EHS Safety Specialist

About the role

Amentum is seeking an EHS Specialist who will inspect and evaluate the workplace, equipment and practices against the Environmental, Safety and Health Program and government health and safety standards. The role promotes a safe work culture among frontline workers and management and provides peer-to-peer support to team members.

Key responsibilities

• Instill a safety-first mentality and help achieve low accident rates and minimal lost-time injuries.
• Perform incident investigations with root cause analysis and help develop and implement corrective actions.
• Provide or coordinate safety training and lead safety toolbox talks on EHS topics.
• Maintain the safety, health and environmental recordkeeping and reporting system, and support leading and lagging indicators such as corrective actions, process improvements, observations and near misses.
• Assist Working Groups with safe work procedures, hazard analyses, safe work method statements (SWMS) and other risk assessments.
• Coach, mentor and advise staff at all levels, and conduct periodic workplace inspections to find hazards and regulatory non-compliance.
• Keep up with regulatory changes and advise administration on risk management policies and procedures.
• Coordinate external vendor site visits (equipment inspections, waste removal, site surveys) and develop plans to continuously improve the EHS program.
• Assist with the implementation of the Health and Safety Representative (HSR) program.

Required profile

• Diploma in safety or a related field, or equivalent; 1 to 3 years' experience in occupational safety.
• Working knowledge of the Australian Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
• Desirable: Bachelor's degree in safety or a related field, Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
• Drivers licence; desirable: White Card, Working at Heights, high-risk work licences, ICAM training.
• Ability to read, analyse and interpret regulations and technical procedures, write reports and procedure manuals, and present to groups.
• Physical ability to lift up to 10 kg and perform frequent walking, reaching, climbing and kneeling; occasional standing.
• At least 18 years old, fluent in reading, writing and speaking English.
• Pre-employment checks (references, criminal history, medical assessment, drug and alcohol test) and a security clearance (NV1 or TS/SCI with polygraph) are required.