Senior Systems Specialist Injury prevention

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Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.

The Opportunity

Cochlear is looking for a Senior Systems Specialist Injury prevention to provide functional expertise to assist in preventing and managing injured and ill personnel in the workplace.

The primary role of the injury prevention specialist is to assist in driving the strategic initiative of injury prevention through early intervention processes and process improvement. The incumbent will coordinate closely with the team physiotherapists and process engineers to monitor and intervene to prevent injury or escalation of conditions leading to injury and will assist in driving a culture that supports our commitment to the Health, Safety and Wellbeing of our employees and others. This role will focus on implementing and maintaining WH&S best practice process and procedures including initiatives to prevent workplace injuries

Additionally, in this role the incumbent will assist with the proactive management of the working environment and processes to ensure that all risks are identified and managed in accordance with the relevant Cochlear processes to provide a safe and healthy work environment.

This is a 12-months fixed term contract role, based at our global headquarters in Macquarie University.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure safe design of manufacturing process and use of equipment with the outcome being injury prevention with support of engineers and physiotherapists (including risk assessments, and review of process design and design improvements)
• Deliver solutions in line with project objectives, target and timeline within the area of expertise.
• Able to identify and recommend significant improvement to operational procedures and processes.
• Provide technical leadership to junior system specialist.
• Develop trusted, influential relationship with internal stakeholders.
• Ensure Workplace Health and Safety standards are maintained in accordance with relevant legislative requirements.
• Implementation of requirement of WHSMS specific to site equipment and processes
• Coordinate and lead the implementation of effective Safety and injury prevention and management initiatives through the inspection/analysis of processes across Cochlear Sydney sites
• Engage all stakeholders in the Early Intervention Program, ensure all elements are communicated effectively to provide a basis of success for the program

About You

As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following essential skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in Allied health, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, or similar
• 3-5 years’ experience in Injury Management/ WHS role
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is ideal

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.

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How we recognise your contribution

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.

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