City of Kwinana

Health, Safety and Injury Management Officer

Permanent | Full Time | 76 hours Per Fortnight

Premium Recquatic Membership | 12.5% Superannuation | Rostered Day Off (Nine Day Fortnight)

This position is classified as a PACS Band 7 ($88,997 - $97,595 p.a) under the City of Kwinana’s structured remuneration system.
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* Do you seriously think workplace safety can be fun? Us too!
* Do you have a passion for promoting workplace health and safety?
* Can you build and maintain a positive working relationships with internal stakeholders to deliver on best safety practices?

If you have answered “yes” to these questions, then read on. 

What’s On Offer
An exciting and challenging opportunity exists for a qualified individual with relevant experience in Work Health and Safety management to join the HR team within the City of Kwinana. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and fostering a strong organisational safety culture and system that promotes safe and healthy work practices within the organisation. The successful candidate will also identify and responds to WHS risk management issues and matters ensuring statutory compliance is achieved.

This position will also require you to assist managers with investigations relating to accidents and incident and to identify possible causes and to recommend remedial action.

Who Are We?
The City of Kwinana is a thriving ocean-side community at the heart of Western Australia’s major industrial development and has the second fastest growing population within any local government area in the state. The City has seen extensive redevelopment including new residential areas, schools, retail precincts, community facilities and transport links that continue to transform Kwinana into a unique and liveable City. This is an opportunity to make some significant contributions to the City and progress your career.

What You’ll Need
To make an impact in this role, the successful candidate will have:

1.    Tertiary qualifications in Work Health and Safety (or working towards) or extensive industry experience.
2.    Sound working knowledge of the applicable WHS legislation and its application.
3.    Working knowledge of Injury Management and legislation relevant to work health & safety. 
4.    Developed interpersonal skills and with the ability to work independently, be self-motivated and proactive while also be a committed, active and supportive contributor in a team environment.
5.    Ability to provide the highest quality of customer service and demonstrate a positive WHS purpose through an enthusiastic and committed approach.
6.    Developed communication skills both written and verbal..
7.    Developed conflict resolution, negotiation, investigative skills and analytical skills with the ability to prioritse tasks.
8.    Possession of a Driver’s Licence.
9.    Proven ability to deal with sensitive information and situation in a professional and confidential manner.
10.    Working knowledge of the City’s Safety software system (MyOSH) or similar is desirable.
11.    Knowledge of ChemAlert system is desirable.

What’s In It For You?
At the City of Kwinana you will enjoy a true work-life balance, with access to flexible working arrangements and a fantastic workplace culture borne from a collaborative team environment.

Other perks include, but are not limited to…
•    A fantastic workplace, recently ranked alongside the top 10% of the most constructive local governments in Australia and New Zealand for workplace culture!
•    Competitive salary plus 12.5% superannuation.
•    Nine-day fortnight
•    A robust employee wellness program with initiatives designed to support employees' physical and mental wellbeing.
•    A generous Celebration and Recognition Policy for employees.
•    The opportunity for flexible working arrangements.
•    Career development, training opportunities and study support.
•    Premium Kwinana Recquatic Centre membership.

This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career and make a significant contribution to the growing and changing community at the City of Kwinana.  

Want To Know More?
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit a CV, a cover letter and a statement addressing the relevant Selection Criteria with specific examples in no more than two (2) pages.
For more information relating to the position please call Sue Wiltshire, Manager Human Resources, on 9236 4625.

Apply online: www.kwinana.wa.gov.au
Applications close 5:00pm Wednesday 09 April 2025

The City of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the closing date, and will not accept or consider late applications

The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force. Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The City also strives to be a customer centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do. As such, all employees play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service. The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City’s current Enterprise Agreement. For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 9236 4628.

Please note: As part of the City’s recruitment process, the selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.