Health & Safety Advisor

About SLR and the Roles

At SLR our purpose is to Make Sustainability Happen. SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality and tailored sustainability solutions. With over 1,000 staff in the APAC region, we provide expert advice and support on a wide range of sustainability challenges. We are proud to be one of the few leading international specialist environmental consultancies.

We are offering two vacancies to join our APAC team as a Health & Safety Advisor. These roles offer flexible working arrangements and can be based from any of our SLR offices across Australia.

Reporting to the APAC Head of Health and Safety, this role will provide practical, technical, and strategic H&S support across our diverse business units and areas of expertise. It presents an excellent opportunity for someone with strong stakeholder management capabilities and solid technical knowledge to partner with our operational leaders, strengthen our H&S culture as well as support implementation of our Strategic Plan and broader initiatives.

Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Build strong, trusting, and collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (and external clients where appropriate)
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and emerging risks, including psychosocial hazards
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert on workplace health, safety, and psychosocial legislation across Asia Pacific (with a strong focus on Australia and New Zealand), empowering and supporting our network of H&S representatives across the region.
• Provide clear, practical advice on HSMS expectations and ISO 45001/45003 aligned processes
• Support consistent application of risk assessment methodologies, ensuring correct use of the HIRAC methodology across physical and psychosocial hazards
• Assist in conducting psychosocial and physical incident investigations, applying appropriate methodologies and ensuring sensitive and confidential handling of information
• Contribute to strong governance of our Health and Safety Management System by maintaining key documents and enablers, and assisting with the review of risk documentation—enhanced by support from our AI Workers.
• Monitor H&S performance data, analyse trends (including psychosocial indicators), and support or lead incident investigations
• Participate in internal H&S audits and contribute to continual improvement of our robust HSMS, including ISO 45001 and 45003-aligned practices
• Promote learning, consistency, and continuous improvement across the region
• Leverage digital systems and AI enabled tools to enhance H&S reporting, insights, and efficiency

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

At SLR Consulting, we are focused on finding the right people. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage you to apply.

• Typically, 3+ years’ experience as a Health & Safety Advisor or similar
• Minimum Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety
• Internal Auditor certification (desirable)
• Must have experience working in the mining, earth sciences, or environmental sciences sectors, with an ability to translate technical operational risk into practical H&S controls
• Demonstrated experience working with health and safety management systems, ideally aligned to ISO 45001 and ISO 45003
• Strong understanding of psychosocial legislative obligations across Australia and/or New Zealand, and ability to support implementation across the HSMS
• Knowledge of WHS/ OHS legislation, Australian Standards, and Codes of Practice, with an advantage for broader APAC jurisdictional knowledge
• Experience in developing and reviewing H&S procedures, guidelines, SWMS, risk assessments and risk registers.
• Experience conducting incident investigations, including ICAM trained (preferred) or equivalent methodology
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Capability and interest in digital H&S systems, data analytics, and emerging technologies (including AI-enabled tools)

Our Benefits

We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcomes. We recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all. We’re open to discussing what this looks likes for you.

You can find a comprehensive list here.
 

Next Steps

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

So, if this sounds like the ideal environment for you, come and join us! For more information or to have a confidential discussion please contact the Talent Acquisition team.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.