Senior HSE Manager - East
Core
Senior HSE Manager responsible for strategy, governance, and performance of Health, Safety, and Environment across the East Coast (QLD, NSW, VIC, ACT, TAS) for a multidisciplinary engineering and services firm.
Role type
Senior HSE Manager (Strategy & Governance)
Builds
Enterprise HSE strategy, risk registers, compliance frameworks, and incident response capabilities.
Domain
Construction, Oil & Gas, Rail, Transmission & Distribution, Mining, Defence, Water, Infrastructure
Required skills
HSE strategy development, enterprise risk management, HSE team leadership and coaching, ISO certification management (45001/9001/14001), statutory audit and assurance, serious incident investigation and crisis coordination, WHS legislation knowledge across multiple jurisdictions, executive-level communication, commercial judgement balancing risk vs cost/schedule.
Preferred skills
ICAM or Taproot investigation qualifications, Lead Auditor certification, experience with Procore or similar enterprise HSE reporting systems, M&A due diligence experience, formal leadership qualification.
Technologies
Procore
Responsibilities
Own HSE strategy and enterprise risk register; lead HSE governance for tenders, pre-qualifications, and due diligence; coach and develop HSE Leads and Advisors; manage compliance and certification; lead statutory consultation and regulator relationships; lead response to serious and catastrophic incidents; hold authority to stop unsafe work; analyze HSE performance data for continuous improvement.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope