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National Work Health & Safety Manager

About the Opportunity

We are currently partnering with a well-established and growing organisation to appoint a National Work Health & Safety Manager. This is a pivotal role responsible for leading and embedding a safety-first culture across the business, ensuring compliance, driving best practice, and influencing leadership at all levels.
This position will suit a hands-on WHS specialist who thrives in operational environments and is passionate about building robust safety frameworks that genuinely make a difference.

About the Role

Reporting to the National Human Resources Manager, you will take ownership of the organisation’s WHS function, including:

• Developing and delivering strategic WHS plans aligned to business objectives
• Implementing and continuously improving WHS systems, processes, and procedures
• Leading incident investigations, risk assessments, and corrective actions
• Managing dangerous goods and hazardous chemical compliance across the organisation
• Driving contractor management, PPE compliance, and site safety standards
• Partnering with leadership teams to influence and embed a proactive safety culture
• Ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and responding to WorkSafe directives
• Leading training, inductions, and ongoing safety education programs
• Reporting on WHS performance metrics and identifying improvement opportunities

Critical Experience & Knowledge (Key Focus) To be successful in this role, you will bring:
✔ Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a specialist WHS role, ideally leading a safety function across a business or division. Ideally suited to someone stepping upt to a National role.
✔ Expertise in dangerous goods and hazardous chemical management
✔ Demonstrated experience working within manufacturing, industrial or similar environments
✔ Proven capability managing WorkSafe visits, audits, and compliance outcomes
✔ Experience working within unionised environments (highly regarded)
✔ Comprehensive understanding of WHS legislation, regulations, and codes of practice
✔ Experience coordinating audits and compliance against legislative and internal standards
✔ Exposure to ISO environments (ISO 9001 or similar) will be highly regarded
✔ Knowledge of systems such as Smartsheets (advantageous)
✔ Relevant qualifications in First Aid and Return to Work (RTW) (preferred)

About You
You are a confident and credible WHS professional who can influence across all levels of an organisation. You combine strong technical knowledge with a practical, solutions-focused approach and are passionate about improving safety outcomes.

You will also bring:

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• High attention to detail and analytical capability
• The ability to drive change and deliver results
• A genuine care for people and commitment to workplace safety

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to own and lead the WHS function nationally
• Work with a supportive leadership team committed to safety
• A role where you can make a tangible impact across the business
• Competitive salary package on offer

Recruiting Partners Australia are driven and passionate to embrace diversity and equal employment opportunities and encourage any suitable candidates to apply.