CPB Contractors is Australia’s leading contractor and the largest infrastructure construction company in our region. Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients. We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings, and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.

The Project

The CPB Contractors and Seymour Whyte Constructions Joint Venture (CPBSWC JV) is currently working with the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA) towards the delivery of the Western Highway Duplication Section 2B, located between Pope Road, Buangor and Warrayatkin Road, Ararat. While the TOC is ongoing and the contract has not yet been awarded, we're opening EOIs early so our people have first chance to put their hand up for a high-profile regional project offering hands-on experience across earthworks, structures and live highway environments.

The Western Highway (A8) in Victoria is the key road transport corridor between Melbourne and Adelaide, currently a two-lane, single carriageway highway in some sections. The road provides a critical connection for interstate road freight between Victoria and South Australia, the agricultural industry and regional tourism, and the section between Ballarat and Stawell is one of the busiest rural highways in the country.

The upgrade of the Western Highway between Buangor and Ararat (Section 2B) will include the construction of nearly 12km of four-lane divided highway (two lanes in each direction), separated by a central median.

The major elements would include:

• 6.5km of new dual carriageway highway between Pope Road, Buangor and Picnic Ground Road, Warrak
• Upgrade and duplication of the existing Western Highway between Picnic Ground Road, Warrak and Warrayatkin Road, Ararat
• Bulk earthworks
• Bridge structures over the Hopkins River and the Melbourne–Ararat V/Line railway line
• Removal of the existing bridge structure over the Hopkins River

Your opportunity 

• To Implement and control Safety Management requirements, strategies and initiatives across a workplace and report progress to the Project Director and Project Management Team

Reporting to the Project Director, the Safety Manager will sit within the project team and be accountable for:

• Identify key areas and develop safety training needs analysis throughout the project lifecycle in consultation with client requirements and in consultation with Human Resources
• Monitor and support the delivery of the Safety Management Plans through consideration of relevant aspects and impacts which may be influenced by the implementation of the Safety requirements for the project
• Lead the implementation of the Safety management system onto the Project
• Develop, implement and monitor a Safety activity planner
• Develop and implement a subcontractor audit program

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• 10 + years in a safety role in a construction environment
• Advanced knowledge of safety management system techniques and tools
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative risk assessment and development and monitoring of risk controls and actions involved in delivery and implementation of projects
• High level of skill in conducting and interpreting audits and reviews
• Experience in delivering training in high-risk activities such as working at heights, confined space and rescue training
• Experience in developing, analysing and reporting on complex project performance, compliance and defects and/or non-conformance
• Detailed knowledge of Safety legislation and statutes and ability to interpret any applicable statutes or legislation relevant to Project
• Experience using Corporate Management Systems & Rehabilitation

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, Veterans and Active Defence Reserve members, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. CPB Contractors is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation - Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.

We’re always looking for ways to make CPB Contractors a more rewarding place to work and offer a unique set of benefits, including:

• A rewarding career where we support your development, training and promote from within.
• Opportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.
• Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.
• Flexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.

Please note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.