Health and Safety Business Partner

• 12-Month Fixed Term Contract | Potential Extension | Salary range $145k - $170k + 16.5% super with take home company use vehicle + overtime
• A fortnightly Rostered Day Off (RDO) in support of work life balance
• Homebush - Hybrid working arrangements with a blend of office, field and home-based work.

This is an opportunity to do more than provide safety advice.

At Ausgrid, we're transforming the way we think about and manage safety. We're building a learning, fair and just culture where safety is created through strong leadership, effective risk management and meaningful engagement with our people.

As a Health and Safety Business Partner, you'll work alongside operational leaders and frontline teams across some of Australia's highest-risk and most critical infrastructure. You'll help influence decisions, improve how work is designed and performed, and contribute to keeping our people and communities safe.

Join us during an exciting period of growth and investment as we deliver major network projects, support the energy transition, expand battery storage capabilities and implement our Safety Rewired Strategy across the business.

If you're passionate about making a genuine impact, influencing culture and helping people succeed safely, we'd love to hear from you.

About Ausgrid – we’re wired for good

We’re the largest distributor of electricity on Australia’s east coast, which means over two million homes and businesses rely on our good work. We’re here at the heart of the energy transition, and we’re driven by a powerful purpose to make electricity accessible for all.

It’s an exciting new chapter for our company with each day bringing a renewed energy to how we deliver, store and use electricity. As we continue to grow, we’re in search of exceptional talent to help us achieve our goals.

Everyone’s job is important here. Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We’re committed to fostering a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workplace, and encourage applications from all backgrounds.

See yourself working here

• Model visible leadership and actively demonstrate our Work Safe Live Safe and Customer-focused values.
• Support our cultural transformation, partnering across our operational portfolios, working with our frontline leaders. Health and Safety Representative (HSRs) and Health and Safety Committees (HSCs).
• Support the delivery and implementation of the Safety Rewired Strategy and programs, aiding change management processes to ensure effective adoption across client groups.
• Lead and facilitate risk management, compliance reviews, and corrective action management activities across occupational and psychosocial hazards.
• Lead public safety incident investigations and reporting requirements.
• Translate data and trend analysis into business-unit-specific insights that support the identification of emerging risks and themes.
• Champion innovative ways of working that support our strategic objectives and reduce risk to our people and communities.
• Assist with tendering, contractor onboarding and joint venture assurance and risk management activities.

Spark our interest!

Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.

• Diploma level tertiary qualifications in work, health and safety and/or relevant trade-based qualifications or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years demonstrated experience in a H&S role in high-risk industries. Demonstrated knowledge of safety theory and practical application across complex, geographically disbursed, matrixed organisations including Safety 2, Human and Organisational Performance (HOPs),
• Human Factors and Critical Control Management.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and proven ability to effectively communicate, influence, coach and mentor stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitation of complex risk assessments and investigations using ICAM or similar methodologies.
• Adaptive and agile critical thinking and processing ability, with the capacity to translate complex technical issues into simple, easy-to-understand explanations or processes.
• Demonstrated understanding of contractor management and delivery models.
• This role will be required to provide coverage of afternoon/night shift as required, in line with the EBA provisions.
• This role will be required to respond to serious incidents and injuries.

Life at Ausgrid

At Ausgrid, we go beyond just a competitive salary to offer an exciting range of benefits. From salary sacrificing electric vehicles and novated leasing, to discounted corporate health insurance and access to Fitness Passport, our benefits support your work here, and your life out there.

Celebrate success every day with our employee recognition program to bring out each other’s best. Looking to grow professionally? We’ve got you covered with study assistance, secondments, training and mentors, whose advice you’ll keep wherever you go.

We’re proud to offer gender-neutral parental leave to balance work when growing your family. And if you’re caring for elderly parents, our aged care support services offer expert guidance to help you access care for your loved ones. At Ausgrid, it's all about supporting you in every aspect of life.

If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent Team [email protected].

Applications close date: 10 September 2026 at 11:55pm. (Please note, this advert may close early).

By applying, you may be considered for a Talent Pool to support future opportunities over the next 12 months.

Applicants must have full Australian work rights to apply.