Safety Manager/safety Officer - Canberra, Australia - Living Recruitment

Living Recruitment

Verified Company

Canberra, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Great company culture

Outstanding pipeline of upcoming work
Great opportunity for career development

The Role:

Our Client is a long-standing, family-owned builder developer that is committed to the

Canberra region. This company builds and manages both large
- and small-scale commercial, retail and residential projects along with complex specialist builds such as medical suites, heritage work, highly specified boutique hotels and secure facilities. If you want work within a tight-knit team who have tried, tested and trusted systems, you will have access to the best talent available to deliver a premium product to the Canberra region.

They have a strong commitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace, maintaining high standards of ethical behaviour and efficient management systems.

They are seeking an experienced Safety Manager/Safety Officer to join their Canberra team. You must be capable of handling both commercial and residential projects. You will be managing construction crews, ensuring safety rules and regulations are followed.

It is essential that you have had previous experience within this type of position with the understanding of current legislation's, building codes and relevant standards.

You will be responsible for:

Being expertly accustomed with safety policies and procedures of the company
Maintaining the companies WHS management system
Initiate and guide all safety related tasks
Present guidelines and orders to onsite team
Propose safety tasks, develop training interpret regulations and undertake draft inspection standards.
Ensure that all the safety documentation is uptodate and ready for audits
Carry out Health and Safety Audits, hazard and compliance audits and work place inspections

Skills, Experience and other Requirements:

Tertiary qualifications in WHS or equivalent
Construction experience in a similar role is ideal
Expert understanding of WHS Legislation and Regulations
Articulate and professional communication skills
Energy, enthusiasm and passion to be part of a team driving cultural change

Please forward your resume and covering letter to Andrew Dawson.
GAP Resource Management is not a volume driven business, we pride ourselves on the quality of services we provide. We build careers and relationships based on integrity and trust. We will be able to assist you with 1) Resume or CV presentation, 2) Interview preparation and 3) Salary / Remuneration advice.

We are a Canberra based Recruitment Service dedicated to supporting the individual needs of those working in the Building, Construction and Technologies industries.

Aligned to a specific few key Project and Construction Management companies we are committed to finding the "right" position for you.

GAP Resource Management and Living Recruitment are locally owned and operated specialist services working throughout Australia and New Zealand.

We support gender equality within the workplace, including equal remuneration between women and men.

We also encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from different cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities.