Manager Health and Wellbeing

Perth Airport is Australia’s Western Hub connecting the people, businesses and communities of Western Australia with the rest of Australia and the world. Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the year, Perth Airport plays a significant role in providing economic, social and cultural benefits to West Australians. 

Perth Airport is investing more than $5 billion in new infrastructure so we can support our airline partners to grow, offering more services to new destinations and an improved customer experience. 

Over the coming decade we will expand T1 International, and build new domestic terminal facilities, a parallel runway, two multi-storey carparks and our first airport hotel. This will deliver one airport for the people of Western Australia which will host all flight services in a central location giving passengers a seamless, world-class travel experience. 

The Perth Airport estate is spread over 2100 hectares and has developed a $1.5 billion portfolio of existing industrial premises and significant vacant land holdings. 

We service a truly diverse community and play an important role in strengthening cultural, family and social bonds while supporting business, tourism and leisure travel. 

About the role 

Perth Airport is seeking an experienced Manager Health and Wellbeing on a 12-month fixed term contract to lead a broad workplace health portfolio across a complex, 24/7 operational environment.

This role is responsible for the continued development, implementation and improvement of Perth Airport’s Health and Wellbeing Framework, supporting the business to identify, manage and monitor work-related health risks and strengthen health, wellbeing and psychosocial risk management outcomes. 

The role has a strong focus on practical risk management, legislative compliance, leader capability and early support. You will provide specialist advice across areas including occupational hygiene, workplace health monitoring, psychosocial risk, injury management and return to work, fitness for work, ergonomics, health-related governance and wellbeing initiatives. 

Working closely with leaders, employees, contractors, WHS, People & Culture, external providers, regulators and other stakeholders, you will help embed a proactive, risk-based and people-centred approach to health and wellbeing across the organisation. 

You will also provide leadership and direction to a small specialist Health and Wellbeing team, supporting effective delivery of health, hygiene, injury management, fitness for work and wellbeing priorities across the business. 

You will be responsible for, but not limited to: 

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health, hygiene and wellbeing frameworks, strategies, procedures and supporting tools.
• Providing specialist advice on workplace health risks, including occupational hygiene, psychosocial hazards, ergonomics, injury management, fitness for work and health monitoring.
• Supporting the identification, assessment, control and review of health and wellbeing risks across operational and corporate work environments.
• Managing and supporting injury management, rehabilitation and return-to-work processes in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
• Designing and evaluating programs, initiatives and communications that support physical health, early intervention, psychosocial risk management and broader workforce wellbeing.
• Monitoring legislation, standards, codes of practice and industry guidance to support compliance, reporting and continuous improvement.
• Reviewing health and wellbeing data, trends and insights to inform planning, decision-making and targeted intervention.
• Building strong relationships with leaders, employees, contractors, external providers, regulators and internal teams to strengthen health and wellbeing outcomes.
• Leading, coaching and supporting a small Health and Wellbeing team to deliver agreed priorities and manage operational demands.
• Supporting training, consultation, incident response, investigations and corrective actions relating to health and wellbeing matters.

About You 

You are a credible and proactive health and wellbeing leader with strong technical expertise and the ability to influence across all levels of an organisation. You bring a practical, people-centred approach, strong judgement and a passion for building healthy, safe and supportive workplaces. To be successful in this role you will have: 

• Tertiary qualification in Health and Wellbeing, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related discipline, with demonstrated experience in a similar health, wellbeing or safety leadership role within a complex operational environment.
• Strong knowledge of relevant health, hygiene, safety and wellbeing legislation, standards and compliance requirements, with experience developing and implementing wellbeing strategies, programs, policies, frameworks, and continuous improvement processes.
• Strong communication and engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated sound judgement, integrity, resilience and a strategic, people-centred approach, with the ability to foster inclusion, psychological safety and practical, sustainable change.
• Investigation qualifications such as ICAM and/or Taproot, and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or equivalent, are highly desirable.

About Us 

We offer a dynamic and supportive team culture, a contemporary workplace with great facilities and a modern approach to work/life integration. Our competitive remuneration package comes with additional company benefits including free parking.

Grow your career with mentoring, development and project exposure. 

Perth Airport is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to building an equitable and diverse workforce representative of the community we serve. We encourage and welcome applications from all communities and backgrounds. 

Doing the right thing by the planet and future generations is important to us. At PAPL we place a strong emphasis on embedding sustainability throughout our business strategy and operations. We remain steadfast in our commitment to driving ESPG (Environmental, Social, People, Governance) performance across our value chain and areas that have material environmental and social impact. 

If this sounds like you, please get in touch.