Safety & Wellbeing Projects Senior Advisor

Why this role matters

As a Senior Advisor – Projects (safety and wellbeing), you will play an important role n shaping how projects are delivered across one of Western Australia’s most critical services. Your work will directly influence the experience of employees, customers and communities – ensuring that water services are delivered safely, sustainably and efficiently.

At Water Corporation, we are entering a transformational period – modernising systems, uplifting safety culture and embedding smarter, more integrated ways of working. This is a rare opportunity to contribute at scale while influencing lasting organisational change.

Why join now

• There has never been a more exciting time to join Water Corporation.
• Purpose-driven impact: every project contributes to the resilience and sustainability of WA’s water future.
• Enterprise visibility: work across diverse stakeholders – from frontline teams to senior leaders.
• Innovation and continuous improvement: help shape safety in a complex, essential-services environment.
• Opportunity to step into broader project accountability and accelerate experience in transformational projects.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with the Project Lead to deliver safety and wellbeing projects from digital uplift, safety system improvements and culture.
• Engage stakeholders through face-to-face conversations and collaborative workshops.
• Build strong relationships across the organisation to enable successful delivery.
• Translate technical language into clear, relatable messages that resonate across the business.
• Champion a proactive, people-first approach to change, identify risks, gather feedback and facilitate collective decision making to drive meaningful change and embed sustainable behaviours.
• Demonstrate values and behaviours that support a constructive, high-performance culture.

What you Bring

• This role suits emerging project professionals with strong foundations and ready to step up into greater ownership, or an experienced advisor seeking to deliver more complex, enterprise outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating projects or initiatives with exposure to complex environments.
• Strong capability in stakeholder engagement and change leadership.
• Ability to influence and navigate organisational complexity.
• Commercial and strategic mindset, coupled with hands on delivery capability.
• A relevant certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or CAPM.

What you gain

• Project experience in transformational projects, leading initiatives or programs in operational environments. 
• Flexible working, including hybrid and tailored arrangements.
• Two additional wellbeing days each year.
• Access to pro-rata long service leave after 3 years.
• Industry-leading superannuation up to 16% (employer 12%, employee co-contribution 2% and matched employer of additional 2%).
• Options to purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave.

If you are motivated by impact, complexity and purpose – we would love to hear from you.

We welcome diverse perspectives and value different career paths – if you bring transferrable skills, we encourage you to apply.

Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.

Applications close 5th July 2026.