WHS Improvement, Assurance & Projects Advisor

Darwin, NT | Berrimah HQ & Channel Island Power Station
6-Month Contract | Immediate Start

Embedded Expertise is partnering with a leading Northern Territory energy organisation to source an experienced WHS Improvement, Assurance & Projects Advisor for a key safety leadership role supporting major operational, maintenance and capital delivery activities. This role has a strong focus on critical risk management, assurance, contractor governance and safety improvement across high-risk industrial environments.

The Opportunity

Working within the People & Safety function, you will lead and support initiatives that strengthen safety performance, improve assurance processes and embed effective risk management practices across operations, projects and contractor-delivered works.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading WHS improvement initiatives, frameworks, systems and programs.
• Developing and implementing critical control assurance and verification activities.
• Conducting audits, assurance reviews and governance assessments.
• Supporting major projects, outages and contractor-delivered works from a WHS perspective.
• Driving continuous improvement of contractor management and assurance processes.
• Facilitating risk assessments and providing specialist WHS advice across the business.
• Identifying systemic improvement opportunities through analysis of safety performance and assurance findings.

About You

You will bring strong experience in safety assurance, risk management or WHS improvement within industrial, utilities, resources, energy, construction or similarly high-risk environments.

• Experience developing and implementing WHS systems, assurance programs or risk management frameworks.
• Experience conducting audits, assurance reviews, critical control verification or compliance activities.
• Strong knowledge of Australian WHS legislation and associated codes of practice.
• Exposure to contractor management, procurement, project safety or capital delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Excellent reporting, communication and analytical capabilities.

Highly Regarded

• Qualifications in WHS, Risk Management, Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor accreditation.
• Experience with critical risk or critical control management methodologies, including BowTie, ICAM, TapRooT® or similar.
• Experience supporting power generation, utilities, heavy industry, construction or other operational environments.

Only applicants with Australian working rights will be considered.