About the Role
As Safety Lead, you'll take ownership of health and safety performance across a portfolio of active projects. You'll split your time between strategic planning and hands-on, on-the-ground delivery, leading a small safety team, engaging directly with clients on site, and building strong relationships with stakeholders at every level.
This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable setting the safety strategy in a boardroom and pulling on boots to walk a site with the crew.
What You'll Be Doing Multi-Project Leadership
- Oversee and coordinate safety performance across multiple concurrent projects
- Prioritise effectively and adapt safety plans to each project's scope, risk profile, and stage
- Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of safety professionals across sites
- Be a visible, trusted presence on site, building genuine rapport with client representatives
- Conduct regular site walks, audits, and toolbox talks alongside project teams
- Act as the day-to-day safety point of contact for clients, resolving issues quickly and collaboratively
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with subcontractors, regulators, and internal teams
- Communicate safety performance, risks, and improvement plans clearly to stakeholders at all levels
- Facilitate alignment between site teams, project leadership, and client expectations
- Develop and implement safety strategy, systems, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Translate strategic safety goals into practical, on-the-ground actions across projects
- Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action follow-through
- Monitor and report on safety KPIs, identifying trends and driving proactive risk reduction
- Proven experience in a safety leadership role within construction or mining industries
- Demonstrated ability to manage safety across multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong, confident communicator who builds trust quickly with clients and stakeholders
- Experience leading or mentoring a small team
- Comfortable moving between strategic planning and hands-on operational work
- Relevant safety qualifications (e.g. Diploma in WHS or equivalent) and current site safety certifications
- Sound knowledge of relevant safety legislation, codes of practice, and industry standards
For more information, please apply directly via the link with your resume. For additional inquiries, contact Jo Retallick at 0482 076 255
Thank you for your interest, we look forward to receiving your application!
