and Tag qualification (preferred)
- Experience as a Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator (preferred)
- Working at heights (preferred)
- Confined space (preferred)
About Guidera O’Connor:
From desalination plants providing clean water to Australian communities, to treatment facilities that return wastewater safely to the environment, Guidera O’Connor designs and delivers tailored solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives.
Guidera O’Connor designs, constructs, and commissions:
- Water treatment plants
- Pumping stations
- Chemical dosing systems
- Filtration
- Odour control
- Desalination plants
- Aquifer storage and recovery
- Reuse systems.
We work with customers across Australia, including:
- Water authorities
- Local government
- Mining and resources companies
- Private asset owners
- Head contractors
- Engineering organisations.
Our business is founded on five guiding principles: Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future, each of which inform our collaborative, innovative, solutions-focused approach.
More than infrastructure, we deliver value, creating the systems that make safe, clean water possible for people and communities across the country, now and into the future.
Our Benefits:
Guidera O’Connor offers a generous range of benefits to our employees, including:
Additional annual leave for service milestones and 15 days personal leave each year
Excellent employee referral bonus
Company-funded wellbeing program supporting your health and wellbeing goals
Paid parental leave and cultural leave
Fortnightly pay
Regular recognition and celebration of success
Our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging:
At Guidera O’Connor we respect and value a diverse, inclusive, and belonging workplace. We strongly encourage applications from people of all genders, ages, and cultures.
We are committed to reconciliation action and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all positions.
Further, we are committed to real progress toward gender equity in the engineering and construction
industry and strongly encourage applications from female candidates for all positions.
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For more information about this opportunity, reach out to our recruitment team at [email protected]
Please note applications will only be accepted from candidates who have the right to work in Australia.
