Health & Safety Advisor - Construction & Facilities
- Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
- Duration: Continuing
- Remuneration: Level 7 from $118,483 (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus, NSW
About UNSW:
UNSW isn't like other places you've worked. Yes, we're a large organisation with a diverse and talented community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical and purposeful in everything we do.
As Australia's #1 university and one of the world's leading research institutions, our people are helping solve society's biggest challenges through world-class research, education and innovation. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and make a genuine impact, you're in the right place.
Why Your Role Matters
This isn't your typical Health & Safety Advisor role.
As Health & Safety Advisor - Construction & Facilities, you'll support one of Australia's largest and most diverse estates, partnering with leaders, project teams and contractors across a broad range of complex, high-risk environments.
From major construction and infrastructure projects to contractor operations and specialist facilities, you'll play a critical role in managing risk, improving safety performance and enabling the world-class research and teaching that makes UNSW Australia's leading university.
If you've built your career in construction, infrastructure, utilities or other high-risk industries and are looking for greater variety, meaningful work and outstanding employment conditions, this is an opportunity to bring your expertise into an organisation where your impact will be felt every day.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders, project teams and contractors to deliver practical health and safety solutions across a diverse operational environment.
- Provide expert advice on critical risk management, contractor safety, incident investigations, hazard management and risk assessments.
- Support high-risk construction, infrastructure and contractor activities by ensuring effective safety systems and controls are in place.
- Conduct inspections, audits and assurance activities to verify critical controls and drive continuous improvement.
- Coach and support leaders to strengthen safety capability, risk awareness and decision-making.
- Develop and improve health and safety systems, reporting, tools and resources.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships and collaborate across the University to deliver tailored safety solutions.
- Identify emerging risks and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and transformational projects.
- Support crisis management and emergency response activities when required.
Who You Are
You're an experienced Health & Safety professional who enjoys working in complex, high-risk environments and partnering with people to solve problems. You bring a practical approach, strong technical capability and the confidence to influence stakeholders at all levels.
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
- Experience in a Health & Safety Advisor role within complex, high-risk operational environments.
- Experience working within construction, infrastructure, contractor management, estates, engineering, utilities or similar industries.
- Strong capability in risk assessment, incident investigation, contractor safety and assurance activities.
- Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience interpreting safety data and using insights to drive continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of psychosocial and physical risk management, health and wellbeing, and injury prevention.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in health and safety.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset and a passion for creating safer workplaces
Benefits and Culture:
People are at the core of everything we do. It's our people who make UNSW one of the world's leading universities.
Along with the opportunity to work on diverse, high-risk projects that support world-class research and education, you'll enjoy benefits that are hard to find in many construction and infrastructure environments, including:
- 17% superannuation and additional leave loading.
- Additional 3 days' leave over the Christmas shutdown.
- Flexible working options and genuine work-life balance.
- Career development and learning opportunities.
- Discounts and entitlements across retail, education and fitness.
To learn more about working at UNSW, visit: https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits
How to Apply: Submit your CV & Cover Letter by 11.55pm Monday 20th July 2026
Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.
Contact: Amy Denney a.denney@unsw.edu.au - Talent Acquisition Associate
Please apply directly through the website, applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.
Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:
- National and International Criminal history checks
- Entitlement to work and ID checks
- Working With Children Checks
- Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Verification of relevant professional membership
- Employment history and reference checks
- Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
- Medical Checks and Assessments
- Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
