Senior Safety Advisor
Job no: 1006211
Work type: Permanent Full-time
Location: Aus - Brisbane
Categories: Safety / Health / Environment / Quality
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
CPB is working on a large infrastructure project as part of building Queensland’s future. We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Safety Advisor to join our project delivery team on a project based in initially Brisbane until you transfer on to the project.
Your Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior Safety Advisor to provide hands-on safety leadership across the project, partnering closely with construction teams, engineers, subcontractors and senior project leadership to maintain a strong safety culture and ensure the highest standards of health and safety are embedded across delivery. This is an opportunity to join a large-scale, complex infrastructure project and play a key role in supporting safe and efficient project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide proactive safety leadership and advice across site operations and construction activities.
- Conduct site inspections, audits, risk assessments and safety observations, ensuring compliance with project requirements.
- Develop, review and implement SWMS, safety plans and risk controls.
- Support incident investigations, corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with project leadership, engineers, supervisors and subcontractors to drive a strong safety culture.
Minimum Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in a Safety Advisor role within major construction or infrastructure projects.
- Relevant WHS qualification and strong knowledge of NSW WHS legislation.
- Experience across major infrastructure, rail, tunnelling or civil construction projects.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both site teams and senior leadership.
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, Veterans and active-duty armed forces, 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.
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