General Manager Sustainability, Safety & Risk

  • Reporting to the CEO
  • Australia’s largest privately owned shipping organisation
  • Relocation Package – Cairns, QLD


Organisation
Sea Swift is Australia’s largest privately owned shipping company, with an extensive marine transport network ensuring that the world is at their customers’ doorstep. One of the largest employers in the North Queensland region with 450 staff, Sea Swift is ideally positioned to support, assist and deliver to customers, from individuals to large national and international corporations.

Zenergy have been engaged by Sea Swift to source the General Manager Sustainability, Safety & Risk in what is a newly created, Executive position.
 
Position

The General Manager Sustainability, Safety & Risk will be instrumental in Sea Swift becoming leaders in providing safe, sustainable integrated shipping and logistics services to Regional Australia, in a manner that creates value for its stakeholders, and as the organisation enters an exciting phase of cultural transformation and enhanced business performance.

Part of the Executive team and reporting to the CEO, you will lead a high performing team of direct reports, and drive the safety, risk and sustainability strategy across and into the organisation’s people and assets, whilst leveraging with peers within the QIC Global team.
 

Key responsibilities:


Lead the delivery of ESG/sustainability objectives within Seas Swift’s Strategic Plans, and develop the 2030 Sustainability and Target-setting Strategy.

Ensure the Risk Management Framework is implemented across the business and compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Develop and implement an integrated, organisation wide WHS Strategy, actively supporting all operational and functional teams to drive improvement in safety culture and performance.

Lead the development of a new Integrated Management System (IMS) that is fit for purpose and fully integrated across the business, ensuring IMS Accreditation is maintained.

Engage and influence at all organisational levels, providing advice and strategic direction whilst operating with a hands-on approach.

 
General Manager Sustainability, Safety & Risk


Tertiary qualified in a relevant discipline with post grad / industry qualifications highly desirable.

Proven Executive level experience within Sustainability, Safety or Risk, leading functional teams and driving strategy within asset-intensive businesses.

Excellent understanding of triple-bottom-line sustainability principles and commercial drivers for ESG, Sustainability and Safety.

Outstanding leadership, engagement and influencing skills with the capacity to design organisational objectives whilst operating at a hands-on level.

Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage and present at Board level.

 
Benefits & next steps z

 
Sea Swift offers the opportunity to strategically influence an organisation that is critical to regional communities, whilst supported by one of the globe’s leading infrastructure investors QIC. You will be part of a dynamic, close-knit team in an environment where collaboration, performance and engagement is valued.


Sea Swift also makes a significant contribution to the employment and skill development of local communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They pride themselves on highly successful, multi award-winning community engagement and traineeship programs, genuinely changing the lives of young Indigenous and non-Indigenous people across Northern Australia.
 

For more information, please apply directly via the link with resume in Word format or for additional information, contact 
Chris McNicol on 1300 333 400

 


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