Safety Advisory and Partnering Team Lead

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Safety Advisory and Partnering Team Lead to lead and support a team of Safety Advisory Partners in driving and embedding our operational safety strategies across our Southern Depots.

This frontline leadership role provides coaching and guidance to both team members and operational leaders, ensuring safety requirements are effectively operationalised and aligned with industry standards.

Our ideal candidate will bring strong stakeholder engagement skills, industry insight, and a passion for fostering a proactive, high-performance safety culture.

Your Role in Action  

• Lead and develop the Safety Advisory & Partnering team, driving performance, capability, and alignment with safety policies and initiatives.
• Oversee hazard identification, risk assessments, and implementation of effective controls in collaboration with operational teams.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental legislation, standards, and internal procedures, escalating issues as required.
• Coach and mentor team members, fostering accountability, learning, and a strong safety culture.
• Lead the coordination of safety training, toolbox talks, inspections, audits, and emergency preparedness activities.
• Lead and manage investigations for significant incidents, ensuring root cause analysis, corrective actions, and timely reporting.
• Provide insights and reporting on safety performance to support continuous improvement.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, promoting proactive safety initiatives and effective communication across the organisation.
• Some travel required from time to time.

 What Makes You a Great Fit 

• A seasoned professional with extensive knowledge of safety, health and environment disciplines.
• Extensive years’ experience managing Safety and Health outcomes for a large multi-disciplinary workforce ideally in a complex industrial/ operational environment.
• Proven leadership in managing and developing safety teams and driving positive safety outcomes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and build effective relationships at all levels.
• Demonstrated capability in operationalising safety strategy, risk management, and incident investigation (ICAM qualification desirable).
• Experience managing contractor safety performance and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Tertiary qualification in Occupational Health and Safety (minimum Graduate Diploma or Bachelor’s).
• Valid WA ‘C’ or ‘C-A’ Class Driver’s Licence.
• ICAM qualification.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements to support working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.  
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 19 November 2025

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. 

As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion.

You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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