Work Health and Safety Advisor

Position Overview

• Ongoing | Full Time | $97k - $129k linked role + 15.4% super | 2 positions available 
• Sutherland Shire location | Health & Wellbeing Programs | Generous leave provisions
• On-site Childcare | ☕ On-site Café | Campus-based community environment

About the Opportunity

Join a supportive and purpose-driven team where you can grow your WHS career while contributing to nationally significant science, research and innovation. Career progression opportunities available through ANSTO's linked role framework.

As Australia's nuclear science and technology organisation continues to grow, we are expanding our diverse and highly skilled workforce to support an exciting future.

At ANSTO, you'll be part of a community that advances scientific discovery, improves lives and contributes to outcomes that benefit all Australians. We recognise that diverse perspectives strengthen our organisation and we encourage applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

As a Work Health and Safety Advisor, you will provide trusted advice and specialist support that enables innovative research, engineering and operational activities to be conducted safely. Working collaboratively with researchers, engineers, project teams and operational personnel, you will help create a safe, inclusive and high-performing workplace.

About You

You are a WHS professional who enjoys building relationships, solving complex challenges and helping others work safely and effectively.  Whether your experience has been gained in operational environments, scientific and laboratory settings, construction, maintenance, healthcare, manufacturing or other high-risk industries, you'll bring a practical and collaborative approach to safety.

At ANSTO, we value capability, curiosity and potential. If you're excited by the opportunity to contribute to meaningful work but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

"This is a unique opportunity to apply your WHS expertise in an environment where no two days are the same. You'll work alongside passionate professionals supporting world-leading research, complex operations and nationally significant projects."  — Dean Ruprecht, WHS Operations Leader

Your Duties and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to identify, assess and manage a broad range of workplace hazards, including high-risk activities.
• Support teams through safety risk assessments and the review of Safe Work Method Statements and Environmental Management documentation.
• Provide practical, timely and trusted WHS advice to employees, leaders and project teams.
• Collaborate with workers and leaders to resolve WHS and compliance-related matters and develop effective safety solutions.
• Apply your expertise across a diverse range of hazards, including human factors, chemical, biological and physical risks.
• Contribute to maintaining best-practice WHS systems and compliance with legislative requirements.
• Provide WHS input into Safety Reliability Assurance activities, Safety Management Plans and other risk-based initiatives.
• Foster a positive safety culture where people feel supported, heard and empowered to work safely.

Please view the full Position Description or click Apply to view.

About Us

ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes.  We partner with scientists and engineers and apply new technologies to provide real-world benefits.  Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment.  ANSTO is the home of Australia's most significant landmark and national infrastructure for research.  Thousands of scientists from industry and academia benefit from gaining access to state-of-the-art instruments every year.
 

Working with us you will enjoy

At ANSTO, we understand that great work happens when people are supported both professionally and personally.

We offer:

• Career development, mentoring and learning opportunities
• Performance-based salary progression
• Flexible and supportive workplace practices
• On-site childcare and family-friendly benefits
• 18 days personal/carer's leave per year
• 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Generous parental leave provisions:
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• 11 weeks paid parental leave for secondary caregivers (increasing to 18 weeks by 1 March 2027)
• Annual flu vaccinations
• Cultural, NAIDOC and First Nations ceremonial leave
• Health and wellbeing programs
• A collaborative campus community environment

If you're looking for a role where your expertise can make a genuine difference and where you'll be supported to grow and succeed, we'd love to hear from you

How to Apply

For further technical information relating to this position please refer to the Position Description or contact Dean Ruprecht on (02) +61 2 9717 9142.  For all other queries please contact Talent Acquisition on +61 (02) 9717 9361.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.

Application closing date:  26 July 2026 at 11:59pm

All applicants must be Australian citizens.

In order to solve great challenges, we need great minds and great teams. At ANSTO, we understand that diverse teams produce better outcomes and we value the merit that a diverse perspective can bring to our team. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, primary carers, those with a disability, and women in STEM. ANSTO is a charter member of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) initiative and is proudly taking action to create a gender-inclusive workforce.