Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.
How We Support You
At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here's what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:
Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.
Are you passionate about creating safe workplaces and building strong partnerships? We are looking for a Health and Safety Coordinator to lead and continuously improve our Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS), helping ensure the safety of everyone involved in delivering work across Southern Rural Water.
In this role you will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for contractor safety, providing trusted advice and support to teams across the organisation. You will work closely with stakeholders to ensure contracted works meet legislative obligations, promote our Always Safe value, and drive positive safety outcomes from project planning and design through to delivery and handover. You will also oversee contractor safety reporting, assurance activities, and performance monitoring, using data and insights to support continuous improvement.
As the Health and Safety Coordinator, some of your responsibilities will include:
End-to-end support, advice and oversight of all contractor works.
Conducting, reviewing and recording investigation or incidents within SRW’s OHS management system.
Assisting with internal and external health and safety audits within projects.
Providing safety advice to project teams and associated operational teams.
Desired Skills and Experience
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
Formal qualification in Occupational Health and Safety.
Previous experience in OHS, risk, insurance or Human Resources.
Previous experience in construction, capital delivery project and/or engineering (desired).
First Aid Certificate, or willingness to obtain and maintain.
Competent in Microsoft Office suite, and experience using MyOSH or other OHS Management Systems.
If you have experience in health and safety, enjoy collaborating with others, and are passionate about making a difference, we'd love to hear from you. A background in construction, infrastructure, engineering, or project environments would be highly regarded.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 19 July 2026 or by visiting our website: www.srw.com.au
Please take the time to describe how your knowledge, skills and abilities would make you a suitable candidate for this role as part of your cover letter.
A Position Description for this position can be obtained from this link.
Southern Rural Water is committed to diversity and inclusion in employment and is proud to encourage applications from people of different backgrounds, abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and/or sexual orientations.
Southern Rural Water acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters we work with and within, and pay respects to Elders past and present.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact: peopleandculture@srw.com.au
