Coles Group
It takes the connection of team members in many different roles to run more than 800 supermarkets across Australia. Whether you’re in-store or delivering to a customers’ door, life in-front or behind the shelves is fast, and it’s fun. Joining Coles Supermarkets means you’ll belong in a team of diverse personalities, cultures, backgrounds and beliefs, just like the local communities we serve. Each day brings a variety of valuable first-hand experiences and with the formal training we give you, you’ll gain skills that set you up for an ongoing career at Coles Group and beyond.
About the team
Above all, we value the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and customers. Our Safety team is committed to driving this culture right across the business. Through raising awareness and support, and guiding each other on best practices, we’re building a happier, safer and more energised workplace every day.
Working across multiple stores, you’ll partner with the Regional Managers and Operations teams across Victoria to coach, mentor and guide the business to sustain a proactive safety culture.
About the role
Using your demonstrated experience and passion for delivering a great safety culture within a multi-site business, your key focus will be to guide process and practice to ensure the safety and well-being of both our customers and team members.
Other ways you can make an impact:
- Investigating workplace safety and food safety incidents in order to develop effective controls across the business
- Supporting and delivering training initiatives across a number of regions in the state
- Delivering a reduction in team member incidents, food safety risks and customer incidents
- Understanding and analysing state incidents and trends, in order to share learnings and frame corrective strategies
- Help with COVID-19 response and support the business and team members
About you and your skills
We are looking for a safety professional who can adapt to changing environments and work flexibly. You are articulate, process driven and good with excel and picking up computer systems.
You’ll also need:
- Formal qualifications in Workplace Health and Safety or related
- Experience in food retail, food manufacturing or food safety
- Demonstrated experience in a similar advisor/business partner position across a multi-site business
- A successful track record of identifying root cause through investigation of serious incidents
- Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder engagement with strong communication skills and an ability to influence without authority
- Strong ability to deliver results in a fast paced and dynamic business
Keen as a bean? Just lettuce know
If you like the sound of us, get growing and apply now. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities. We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. Find out more in the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site.
Safer together
We’re committed to providing a safe environment for our team members and our customers, so you’ll need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before joining the team, unless you’re medically exempt. You’ll also need to disclose and evidence your COVID-19 vaccination status as part of your application. Thanks for understanding.
Job ID: 42946
Employment Type: Full time