Safety and Compliance Manager

Job No.: 651835

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time 

Duration: Fixed-term appointment until 31 December 2024

Remuneration: $112,694 - $124,394 pa HEW Level 08 (plus 17% employer superannuation)

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The Opportunity

The MSMH Safety and Compliance Manager plays a crucial role in providing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) guidance and support to various individuals and organisations within MSMH and SAMPLE. This includes commercial companies, Monash staff, students, and visitors. Working closely with the MSMH Concierge Service and other safety officers, their responsibilities involve ensuring compliance with legal requirements and university policies, maintaining a safe environment, and proactively identifying and addressing potential risks through collaboration with the University OH&S team and management.

As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for fostering a culture of safety and compliance, ensuring all occupants are aware of their responsibilities and adhere to OHS requirements. You will develop and maintain the OHS management plan for MSMH, SAMPLE, and Digital Twin Labs. Additionally, you will coordinate emergency responses, establish OHS committees, and provide risk mitigation support. You will also develop and implement safety procedures, guidelines, and training to ensure consistent practices across the MSMH and SAMPLE, encompassing both commercial and Monash-run spaces.

The appointee will have a tertiary qualification in Applied Chemistry, or substantial relevant skills and work experience, or formal qualifications in Occupational Health & Safety or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training. Moreover, familiarity and experience with SDS, RA and incident reporting databases and tools, such as Chemwatch and SARAH will be highly regarded.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

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Monash avidly supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments more easily .

At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs '.

Enquiries

Professor Adrian Neild, Professor - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, +61 3 9905 4655

Position Description

 Safety and Compliance Manager

Closing Date

Thursday 22 June 2023, 11:55pm AEST

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