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.

Reporting to the APAC Head of Health & Safety, this role provides practical, technical and strategic support across our diverse business and project environments. Working in partnership with leaders, technical specialists and project teams, you will help create the conditions for safe, healthy and sustainable work.

We are seeking advisors who can influence, coach and enable others to proactively manage risk, improve wellbeing, and strengthen our positive safety culture. You will play an important role in advancing both physical and psychosocial safety outcomes, supporting implementation of our strategic initiatives, and helping shape the future of health and safety within SLR.

Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and project teams to integrate health, safety and wellbeing considerations into everyday business decision-making.
• Support a positive and psychologically safe culture where people feel empowered to speak up, learn and contribute.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities through analysis of operational, organisational and psychosocial factors.
• Coach and influence leaders to strengthen risk ownership and proactive risk management capabilities.
• Facilitate learning from incidents, near misses and business insights to drive continuous improvement rather than solely focusing on compliance outcomes.
• Support initiatives that enhance worker wellbeing, psychosocial safety, inclusion and sustainable work practices.
• 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 the ongoing evolution of our Health & Safety Management System, ensuring it remains practical, user-focused and aligned with organisational needs.
• 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 data, technology and AI-enabled tools to identify trends, generate insights and support informed decision-making.

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)
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the confidence to challenge the status quo and identify opportunities to simplify, improve and modernise health and safety processes.
• Passion for fostering positive safety culture, psychological safety, worker wellbeing and learning-focused approaches to risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in a geographically dispersed organisation.
  
  

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.