Utility-Scale Wind Farm Construction Project – South Australia
1x HSE Advisor
Duration: 2.5 years
Site / Employment: Located approximately 2 hours north of Adelaide; worked Monday to Friday, 10 hours per day.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the Principal’s on-site HSE Representative, providing authoritative guidance and oversight.
- Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring strict adherence to all HSE regulations, site protocols, and project requirements.
- Monitor, audit, and report on HSE compliance for all contractors in alignment with approved management plans, project agreements, and statutory approvals.
- Develop project-specific HSE audit tools and methodologies as required.
- Conduct ongoing audit tracking, closeout reporting, and performance monitoring.
- Prepare comprehensive HSE reporting, including contractor performance, incidents, hazards, hours worked, and other metrics for monthly and project-wide reporting.
- Identify gaps or non-compliances within contractor HSE plans and drive timely corrective and preventive actions.
- Oversee and verify the implementation of the Project HSE Management System, ensuring compliance with Australian legislation, client standards, and GHD requirements.
- Plan, schedule, and execute systematic audits of contractor safety management systems.
- Conduct HSE job reviews, inspections, and lead field-based assurance activities.
- Collaborate closely with client teams and contractors to support a unified and proactive safety culture.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in Health, Safety and Environment or a related discipline.
- Experience with HSE systems in the renewable energy sector, particularly wind farm or large-scale construction projects, highly regarded.
- Strong understanding of current HSE issues and demonstrated ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
- Field/project experience aligned with the complexity and scope of large construction or energy projects.
- Proven ability to guide and manage contractors and resources in the delivery of HSE services.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, motivate, and build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to manage pressure, resolve conflict, and make reasoned decisions in challenging environments.
- Committed to fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and safety-focused culture.
- HSE Auditor qualification (highly advantageous).
- Comfortable working independently in remote environments and managing competing priorities.
- Professional, resilient, and diplomatic in all interactions.
- Strong capability in problem-solving, teamwork, time management, adaptability, and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated commitment to safety, sustainability, and risk management excellence.
About Airswift
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients.
With over 1000 employees and 9,000+ contractors operating in over 130 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.
Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered. (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA)
If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply directly to this advertisement or send your application via email to louis.tham@airswift.com with your updated CV/ resume & contact details. Alternatively, you may contact Louis at +61 (08) 6245 0671 for more information.
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