Associate Director of Workplace Health & Safety

Join our Macquarie Risk Management team as a commercially minded and dynamic Workplace Health Safety (WHS) professional.

As a regional lead, you will be responsible for embedding our Global WHS Policy and strategy across Macquarie’s operations and investments in the Americas, ensuring we have systems in place to effectively identify, assess and control material WHS risks and to support Macquarie’s strong risk culture and continual WHS performance improvement.

Reporting directly to the Global WHS Director - Risk Management Group, you will be working closely with risk stakeholders, business groups and transaction teams to provide ongoing expert advice on WHS matters for new transactions and WHS governance on existing asset management. You will lead or support initiatives such as training programs, work streams and system developments supporting the WHS strategy. You will also provide oversight on the implementation of the Macquarie Global WHS policy in the region. Staying on top of key regulatory developments and compliance matters within the region and keeping pace with industry benchmarking and best practice.

You will show leadership around WHS to help deepen ownership and accountability within the different business groups in the Americas. Working with colleagues globally you will also strengthen existing processes and introduce enhancements as required to bring practices to a consistent groupwide level.

With a tertiary qualification in a relevant field such as engineering, you will have a minimum of 10 years proven experience as a Workplace Health Safety professional in either an internal or external advisory capacity or as part of a broader operations role with exposure to infrastructure and renewables. You would also be required to have proven experience succeeding in a complex stakeholder environment, with strong relationship building and influencing skills and the ability to drive change. You will ideally have experience of implementing Health and Safety management systems, working with teams during development, construction and operations phases of projects.

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About the Risk Management Group

The Risk Management Group (RMG) is an independent, centralised unit responsible for ensuring all risk across Macquarie are appropriately assessed and managed. Its divisions include Behavioural Risk, Compliance, Credit, Financial Crime Risk, Internal Audit, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Regulatory Affairs and Aggregate Risk, and RMG Enterprise Support.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable workplace enables us to embrace that diversity to deliver more innovative and sustainable solutions for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. At Macquarie, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If you're inspired to deliver on our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’, we want you on our team. If you need adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, gender identity or any other impermissible criterion or circumstance. Macquarie also takes affirmative action in support of its policy to hire and advance in employment of individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

We equip our people with the support to work in a range of flexible ways. Talk to us about what working arrangements would help you thrive.

Salary range for this position: $180,000 - $250,000/Yr. Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, peer and market data, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. The successful candidate may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. Macquarie offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation), Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees.

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