Sodexo looks after the upkeep, maintenance, and refurbishment of non-process infrastructure for mining and oil & gas clients across Western Australia, helping keep the resources sector running through catering, hospitality, and facilities services.
We're looking for an experienced HSE Specialist to join our Projects team on a permanent, full-time, Monday-to-Friday basis. The role is based at our Balcatta office, with regular travel out to our Pilbara sites.
The Projects team handles both capital works and smaller-scale projects delivered through subcontractors. In this role, you'll work closely with contractors, Project Supervisors, and Project Managers to keep work running safely, and you'll be a driving force behind the on-site safety culture.
We're after someone with a background in facilities management and/or construction. FIFO or remote-site experience is a bonus but not a must.
Job Description- Act as a point of contact for clients and community groups and addressing concerns and complaints for HSEQC issues.
- Form strong working relationships with community groups in the vicinity of remote sites.
- Establish a strong link with senior management, operations, clients support departments and service partners to ensure effective management of HSE.
- Manage company and client driven HSE activities, programs, drills, meetings.
- Prepare HSEQ KPI reports for communication to Sodexo management.
- Facilitate risk assessments and ensure site specific risk registers are updated and communicated.
- Participate in critical control program assurance activities.
- Report any incidents, near hits, procedure deficiencies and poor working conditions to the immediate manager and HSEQ personnel.
- Ensure all incidents (including near hits) are investigated to a level of detail appropriate to the maximum foreseeable exposure (MFE) of the incident and report made available to the HSE manager.
- Ensure that lessons learnt and actions resulting from incidents are appropriately managed and implemented across all applicable sites.
- Ensure monthly HSE inspections are completed with relevant actions captured for any non-conformances identified.
- Review and update company HSE manuals, policies, procedures, and management plans (traffic management, emergency management etc.) as required.
- Conduct Gap Analysis of employee training pathways that are consistent with the business, ensuring that training is available and delivered.
- Review JHAs and update SOP as required.
- Be confident and comfortable mentoring and coaching Sodexo supervisors and leads, as well as contractor personnel and leaders
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (at minimum).
- Certified in Internal Auditing (desirable but not essential)
- Root Cause Incident Investigation (TapRoot/Essential Factors) Training (desirable but not essential)
- Current West Australian C Class driver’s license.
- Must have a Construction White card
Skills Required
- Experience in HSE, facilities management, and/or construction
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Current Western Australian C Class driver's licence
- Construction White Card
- Certified in Internal Auditing
- Root Cause Incident Investigation training, such as TapRoot or Essential Factors
Sodexo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sodexo and has not been reviewed or approved by Sodexo.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options with integrated pharmacy and mental‑health support via an assistance program provide broad coverage. Feedback suggests the overall benefits mix can feel comparatively solid even where base pay is modest in some roles.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with employer match is a consistent pillar of the package, though exact match details can vary by role and plan year. Feedback suggests retirement benefits are often viewed more favorably than base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid leave programs under Vita, including paid maternity/medical leave alongside care leave and EAP resources, support family needs. While specifics vary by status and location, the presence of paid leave is a meaningful component.
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What We Do
Founded in Marseille in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the global leader in sustainable food and valued experiences at every moment in life: learn, work, heal and play. The Group stands out for its independence, its founding family shareholding and its responsible business model. Its portfolio of activities includes Sodexo Food and Facilities Management Services and Pluxee Employee Benefit Solutions, activity for which the Group announced a spin-off with a listing expected on February 1, 2024. This diversified offer meets all the challenges of everyday life with a dual goal: to improve the quality of life of our employees and those we serve, and contribute to the economic, social and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. For Sodexo, growth and social commitment go hand in hand. Our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. Sodexo is included in the CAC Next 20, CAC 40 ESG, CAC SBT 1.5, FTSE 4 Good and DJSI indices. Sodexo key figures — 22.6 billion euros Fiscal 2023 consolidated revenues — 430,000 employees as at August 31, 2023 — #1 France-based private employer worldwide — 45 countries — 80 million consumers served daily — 14.3 billion euros in market capitalization (as at October 25, 2023)
