Health and Safety Advisor

About the Position

Health and Safety Advisor

SGS Australia is a leading provider of Testing, Inspection, and Certification services, supporting multiple industries across the country with trusted expertise and technical excellence. We are currently seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to join our team.

Responsibilities

You will bring a hands-on, risk-based approach to industrial hygiene, chemical management, and critical control verification. Your work will directly support safer operations and stronger compliance with SGS requirements and Western Australian WHS legislation. Key responsibilities include:

• Provide practical health and safety advice, coaching, and operational support to managers, supervisors, employees, and contractors.
• Maintain and improve site H&S plans, risk registers, operational risk assessments, and critical control verification activities.
• Coordinate industrial hygiene programs, including health risk assessments, Similar Exposure Groups, exposure monitoring, and follow-up actions.
• Strengthen chemical and dangerous goods management, including registers, SDS currency, labelling, storage, segregation, spill response, and emergency controls.
• Support the management of laboratory and operational hazards such as respirable dust, crystalline silica, lead, noise, acids, fumes, gases, and flammable materials.
• Lead and support incident investigations, inspections, audits, assurance activities, and corrective action reviews.
• Deliver safety, chemical management, industrial hygiene, PPE, respiratory protection, and emergency response training.
• Use safety, exposure, audit, and incident data to identify trends and recommend practical improvements.

Requirements

• A tertiary qualification in Health and Safety, Occupational Hygiene, Science, Environmental Health, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and training.
• Experience in a site-based H&S Advisor, HSE Business Partner, or similar role within a laboratory, minerals, geochemistry, scientific testing, manufacturing, industrial, or other high-risk environment.
• Practical experience in industrial hygiene, exposure monitoring, health risk assessment, and occupational health controls.
• Demonstrated capability in hazardous chemical and dangerous goods management.
• Sound knowledge of WA WHS legislation, relevant Codes of Practice, exposure standards, and the hierarchy of controls.
• Strong investigation, auditing, critical control verification, and corrective action management skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to coach, influence, and collaborate across operational teams.
• A current driver’s licence and the ability to obtain a National Police Clearance.

We Offer

Working at SGS means joining an innovative, global company. Here are some of the benefits to working for SGS:

• Embraced shift to flexible work
• Sustainability embedded in our culture and business practices
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time for volunteering day and blood donations
• Corporate health & wellbeing offers
• Ongoing learning & development
• Career development opportunities (Nationally and Globally)
• SGS Rewards: Employee benefits platform with access to retail and online discounts and cashback

About the Company

SGS Australia is a leading provider of Testing, Inspection, and Certification services, supporting multiple industries across the country with trusted expertise and technical excellence. Backed by SGS’s global legacy of over 140 years, we operate one of the largest networks of accredited laboratories and field facilities in Australia, with a network of more than 50 offices and laboratories and over 1,400 employees across Australia. We are accredited by NATA and ISO 9001, ensuring our services meet both Australian and international standards.

COME TO WORK AND BE 100% YOU

SGS Australia supports a diverse workforce, we encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community, and people living with disability. Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our SGS Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We truly believe the diversity among us will continue to foster a strong, innovative, and forward-thinking workplace.

SGS Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present, and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Job Location

Australia

Make an impact with SGS

This is an opportunity to apply your technical expertise where it matters-on site, alongside the people delivering the work. If you are motivated by practical risk reduction, continuous improvement, and building a positive safety culture, we would like to hear from you.