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. 

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 deliver accurate and timely administration support to the Team and contribute greatly to the successful and safe delivery of the Project. Support, coordinate and provide advice on safety practices, systems and procedures across the Project.

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

• Managing and maintaining accurate Health & Safety project records, ensuring all documentation is up-to-date and properly stored
• Coordinating training and induction records, ensuring completeness and compliance
• Managing safety documentation across projects
• Updating and maintaining project safety registers
• Supporting contractor onboarding, including coordinating required documentation and compliance processes
• Coordinating meetings and events, including preparing agendas, invitations, catering, minutes, and tracking actions
• Providing administrative support across purchasing, procurement, communications, and meeting logistics
• Tracking and analysing the purchasing of goods and services
• Processing invoices and purchase orders in a timely and accurate manner
• Liaising daily with the HSE Management team to support ongoing work activities

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• Advanced Diploma Safety in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent.
• Relevant experience in an administration role
• Knowledge of project risk management controls and actions
• Knowledge of auditing, safety inspections and compliance reporting procedures and processes
• Experience in document compliance procedures and processes and understanding of technology to support SHE (Q) systems
• Knowledge of incident management and reporting involving multiple internal and external parties
• Recent previous experience working as a Safety Administrator within the civil construction industry

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.