Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner

Company Description

You may not have heard of Bapcor, but you will know our brands.

Our businesses – including Burson, Autobarn, Midas, Truckline, BNT and JAS – are inside cars, on four-wheel drives and all over trucks.

We are an ASX listed company whose business spans the end-to-end aftermarket supply chain covering trade, retail, networks and service.

In joining our team, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive business with more than 900 locations and 5,000 team members across Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.

We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive environment where our people can thrive and do their best work.

We’re also passionate about our delivering for our customers, and living our values of:

• We do the right thing
• We are in it together
• We give a damn
• We get it done

Job Description

We are seeking a commercially minded and strategically capable Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner to help shape and lead systemic HSW improvement across Bapcor’s complex, multi-site operations.

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, you will operate as a trusted adviser and change partner to senior business and operational leaders. You will influence strategy and business planning are aligned to HSW outcomes.

This is not a traditional compliance or site-support role. Success will require the ability to challenge constructively, identify systemic issues, develop practical management-system solutions and lead change through influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the HSW strategy and change approach for significant business, operational and organisational initiatives.
• Provide expert advice and coaching on HSW legislation, operational risk, safe work practices and effective control management.
• Coach leaders to strengthen safety capability and ownership, embedding accountability for managing risks within their operations.
• Analyse HSW performance and data to identify emerging risks, repeat events and actionable insights that inform business priorities.
• Develop clear, practical and legally defensible HSW policies, standards, procedures and operational guidance.
• Translate complex legislation, risk information and technical requirements into practical business solutions.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise on serious incidents and complex investigations, including regulator engagement where required.
• Partner across People & Culture and the business on wellbeing, psychosocial risk, early intervention and sustainable return-to-work outcomes.

Qualifications

You are an experienced HSW professional who can move confidently between strategic conversations with senior leaders and practical engagement within frontline operational environments.

You combine strong technical safety expertise with a commercial and pragmatic approach, understanding that effective safety partnering requires influencing decisions, building leadership capability and developing practical solutions that work within complex operations.

You will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Health & Safety or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of Australian WHS/OHS legislation and practical risk management.
• Demonstrated experience leading strategic or enterprise-wide change within a complex organisation.
• Experience leading or supporting serious and complex incident investigations.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capability, with the ability to diagnose underlying systemic issues.
• Ability to translate data, assurance findings and operational information into clear insights, priorities and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, challenge constructively and navigate resistance or competing business priorities.
• Advanced written communication skills, including experience preparing executive reports and developing policies, standards, procedures and practical guidance.
• Proven ability to take complex initiatives from concept and design through to implementation, adoption and evaluation.

Highly Regarded

• Experience within automotive, retail, distribution, warehousing, logistics or another multi-site operational environment.
• Experience supporting organisational or operational change.
• Exposure to psychosocial risk, wellbeing and early intervention initiatives.
• Experience engaging with regulators, employee representatives and other external stakeholders.

Additional Information

Why join Bapcor?

At Bapcor, we focus on what matters most for our customers, team members and the communities we serve. We go the extra mile to get the job done and always live our values.

In joining our team, you can access:

• Diverse career opportunities within the Bapcor Group
• Discounts across Bapcor products and services, including our Retail and Trade brands
• Industry leading policies to support your work/ life balance (gender neutral parental leave, purchase leave, volunteer leave etc…)
• Paid birthday leave
• Wellbeing support
• Novated leasing and more

We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment, and encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures, gender identity, abilities and backgrounds, providing a recruitment experience that’s fair, free from bias and accessible. If you need to inquire about reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email careers@bapcor.com

No Recruitment Agencies Please!

While we understand that recruitment agencies would love to offer their support, we kindly request all agencies to refrain from contacting us regarding this job posting. All applications should be submitted directly by candidates.