Senior WHS Advisor - Real Estate
Qic
Melbourne VIC, Australia · Brisbane, QLD, Australia
About the role
We’re looking for a Senior WHS Advisor – Real Estate to join our team in Melbourne. This is a hands-on, high-impact role partnering with operations, development and asset teams to drive strong safety outcomes across complex, customer-facing environments. You’ll be out in the assets, working closely with stakeholders, identifying risks, and embedding practical, fit-for-purpose safety solutions.
This is a highly visible, hands-on role where you’ll influence safety across a complex retail and real estate portfolio. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and operational teams, gaining exposure across both on-the-ground operations and corporate environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialist WHS advice and support to stakeholders across the Real Estate business.
- Support the delivery and continuous improvement of WHS strategy, systems, and frameworks.
- Conduct site inspections, audits, and risk assessments across operational and development environments.
- Lead and support incident investigations and ensure effective close-out of actions.
- Monitor and manage WHS risks across high-traffic environments involving contractors, tenants, and the public.
- Partner with teams to embed best practice contractor safety management across projects and operations.
- Deliver WHS training, coaching, and awareness initiatives to uplift capability across the business.
- Contribute to reporting, insights, and WHS performance updates for senior stakeholders.
- Build strong relationships across the business to drive engagement and a proactive safety culture.
About You
- Proven experience in a senior WHS advisory role, ideally within retail, property, construction, or similar operational environments.
- Experience working in high-traffic, public-facing assets and comfortable working on-site regularly, not just office-based, with flexibility for occasional interstate travel.
- Strong working knowledge of Australian WHS legislation, standards, and risk management practices.
- Experience across audits and investigations.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, confident partnering with operations daily.
- Proven ability to influence, coach and embed safety culture.
- Highly organised with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in WHS or a related discipline.
We’re looking for a Senior WHS Advisor – Real Estate to join our team in Melbourne. This is a hands-on, high-impact role partnering with operations, development and asset teams to drive strong safety outcomes across complex, customer-facing environments. You’ll be out in the assets, working closely with stakeholders, identifying risks, and embedding practical, fit-for-purpose safety solutions.