Site EHS Manager
Sugar Australia
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Melbourne, Victoria
Contract type: Full time
Lead safety, health and environmental excellence for a leading Australian food manufacturer
Join Sugar Australia as a Site EHS Manager at our manufacturing site in Yarraville, VIC. This is a permanent full-time opportunity for an experienced and hands-on EHS professional looking to lead site safety initiatives, drive continuous improvement, and build capability across operations.
Reporting to the Head of EHS, you'll play a key role in ensuring compliance, embedding a strong safety culture, and supporting operational teams to manage EHS risks. You'll lead the implementation of EHS systems and plans, coach teams on best practice, and coordinate return-to-work processes for injured workers - all while aligning with our national and group EHS frameworks.
This is a role for someone who enjoys working closely with people, translating EHS strategy into action, and making a meaningful impact every day.
The sweet things you'll be involved in:
As our EHS Manager, you'll be the go-to safety expert at the Yarraville VIC site - managing systems, driving engagement, and supporting our leaders to create a safe and compliant working environment. From legal reporting to continuous improvement initiatives, this is a role where no two days are the same.
What you'll be doing:
You're a confident communicator, a practical problem-solver, and a passionate advocate for safe and sustainable operations. You enjoy influencing across different levels and thrive in a role where you can lead both systems and people.
Sugar Australia is the nation's trusted partner in sugar and ingredient solutions enabling our customers to make great products for every home. We own and operate refineries, packing facilities, sugar silo terminals and warehouse distribution sites across the country.
It takes a great team to turn raw sugar into our many food grade products, and we work hard to make the highest-quality liquid sugars, icings, syrups, and crystals.
You will find our retail products at your local supermarket under the iconic CSR sugar brand. We also supply refined sugar products and many other ingredients to the industrial, foodservice and hospitality industries, supplying some of the largest brands in the country.
When you join Sugar Australia, you'll be part of a passionate and inclusive team that values growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer a supportive work environment where people and performance are genuinely valued. In return, you'll enjoy competitive pay, hybrid working, onsite parking, corporate discounts, recognition and development programs, health and wellbeing initiatives, regular social events, and access to our product library for those passionate bakers at heart.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
Ready to lead the way in safety? Apply now and be part of something sweet!
Business unit Sugar Australia
Join Sugar Australia as a Site EHS Manager at our manufacturing site in Yarraville, VIC. This is a permanent full-time opportunity for an experienced and hands-on EHS professional looking to lead site safety initiatives, drive continuous improvement, and build capability across operations.
Reporting to the Head of EHS, you'll play a key role in ensuring compliance, embedding a strong safety culture, and supporting operational teams to manage EHS risks. You'll lead the implementation of EHS systems and plans, coach teams on best practice, and coordinate return-to-work processes for injured workers - all while aligning with our national and group EHS frameworks.
This is a role for someone who enjoys working closely with people, translating EHS strategy into action, and making a meaningful impact every day.
The sweet things you'll be involved in:
As our EHS Manager, you'll be the go-to safety expert at the Yarraville VIC site - managing systems, driving engagement, and supporting our leaders to create a safe and compliant working environment. From legal reporting to continuous improvement initiatives, this is a role where no two days are the same.
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the implementation of EHS plans and the EHS Management System at site level in alignment with the National and Wilmar EHS systems and plans
- Driving a proactive safety culture through coaching, behavioural safety programs, and capability-building
- Managing compliance with EHS legislation and reporting obligations, including audits, notifiable events, and regulator engagement
- Coordinating incident investigations, root cause analysis, and injury management processes
- Acting as the site's Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Coordinator, including liaising with internal teams, insurance providers, and medical professionals
- Overseeing chemical management systems, risk registers, and environmental inspections
- Preparing regular reports, analysing EHS data, and identifying emerging trends and improvement opportunities
- Facilitating EHS committee meetings, site safety walks, and monthly KPI reporting
- Developing and delivering high-risk work training to site
- Supporting change initiatives and identifying opportunities to streamline EHS processes
- Developing 3-year EHS strategies in alignment with business plans
You're a confident communicator, a practical problem-solver, and a passionate advocate for safe and sustainable operations. You enjoy influencing across different levels and thrive in a role where you can lead both systems and people.
- Tertiary qualification in Safety, Environment, or a related STEM or manufacturing discipline
- Certification or membership with AIHS/AIOH is an advantage
- 5+ years' experience in safety roles with practical experience preferably in manufacturing or operational environments
- Demonstrated experience in Safety and Environmental management, and strong working knowledge of relevant legislation, risk management, and compliance auditing
- Proven ability to implement and manage EHS Management Systems and tools using online technology and software platforms
- Project management experience and ability to manage stakeholders and resources effectively
- Experience coordinating RTW and injury management programs
- Training in ICAM or equivalent incident investigation methodologies (desirable)
- Strong coaching, facilitation, change management and stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent organisational skills, systems knowledge, and a continuous improvement mindset
Sugar Australia is the nation's trusted partner in sugar and ingredient solutions enabling our customers to make great products for every home. We own and operate refineries, packing facilities, sugar silo terminals and warehouse distribution sites across the country.
It takes a great team to turn raw sugar into our many food grade products, and we work hard to make the highest-quality liquid sugars, icings, syrups, and crystals.
You will find our retail products at your local supermarket under the iconic CSR sugar brand. We also supply refined sugar products and many other ingredients to the industrial, foodservice and hospitality industries, supplying some of the largest brands in the country.
When you join Sugar Australia, you'll be part of a passionate and inclusive team that values growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer a supportive work environment where people and performance are genuinely valued. In return, you'll enjoy competitive pay, hybrid working, onsite parking, corporate discounts, recognition and development programs, health and wellbeing initiatives, regular social events, and access to our product library for those passionate bakers at heart.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
Ready to lead the way in safety? Apply now and be part of something sweet!
Business unit Sugar Australia
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