Health and Safety Advisor
- Provide senior HSEQ advice and operational support across mining and rail activities.
- Support shutdown planning and execution while ensuring compliance with safety standards.
- Conduct workplace risk assessments and incident investigations.
Health and Safety Advisor
Location: Wembley-based, with travel to Pilbara sites as required
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
About the role
Reporting to the Health and Safety Manager, you will provide senior HSEQ advice, field leadership, assurance and operational support across Category 5 and Category 5 Rail activities.
Shutdown delivery will be a significant component of the role. We are looking for someone who can operate as a genuine Safety Advisor, not simply administer a safety system.
You will support the business through shutdown planning, readiness, execution and close-out while also providing operational HSEQ support across mining, rail, maintenance and project activities between shutdowns.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, project allowances, healthy lifestyle benefits and weekly pay.
- Exposure to complex shutdowns, rail infrastructure, fixed and mobile plant, labour-hire workforces, major projects and Tier 1 client systems
- Work closely with senior operational and HSEQ leaders, and have genuine opportunities to influence how work is planned and executed.
- Join a family owned, and operated business that prioritises its people and the local community.
Skills & experience
- Significant HSEQ experience within mining, rail, maintenance or heavy industry
- Demonstrated experience supporting major shutdowns or turnarounds
- Certificate IV, Diploma or tertiary qualification in WHS/OHS or similar
- Strong understanding of critical-risk management
- Practical knowledge of Permit to Work and isolation/LOTO systems
- Experience undertaking workplace risk assessments and field assurance
- Incident investigation experience
- Strong written communication and investigation-reporting capability
- Confidence working with supervisors, managers and client representatives
- Current Australian driver’s licence
- Ability to travel and work shutdown rosters as required
- Comfortable working independently in complex operational environments and capable of quickly understanding how the work is actually being performed
- Practical, confident and credible, with a calm, field-focused approach to safety leadership
- Experience within BHP, Fortescue, Rio Tinto, Hancock Iron Ore or other Tier 1 mining operations will be highly regarded
- Rail, fixed-plant maintenance, track maintenance or heavy-mobile-equipment experience will also be advantageous
- Formal ICAM, Lead Auditor or critical-control verification capability would be highly desirable
Duties & responsibilities
- Supporting shutdown planning, mobilisation and readiness reviews
- Reviewing scopes, work packs, CRAWs, SWMS, JHAs and task risk assessments
- Verifying critical controls in the field
- Supporting Permit to Work, isolation and LOTO arrangements
- Managing risks associated with live plant and operational infrastructure
- Identifying SIMOPS and workgroup interface risks
- Supporting mobile plant and pedestrian interaction controls
- Monitoring fatigue, roster exposure and extended working hours
- Undertaking field inspections, layered audits and assurance activities
- Supporting supervisors with changing conditions and scope
- Leading or supporting incident and high-potential near-miss investigations
- Facilitating ICAM, causal analysis and lessons-learned reviews
- Supporting contractor and labour-hire risk management
- Participating in client HSEQ meetings, risk workshops and shutdown reviews
- Monitoring corrective actions and verifying their effectiveness
- Coaching supervisors and frontline leaders in practical risk management
About us!
Category 5 is a 100% Australian-owned family business with over 16 years of experience delivering high-quality services across some of Australia’s largest mining and rail environments.
Our long-standing local presence in the Pilbara ensures a deep understanding of the region’s unique requirements and challenges, providing our clients with a reliable and trusted partner.
How to apply
If you are an experienced safety professional who prefers being where the work is happening, enjoys the pace and complexity of shutdowns and wants a senior role with real operational influence, we would like to hear from you.
Apply now with your updated Resume and a brief summary of your shutdown, mining, rail or major-project experience.
We genuinely appreciate the time taken to apply, and while we review every application carefully, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Competitive Pay + Project Allowances
- Balance hands-on site work with project planning and team collaboration
- Permanent opportunity with a reputable company supporting major Rail operations
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