Health and Safety Business Partner

We are seeking an experienced and qualified Health & Safety Business Partner for a full-time contract role commencing 11 August 2025 for 6 months. Based in Adelaide CBD (Victoria Square), you will support senior leaders and oversee safety outcomes across the Berry and Mount Gambier regions, managing a small team and ensuring strategic and operational health and safety goals are met.

Submission Deadline: 8 AM Monday - 28 July

Assignment Duration: 6 months from 11 August 2025
Capacity: Full-time, including regional travel
Daily Rate: $630 incl. casual loading (based on a salary of $131k) - negotiable

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support safety planning and implementation across regional operations

• Provide expert WHS guidance and support to senior managers and operational teams

• Develop, communicate and implement effective risk management strategies

• Support and monitor incident investigations, internal audits and site inspections

• Coach and empower leaders and team members in building a strong safety culture

• Partner with regional workshops and attend on-site as required

• Manage and mentor two direct reports (Operations and Maintenance Safety Coordinators)

• Support compliance with WHS legislation and internal frameworks

About you

You are a capable safety leader with a passion for continuous improvement and practical safety outcomes. Your stakeholder engagement skills are as strong as your technical expertise, and you're confident managing teams and safety initiatives across diverse work environments.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Work Health & Safety (WHS) or equivalent

• Minimum 3 years' experience in WHS risk management in complex, multi-site operations

• Management system audit training and experience

• Proven experience managing or mentoring teams

• Strong interpersonal, influencing and business partnering skills

• Excellent working knowledge of WHS legislation

• Experience in utilities, infrastructure or government settings highly regarded

• Current driver's licence and ability to travel to regional workshops as required

At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email our Adjustments Coordinator at adjustments@hoban.com.au or visit hoban.com.au/adjustments for additional contact details.