Senior Hazard & Critical Risk Specialist

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Hazard and Critical Risk Management Specialist to join their specialised team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

This is a corporate role for a technically strong safety professional who enjoys working with complex risk, partnering with leaders and influencing improved critical risk practices across the business.

You will play a key role in strengthening the management of high-consequence hazards, improving critical control effectiveness and supporting the prevention of serious incidents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical advice on critical risks and high-consequence hazards
• Design practical and effective critical controls
• Lead and facilitate high-risk assessments and critical risk workshops
• Guide leaders and operational teams through critical risk processes
• Identify control gaps, emerging risks and improvement opportunities
• Strengthen critical risk frameworks, procedures and supporting tools
• Use incident, hazard and risk data to drive proactive interventions
• Support control verification, assurance activities, audits and governance reviews
• Coach leaders and teams to strengthen control ownership and operating discipline
• Deliver practical workshops, coaching and capability-building initiatives
• Partner with operational leaders and safety teams to embed effective safety practices

Position Skills and Qualifications:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in WHS, OHS, Risk Management, Health Science or a related discipline
• Extensive critical risk experience within high-risk or complex environments
• 7+ years' experience in technical safety or risk leadership roles
• Strong expertise in high-consequence hazards and critical control management
• Experience with Bowtie, risk matrices and critical control verification
• Proven ability to lead and facilitate complex risk assessments
• Strong stakeholder influence skills across all levels of an organisation
• Solid knowledge of WHS legislation and safety management systems
• Ability to turn complex strategy and technical information into practical operational solution

Join the Team:
This is an excellent opportunity to take on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract where you can genuinely influence how critical risks are managed across a complex and high-risk organisation.

You will work as part of a technically specialised team while partnering closely with operational leaders and stakeholders to drive practical improvements in critical risk management.

Apply Now: To seize this exciting opportunity, submit your resume to sjohnson@thesafestep.com.au