Lead Safety Advisor

About Us

Bega Cheese Group is home to many trusted and wholesome food brands that are enjoyed in Australia and all around the world. Our growth story of becoming a successful ASX listed company with a turnover in excess of $3 billion and over 4000 employees, is made possible by our values and outward-looking perspective.

With a strong regional focus and dedication to community, we are proud of our heritage and will continue to build great opportunities to allow people to develop and thrive.

If you are curious & creative, invested in not only your own success but also the growth of others, and believe in building the Great Australian Food Company, then you might be the one for us!

The Opportunity & Team

Bega has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Safety Advisor to join our Operational Excellence team in a safety leadership position, located at one of our Sydney facilities. You will manage a team of safety advisors across our sites and functions, providing mentoring and coaching, being a trusted advisor to the business. This role will be integral in improving safety performance in Bega, championing safety leadership and a positive safety culture by upholding appropriate safety standards in the workplace in line with Bega values and safety principles.

Reporting to our Group Manager - Safety, the Lead Safety Advisor is responsible for:

• Promoting the vision of the organisation both internally and externally, and seeking continual improvements in safety.
• Leading by example through the values, setting the standard for professional behaviour and excellent work habits that support a positive, progressive working environment.
• Managing, coaching, and mentoring a team of safety advisors towards the achievement of their goals, and supporting the line managers of areas or functions that have been assigned to them.
• Supporting and coaching leaders to understand compliance and improve risk perception, and ensuring leaders are appropriately investigating and reporting issues to regulators and escalating internally
• Sharing best practice across the network to develop consistent and effective ways of working, and supporting sites to translate group safety standards into effective site procedures.
• Being a trusted advisor to senior leaders as an escalation point and providing an independent view of safety performance and compliance to the Bega leadership team
• Implement the strategic safety plan across their area of responsibility
• Recommend appropriate resourcing requirements to support implementation of the strategic plan, managing risks to an acceptable level.

This role will be pivotal in helping to build a safety culture with a resounding common shared belief that all incidents are preventable.

If you are resilient and agile, an excellent communicator and can build collaboration across stakeholder groups, you will enjoy empowering our people to put safety first. If you are experienced in creating positive change management, and take satisfaction in untangling complex issues, you will find this role highly rewarding.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Qualification/s in Occupational Health & Safety or other relevant tertiary education, or extensive relevant industry experience
• High levels of internal customer service as a support function and the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders
• The ability to build credibility and trust through effective communication skills
• Leadership capability to lead a team across a large geographical area in varied industries (dairy, juice, FMCG) and experience with managing a small team of professionals
• In depth practical knowledge of Australian occupational (work) health and safety management systems and standards
• The ability to coach team members and line managers
• Previously participated in a safety cultural transformation program
• Excellent written and verbal English skills, and the ability to form working relationships at all levels of the business
• Proven experience as a trusted safety advisor for all levels in a business
• Ability to travel to our other sites as required to support the safety advisors

What you can Expect

• To be part of a supportive and talented team
• Career development and job opportunities
• An excellent culture that holds true to company values
• An employer that gives back to the communities and charities we work closely with
• And amazing employee benefits such as Salary Continuance, Health Insurance subsidy, Flexible Work, Purchased Leave and access to the Employee Assistance Program to name a few

Applications

We want to learn about you. Send us a cover letter and resume describing your strengths and how you might apply them in this role.

We will accept applications from all people with the right to live and work in Australia.

Recruiters, we appreciate your interest, but we've got this one covered, thanks!