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About Us Americold is a global provider of temperaturecontrolled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches food suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, including some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety to deliver on their commitments. What youll do Americold is seeking an experienced, proactive Safety Manager to provide critical operational safety support across six Queensland sites and one site in Western Australia. This is a true business partnering role working shoulder to shoulder with operational leaders while driving safety excellence, workers compensation management, and returntowork outcomes. If you thrive in a fieldbased, handson environment and love influencing leaders to lift safety performance, this is your opportunity to make a real impact. As the QLD & WA Safety Manager, you will coordinate, guide, and elevate safety, workers compensation, and returntowork functions across multiple highperforming operational sites. Youll act as the trusted advisor to site leadership, embedding safe practices, leading investigations, and shaping a proactive safety culture. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys autonomy, problemsolving, and partnering closely with the business to deliver practical safety outcomes. Key Responsibilities - Provide handson safety coaching and support to operational leaders, empowering them to lead safety effectively. - Implement and maintain safety and RTW systems across QLD & WA, ensuring consistency and compliance. - Lead serious incident investigations, support site risk assessments, and drive riskmanagement strategies. - Manage workers compensation and returntowork processes, including insurer liaison, early intervention, and rehabilitation planning. - Conduct risk and trend analysis, providing actionable insights and improvement recommendations to site management. - Drive safety improvement programs and awareness initiatives across all sites. - Champion safety culture through behaviours, communication, and regular BBS engagement. - Coordinate state safety reporting, audits, and regulatory compliance requirements. - Collaborate as a true business partner, building strong relationships and fostering a cooperative, solutionfocused approach. - Spend significant time in the field (approx. 70%), travelling across sites and assessing operations including coldstorage environments below freezing. What Experience and Education You Need - Tertiary qualifications in Safety or equivalent postsecondary studies. - Minimum 5 years experience in Safety. - Strong influencing skills with the ability to make and execute effective decisions. - Experience within manufacturing and/or logistics environments, including managing high MHE (Material Handling Equipment) traffic and associated risk controls. - Proven experience in RTW/Rehabilitation processes and safety compliance. - Strong analytical, coaching, and problemsolving capabilities. - High attention to detail with strong planning and organisational skills. - Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple priorities. - Advanced communication skills with the ability to mentor and coach leaders. - Proficiency in Windows, Outlook, Webex, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Warehouse Management Systems. What We Offer At Americold, youll enjoy a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and lifestyle. This includes access to ongoing leadership development programs to strengthen your capabilities and advance your career, as well as a Fitness Passport to keep you active and healthy. We offer flexible work arrangements to help you balance work and life, along with travel discounts and novated leasing options that make everyday life more affordable. Youll also have access to Sonder, our 24/7 employee wellbeing and safety portal, providing confidential support whenever you need it. Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr