About Us
At the Independent Hardware Group, we are passionate and committed to our purpose of championing successful independent businesses Australia wide and at the same time strengthening local communities one postcode at a time.
We're the leading partner to over 635 independently owned stores – giving them a competitive advantage to take the big chains to task, and with the trusted, strong heritage, hardware brands of Mitre 10 and Home Hardware, we enable retailers to be the best stores in their town, ensuring builders, renovators, and DIY'ers build, renovate, and maintain the best homes for Australian families.
The business is the 2nd largest player in the Australian hardware market, trade-focused with a competitive DIY offer and rich consumer engagement supported by digital capabilities.
Let's talk about you We are excited to announce that due to internal promotion, we have a SHE Advisor role available in Victoria.
The SHE Advisor will support Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) initiatives, risk reduction, and incident response across the IHG Victoria businesses, ensuring consistency with the Metcash SHE Management System, SHE Strategy, best practice, and applicable legislative requirements.
Sounds great!
Tell me about the role Assist the site leaders and key stakeholders to implement strategies & initiatives across sites as required.Coordinate the continuous improvement of site SHE compliance frameworks, including but not limited to the Site SHE Management Plan, Traffic Management Plan, Chemical Registers, etc.Utilise current skills & knowledge to coach and develop site leaders in activities such as SHE engagements, critical risk reviews, injury management, and general safety health and environment matters.Work with site teams to regularly review the Site Risk Register's hazards and controls against Codes of Practice, Standards, legislative requirements, and Metcash's internal requirements.Develop and oversee the progress of a prioritized plan of initiatives to reduce risk.In consultation with the operations team and SHE team, develop or contribute to risk assessments as required.Promote proactive site activities that support risk reduction such as hazard reporting and management of change processes.Coordinate/support wearable technology utilization and provide guidance to operations leaders on data identifying high-risk activities.Through site walks/observations, monitor adherence to site rules and policies relating to SHE to assist with injury and incident reduction.Promote early notification, investigation & documentation of all incidents.Support maintenance of site SHE notice boards and sharing SHE information with team members.Participate in site SHE & Injury Management (IM) meetings and other communication forums.Facilitate SHE promotion/programs alignment with local, State, and national events.Deliver internal training packages as required.Keep Management informed of SHE and/or IM issues in the workplace.Proactively consult with and engage HSR's, site leadership, and national support personnel.Liaise with and maintain effective relationships with front line leadership teams to ensure effective communication and implementation of safety activities and matters.Ensure Evotix data entry is completed in a timely manner aligned with business requirements.Ensure all site SHE documentation is in line with SHE Management System frameworks.Monitor all leading indicators for the Region and support compliance/improvement of trends.Participate in and/or conduct SHE audits and inspections.Proactively share relevant SHE information between sites & business pillars.Participate in SHE & Injury Management projects from development to implementation as required.You're Likely a Match If you have Certificate IV or tertiary qualification in WHS.Sound understanding of a warehouse/retail environment.High attention to detail.Strong organisational & time management skills.Ability to build strong relationships.Life at Metcash
Experience a supportive and flexible work environment.
We are a FlexReady accredited workplace!
Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year.
Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually.
An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities.
12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers.
Proudly awarded the "Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion".
Recognized as the 74th in the "Equileap Top 100" globally for initiatives on gender equity.
Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia.
Incredible value discounts and perks through our team member app, "Our Local".
Joining the Metcash Family
At Metcash, you're part of something bigger.
You have all the perks of a small business heart, without missing out on the big business support.
Being part of something bigger means you're part of a strong purpose, where the work you do makes a big difference to independent business and local communities.
It opens a sea of opportunities to develop yourself, grow your career, thrive your way, and make your mark.
And you'll be part of our high-performing team, where you reap the rewards of our collective success now and into the future.
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