Health and Safety Advisor

Let’s Talk About the Role At Resmed, the health and safety of our people is fundamental to how we work. We are looking for a  Health & Safety Advisor  who is passionate about creating safer workplaces and enjoys working alongside leaders and teams to turn good safety practices into everyday habits. In this role, you will be a trusted Health & Safety partner across our Australian operations, providing practical advice, strengthening our safety systems and helping leaders and teams build a proactive safety culture where everyone takes ownership of safety. This is more than a compliance role. You will spend time where the work happens – partnering with leaders and employees, understanding how work is performed, solving practical safety challenges and identifying opportunities to continuously improve the way we work. If you enjoy combining technical Health & Safety expertise with coaching, problem-solving and genuine partnership, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact on the safety and experience of our people.

Be a trusted Health & Safety partner You will work closely with leaders and employees to make Health & Safety practical, accessible and part of everyday decision-making. You will: Provide timely and practical Health & Safety advice to leaders, employees and key stakeholders.  Interpret WHS legislation, standards and internal requirements and translate them into practical workplace solutions.  Coach leaders to understand and confidently fulfil their Health & Safety responsibilities.  Build strong relationships across manufacturing, operational and corporate teams.  Support effective consultation and engagement with employees, Health & Safety Representatives and Health & Safety Committees.  Lead and embed a proactive safety culture by partnering with leaders and teams to strengthen safety ownership, accountability and everyday safe behaviours.  Foster an environment where employees feel confident to speak up about safety, proactively identify and report risks, and contribute ideas that improve workplace safety. Strengthen risk management & prevention A key focus of the role is helping us identify risks early and prevent incidents before they occur. You will: Facilitate and support workplace risk assessments, hazard identification and implementation of effective controls. Partner with teams to review existing controls and identify opportunities to strengthen them. Maintain and support effective management of Health & Safety risk registers. Analyse hazards, incidents, near misses and safety observations to identify trends and emerging risks. Translate insights into practical preventative actions and improvement initiatives. Provide Health & Safety input into workplace changes, new equipment, processes and projects. Support ergonomic and workplace design risk assessments from a preventative and systems perspective. Support incident investigation & continuous improvement When incidents occur, you will help the organisation learn from them and prevent recurrence. You will: Support the timely reporting, assessment and investigation of workplace incidents and near misses. Facilitate effective incident investigations and root cause analysis. Partner with leaders to develop practical corrective and preventative actions. Monitor actions through to completion and evaluate whether controls have been effective. Identify recurring themes and use insights to shape broader Health & Safety improvement priorities. Support the development and delivery of Health & Safety improvement plans, initiatives and projects. Build Health & Safety capability Great safety outcomes come from capable and confident leaders and teams. You will: Develop and deliver engaging Health & Safety training, education and awareness programs. Provide ongoing coaching to leaders and employees on safe work practices and risk management. Support Health & Safety inductions and other required safety training. Identify capability gaps and