Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Advisor NEW
Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Advisor
About the Contract
Ventia was awarded the contract to deliver preventative, corrective, and reactive maintenance, along with electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation services across the Seqwater network of 35 water treatment plants, 95 pump stations, and 26 referable dams.
Fully mobilised in February 2025, our 125 strong team continue to deliver service excellence across the entire Seqwater network. The network expands as far as Gympie in the north, to the NSW border in the south, and from North Stradbroke Island in the east, to the base of the Toowoomba Ranges in the west.
What We Offer You:
- Access to fully maintained vehicle included
- Opportunities to make meaningful contributions to critical water infrastructure
- Access to Ventia Academy includes training, development and accelerated learning programs
- Access to VenPerks includes offers and discounts to leading brands
- Access to a variety of Health and Wellness initiatives – including the EAP, Ventia’s Healthy Minds program, and Healthy Bodies program.
About the Role
This permanent, full-time position plays a key role in delivering Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) outcomes.
With sites in various areas in South-East QLD, this role requires 2–3 days of travel per week, alongside office attendance in Richlands, QLD.
You will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure compliance, drive continuous improvement, and foster a culture of safety and excellence. A key aspect of this role will be building trust through a consultative approach, successfully engaging stakeholders with differing priorities and expectations.
Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Partner with frontline teams to understand how work is actually done and where risks emerge in real conditions.
- Support the application of Ventia’s Critical Risk Protocols in a way that is practical, usable, and meaningful to operations.
- Lead and facilitate incident investigations for incidents utilising ICAM and other investigation methodologies.
- Manage incident reporting and corrective actions, ensuring timely entry, tracking, and closure.
- Support leaders and teams to make informed decisions about risk, reasonable practicability, and operational priorities
- Conduct assurance activities (audits, inspections) as opportunities for engagement, insight, and improvement
- Work collaboratively with subcontractors to align expectations and strengthen safe work practices.
- Support environmental and quality outcomes by integrating them into operational decision-making
- Assist our Injury Management Team with injury management processes, supporting recovery and return to meaningful work
About You
- Certificate IV or Diploma in Work Health & Safety
- 2+ years of experience as a SHEQ Advisor (on maintenance contracts or similar will be highly regarded)
- Strong capability in building, managing, and maintaining stakeholder relationships
- Demonstrates resilience and professionalism when managing competing stakeholder expectations
- Construction white card
- Current C Class Driver Licence
Desirable tickets, but not essential
- ICAM training investigations certificate (essential)
- Lead Auditor Training or internal equivalent
- Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – HLTAID001
- Provide First Aid – HLTAID003
About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.
Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.
How to apply
Click the ‘Apply for job’ button to start the journey to find your further with Ventia.
Position Reference Number: 167618