Work Health & Safety Advisor (Temporary Opportunity for up to 19 months)

In this role, you'll: 

Drive functional health and safety management across project and business division activities in alignment with the Work Health and Safety Act and Heavy Vehicle National Law. Your core focus is maintaining robust risk management processes, implementing safety protocols, and facilitating training to ensure full compliance and governance across Road and Bridge Maintenance and Construction project lifecycles. 

You will support the development and implementation of targeted health and safety management plans, contribute to accurate WH&S documentation and due diligence records, and provide expert advice on WHS issues. By investigating incidents, managing complaints, and conducting safety audits for maintenance and construction crews, contractors and consultants, you will help establish proactive WH&S controls and corrective actions. You will help champion best-practice WH&S initiatives that exceed baseline compliance. 

A significant amount of your time will be spent conducting hands on site visits to road and bridge maintenance, and construction projects, monitoring safety practices and managing operational risks. Additionally, a portion of your schedule will be dedicated to administrative tasks, including responding to stakeholder enquiries, drafting safety reports, and maintaining accurate data records. 

Key challenges in this position include staying up to date with evolving transport health and safety legislation and successfully engaging diverse stakeholders with competing priorities to secure alignment on safety management strategies. 

This role reports into a Senior Manager within Work Health & Safety, and you will work within the Western region of NSW, with being based in Central West NSW considered advantageous. Travel is an essential component of this position, requiring you to spend at least 5-6 days out of every 10 days in the field supporting operational teams, which will occasionally include overnight stays. 

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack

About You

For you to be truly successful within this role you should meet all the following criteria: 

• Experienced Health and Safety professional with a minimum of 2 to 3 years of demonstrated expertise in performing the duties as outlined above
• Strong knowledge and understanding of relevant Work Health and Safety Legislation and Codes of Practice
• Hold a valid drivers licence
• Hold a minimum of a Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety (WHS) or an equivalent qualification
• You are a passionate, highly motivated person, who takes pride in maintaining high safety standards. You’re a ‘people person’, you have strong influencing and negotiating skills, that allow you to build trust and bridge gaps between diverse stakeholders. You still have an eagerness to learn, and highly adaptable to changing project demands, and someone who always follows through on your commitments 

Nice to Haves: 

• Tertiary qualification in health and safety
• Being based in Central West NSW will be advantageous 

This is a Fixed term role until 30 June 2028, based in a hybrid working environment. 

This is a Grade 8 role, paying between $141,678.00 - $158,677.00 + super. The grade level will be assessed based on your relevant skills, experiences, capabilities, and qualifications etc. 

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. 

Applications close 11:59 PM, Monday 23rd November 2026

For more information about this role, please contact KEVIN.DORAN@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.