- Permanent Full Time | Starting salary of $140,820 + Plus 16.5% super + company vehicle.
- A fortnightly Rostered Day Off (RDO) in support of work life balance
- Available in Wallsend!
It’s an exciting time to join Ausgrid’s Health and Safety team. Following a realignment of our structure to support our shift towards a learning, fair and just culture, we are creating new opportunities.
See yourself working here
Your responsibilities will include:
- Model visible leadership and actively demonstrate our Work Safe Live Safe and Customer-focused values.
- Partner with business units and front-line leaders, Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and Health and Safety Committees (HSCs) to support knowledge and understanding of the Health and Safety
- Management System (HSMS), Health and Safety (H&S) performance and cultural objectives as a specialist leader.
- Plan, develop assurance tools and deliver H&S assurance activities in line with the H&S Assurance Plan, supporting continual learning and risk intelligence across the Ausgrid Group.
- Lead and facilitate independent WHS and technical public and worker safety investigations using ICAM and Learning Teams methodology across the Ausgrid Group, informing corrective and preventive actions leading to systemic improvements.
- Lead and facilitate risk management, compliance review and corrective action management activities for serious and high potential incidents across occupational and psychosocial hazards for the Ausgrid Group, informing corrective and preventive actions leading to systemic improvements.
- Prepare and present executive- and board-level reports and insights, enabling risk-based decision-making and investment in improved control measures across the Ausgrid Group and the HSMS.
- Prepare for, present to, and engage with sector and industry bodies to translate insights into practical recommendations that enable continuous learning and improvement at an organisational and sector level.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to senior leaders, front-line leaders, health and safety partners, HSCs and HSRs to support their understanding of H&S investigations, assurance and risk activities, and Fair and Just
- Culture, and assist with issue resolution where required.
- Translate data and trend analysis into business-unit-specific insights that support the identification of emerging risks and themes, continuous improvement, and remedial action.
- Foster positive relationships and work collaboratively across teams and functions to facilitate learning and continuous improvement.
- Champion innovative ways of working across the Ausgrid Group that support our strategic objectives and reduce risk to our people, communities and assets.
- Perform other reasonable duties and responsibilities, as may be directed by your People Leader, that align with the complexity of work detailed in the Work Level Standards for this role.
- Uphold a safe and healthy work environment by adhering to relevant WHS legislation and Ausgrid’s safe systems of work. Take reasonable care for own and others’ health and safety.
- Report hazards, injuries, incidents or near misses and implement changes in work practices as required in response to any corrective or preventative actions.
- Only carry out work you are adequately trained and competent to perform as part of your employment.
- Present to work in a fit state, including not being impaired by drugs, alcohol or fatigue.
- Compliance at all times with legislative requirements, Company policies and Ausgrid’s Code of Conduct.
- Complete all mandatory compliance training as required.
Spark our interest!
Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.
Energise us through your skills and qualifications in:
Essential Qualifications
- Degree or postgraduate qualifications in human factors, risk or occupational health and safety disciplines or equivalent.
Essential Criteria
- Minimum of five years’ experience leading WHS assurance, investigations and risk management activities in high-risk sectors, or equivalent.
- Proven experience in preparing and delivering executive- and board-level reports.
- Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, conflict resolution and problem-solving ability.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and a proven ability to communicate effectively, influence, coach and mentor stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Adaptive and agile critical-thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into simple, easy-to-understand explanations or processes.
- Proficient research, report-writing and editing skills, with a high attention to detail.
- Lead Auditor OH&S Management Systems qualification or ability to achieve qualification.
- Proven experience in managing WHS assurance and investigations programs, and application of ICAM,
- Learning Teams and other similar investigation approaches.
- Demonstrated knowledge of safety theory and its practical application across complex, geographically dispersed, matrixed organisations, including Safety 2, Human and Organisational Performance (HOP), Human Factors, and Critical Control Management.
- Demonstrated understanding of contractor management and delivery models.
- A valid driver’s licence.
- A SafeWork Induction for Construction Work white card.
- This role will be required to be on call as part of a manager on call roster (5 weeks per year on average) and coverage of afternoon/night shift as required, in line with the EBA provisions.
- This role will be required to respond to and investigate serious incidents and injuries.
Desired Criteria
- Sound understanding of high-risk work activities in transmission or distribution networks, or the renewable energy sector.
- Certification IV in Training and Assessment
Life at Ausgrid
At Ausgrid, we go beyond just a competitive salary to offer an exciting range of benefits. From salary sacrificing electric vehicles and novated leasing, to discounted corporate health insurance and access to Fitness Passport, our benefits support your work here, and your life out there.
Celebrate success every day with our employee recognition program to bring out each other’s best. Looking to grow professionally? We’ve got you covered with study assistance, secondments, training and mentors, whose advice you’ll keep wherever you go.
We’re proud to offer gender-neutral parental leave to balance work when growing your family. And if you’re caring for elderly parents, our aged care support services offer expert guidance to help you access care for your loved ones. At Ausgrid, it's all about supporting you in every aspect of life.
Belonging at Ausgrid
To deliver the best possible service to our customers we strive towards a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Ausgrid is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and we encourage applications from women, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQIA+ community and First Nations people.
If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent Team
[email protected].
Applications close date: Tuesday 21 July 2026 at 11:55pm. (Please note, this advert may close early).
Applicants must have full Australian work rights to apply.
Ausgrid – An Equal Opportunity Employer
Our Values: Work Safe, Live Safe; Customer Focussed; Commercially Minded; Collaborative; Honest & Accountable; Respect
