Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.
Job Description- Provide safety advisory support, contributing to the development and implementation of frameworks, policies, and procedures across regional operations.
- Partner with the business to drive compliance, strengthen risk management, and embed a proactive safety culture, with a focus on hazard identification and mitigation.
- Permanent position based at our Mascot Campus
We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.
This role will work within the regional safety advisory team in an advisory capacity to manage the development, implementation, and oversight of safety and security strategy for system, framework, policies and/or procedures for the Qantas Group regional business areas. The focus being to minimise or eliminate, where practicable, injuries to persons, damage to equipment, infrastructure or the environment. This is to be achieved by working with the business units to ensure regulatory compliance and delivery of a proactive safety culture. This role is integral to improving the identification of, mitigation against, and resolution of relevant hazards.
You’ll have –
- Minimum two years’ experience in an WHS role
- Tertiary Qualification to Certificate 4 in WHS or higher.
- Ability to comfortably work with diverse stakeholder groups Experience in an WHS position
and a demonstrable record of delivering improvement. - Sound understanding of WHS legislation.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement safety strategies within a large operational
businesses. - Proven analytical, problem solving and decision making skills.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to effectively liaise with both staff, management and regulators.
- Sound interpersonal, influencing and networking skills with all internal and external contacts.
- Sound knowledge of environmental management principles and issues.
- An understanding of Human Factors principles.
Why Qantas?
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.
Applications close: Tuesday 25th August 2026
Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship.
