Health & Wellness Advisor

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Have a real cultural influence on health & wellness within a large scale mining contractor.

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Health, Safety & Environment

Company: Downer EDI Limited

Location: Perth

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-2-7373-2017

Fax: +61-8-2706-7330

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Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities.

Our Mining division is Australia's leading diversified mining contractor. As part of this team you'll join a group of innovative thinkers who work together to provide safe, ethical and environmentally conscious outcomes that exceed customer expectations.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for an individual with the ability to provide health and wellness advice to onsite personnel working a FIFO 5/2, 4/3  roster. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing musculoskeletal injury prevention initiatives, health and fitness programs, and exercise rehabilitation programs and support. You will be an exceptional communicator, with an outgoing disposition, with the resilience to work hard to assist our client in achieving cultural change around employee health and wellbeing.

  • Development, improvement and implementation of the health and wellness and fitness programs.
  • Systematic review and improvement of health and wellness delivery processes, standards and performance against corporate and departmental objectives.
  • Conduct health risk assessment, job risk profiling and analysis of medical results to drive relevant health and wellness programs.
  • Point of contact with the Company Doctor/HR and injured or ill person for injury management, contractor interface and technical advice
  • Provide technical support to the site-based HSE Advisors/Medics for issues such as injury management and return to work programs.
  • Coordination of regular health audits and surveys to meet Company and regulatory obligations and commitments, including the analysis of results, implementation of findings and development and implementation of resulting improvement plans.
  • Conduct ergonomic assessments and develop improvement strategies.
  • Support investigations relating to health and wellness incidents and events.

ABOUT YOU

  • Tertiary Qualification (e.g. Exercise Physiologist, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, or equivalent).
  • Minimum 5 years resource industry experience in the area of health, wellness and injury management.
  • Experience with environmental and occupational health management advantageous.
  • Working experience in health and safety management systems and/or approval regime.
  • Familiarity with local and national legislation relating to occupational health and safety, and workers compensation.
  • Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
  • Demonstrated experience working on similar FIFO situation
  • High levels of initiative and the ability to work well under pressure
  • Strong safety focus with a high attention to detail to abide by site safety processes

IN RETURN WE OFFER 

  • Competitive salary package and a Permanent role
  • 5/2 – 4/3  FIFO roster from Perth
  • Opportunity to drive real cultural change within our mining division
  • Exciting opportunity to be part of a successful project team
  • An overriding commitment to Zero Harm
  • Supportive work environment with modern training systems

Our accommodation offer modern ensuited rooms with flat screen TV's, Foxtel, movie channels and internet connections. A quality meals service is offered in resort style facilities include a swimming pool and gymnasium.

For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact Nathan on 08 6212-9506 [link removed]

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