Work Health & Safety Coordinator

Reference: BH-175468-3
We are seeking an experienced and driven WHS/EMS Coordinator to oversee compliance, safety, and environmental standards across operations. This role is pivotal in ensuring that health, safety, environment, and quality systems are effectively implemented, maintained, and continuously improved, while also fostering a culture of safety and compliance at all levels.

About the Role:
Reporting to the Site Operations Manager, with close collaboration across production, maintenance, distribution, and quality teams, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with workplace health and safety systems, environmental management systems, and quality standards. You will act as a key point of contact for regulatory authorities, provide leadership to internal health and safety committees, and drive improvements in line with business goals and legislative requirements.


Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead, implement, and monitor WHS and environmental compliance across site operations
  • Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring findings are actioned in a timely manner
  • Provide leadership and professional guidance to Health and Safety Representatives and site teams
  • Analyse and report on safety performance, identifying trends and recommending improvements
  • Oversee contractor safety management and ensure compliance with statutory requirements
  • Maintain and review Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and ensure consistency across the business
  • Liaise with regulatory bodies such as EPA, local councils, and water authorities as required
  • Support Quality and Food Safety Systems in compliance with legislation and certification standards
  • Drive a proactive safety, environmental, and quality culture across all departments
  • Ensure compliance with Chain of Responsibility (CoR) and Heavy Vehicle National Law requirements

What We’re Looking For:
  • Strong background in HSEQ, ideally within manufacturing, food, or processing industries
  • Knowledge of HACCP, ISO standards, WHS Management Systems (AS4801/ISO 45001)
  • Proven experience in workplace safety investigations and contractor management
  • Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence at all levels
  • Highly organised with strong time management and attention to detail
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and confident managing compliance reporting systems
  • A proactive, hands-on leader with a genuine commitment to safety and continuous improvement

Successful applicant will be required to undergo Drug and Alcohol testing.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion.
Company Background:

Chandler Macleod is a highly regarded and well established recruitment organisation, part of RGF Staffing and Recruit Holdings, the fourth largest staffing network in the world! We partner with over 3500 companies globally providing job hunters with endless opportunities to find and succeed in their work.

Chandler Macleod knows what it takes to recruit, select, and retain the best people. We’re in the business of understanding how people tick because we’ve been digging deep into people’s needs and motivations since 1959.

We uncover the ‘BestFit™’ for employers and job hunters alike by looking beyond the CV’s and JD’s. This allows us to match candidates to jobs that bring out their best and discover people that can make businesses boom.

We’re a team of flexible thinkers and detail obsessors, who believe that the right fit can lead to a happier life. Because when you really get people, you really open up a world of opportunity.

There are several brands that make up Chandler Macleod, these include our Staffing business, our Consulting business, our xPO Talent Solutions business and our Managed Services business.

You can learn more at our website: www.chandlermacleod.com

We are Chandler Macleod. We get people.

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