WHS Coordinator in Sydney, New South Wales at Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Job Description
About Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering (Ward) is a leading Tier 2 civil and environmental engineering contractor, with over 50 years’ experience delivering complex infrastructure projects for government and private sector clients across NSW and Queensland. A privately owned business, Ward provides innovative end-to-end civil construction services for the road, utilities, remediation, bulk earthworks, excavation, water and wastewater, marine, renewables, and aviation sectors. An equal opportunity employer with over 150 staff, Ward has earned a reputation for technical excellence, safety, commitment to the environment and sustainability, and quality delivery.
Why this role? This is a strong career opportunity for someone who has already built a practical WHS foundation and is ready to take on broader coordination responsibilities across civil infrastructure projects. You will have the opportunity to influence WHS performance, support field teams with real-time advice, and help strengthen the systems, behaviours and controls that protect our people.
Full-time role, with flexibility considered. This is a full-time position, but Ward recognises that the right candidate may be balancing work with family, caring or other personal commitments. We welcome applications from people who meet the role requirements and are returning to the workforce or seeking a practical roster arrangement, provided this can be balanced with project and operational needs.
About the role
Reporting to the HSEQ Manager, the WHS Coordinator will generally be assigned to support allocated NSW projects with their day-to-day WHS requirements, while also being part of Ward’s wider group of WHS and HSEQ professionals. Ward’s operations can include night works and out-of-hours activities. From time to time, the WHS Coordinator may need to provide inspections, site support or WHS advice outside standard daytime hours to support these works
Key Responsibilities
- Support compliance with NSW WHS legislation, Ward’s WHS management system, project requirements and client expectations.
- Advise project teams on WHS documentation, including WHS Management Plans, methodologies, SHEWMS preparation, review and implementation.
- Conduct daily safety walks, task observations, site inspections, audits and Chain of Responsibility inspections, ensuring actions are tracked and closed out.
- Support incident, injury and near miss management, including investigations, reporting, corrective actions and communication of learnings.
- Facilitate or support toolbox talks, pre-starts, inductions, consultation activities and clear communication of WHS expectations.
- Monitor subcontractor WHS performance and escalate non-conformances to site management for timely resolution.
- Support traffic-related works, including TMPs, TCPs, permits, licences, traffic controller competencies, audits and compliance monitoring.
- Support asbestos-related works, including SafeWork NSW notifications, licence condition monitoring, competency checks and effective site controls.
- Coordinate site training needs with project leaders, construction managers and the HSEQ Manager, including competency training and refresher training.
- Assist with workplace consultation and maintain confidentiality when supporting workplace relations matters, grievances or workforce concerns.
- Stop work where unsafe conditions or serious WHS non-compliances are identified.
- Promote practical risk management and a positive safety culture aligned with Ward’s values of Staff Care, Superior Client Service and Innovation.
Qualifications
Certificate IV, Diploma or equivalent qualification in Work Health and Safety. |
Previous WHS experience in civil construction, infrastructure, utilities, remediation, earthworks or a similar high-risk construction environment. Experience with traffic management, asbestos works, workplace consultation, incident management or injury management will be well regarded. Experience working on Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and Sydney Water projects would be highly desirable. |
Resourceful, organised and proactive, with the confidence to communicate clearly with workers, subcontractors, project teams, clients and senior management. |
Working knowledge of WHS legislation, WHS systems, SWMS, WHSMPs, audits, inspections, task observations, corrective actions, incident reporting, competency monitoring and Dashpivot or similar platforms. |
Current driver licence, willingness to travel to NSW project sites, and ability to participate in client WHS meetings, site inspections, audits, inductions and training activities as required. Availability to support planned night works or out-of-hours activities from time to time will be required, with roster flexibility discussed and managed reasonably. |
What's in it for you?
At Ward, you will join a successful and growing civil infrastructure business with a strong pipeline of work and a practical, supportive culture. While you will generally support allocated projects, you will not be working in isolation. You will be part of a broader WHS and HSEQ group where knowledge, lessons learned, systems support and practical site experience are shared across the team. Ward supports practical flexibility where it can be balanced with project needs, including for people returning to the workforce or managing family and other commitments. You will work closely with experienced project, construction and HSEQ leaders, gain exposure to complex NSW site environments and continue building your WHS capability across live civil infrastructure projects. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, genuine development opportunities and the chance to contribute to a business that values Staff Care, Superior Client Service and Innovation.