Specialist - Hazardous Areas

About us 

CBH is a leader in the Australian grain industry and the country’s largest co-operative. Our work has meaning and is creating an exciting future - we’re delivering WA’s grain to the world. Our advanced logistics network stretches across the State, connecting the growers of WA with our people, and providing opportunities for career growth in different roles and locations.

Looking for a company where good people go places? We are what you’re looking for. We are CBH.

The Role

The Specialist – Hazardous Areas is the designated Hazardous Area Responsible Person (HARP) and is accountable for ensuring the safe installation, inspection, maintenance and documentation of all electrical and instrumentation equipment within hazardous areas.

This exciting new role plays a critical part in ensuring compliance with Australian Standards (including AS/NZS IEC 60079), statutory obligations and CBH policies across our coastal and zone-based operations.

This is a 2-year fixed-term zone-based position.

Locations

We are seeking six Specialist – Hazardous Areas to support CBH operations across key coastal and zone-based locations. Each position is aligned to a designated zone and provides specialist oversight across multiple sites within that zone.

Opportunities are available in the following locations. Please refer to the CBH Network Map for further detail.  CBH Network Map  | CBH Group Please specify which location you would like to be considered for in your application.

• Geraldton Zone
• Kwinana North Zone
• Kwinana Grain Terminal
• Kwinana South Zone/Metro Grain Centre
• Albany Zone
• Esperance Zone

Responsibilities include:

1. Acting as the competent authority for hazardous area compliance, inspections and audits
2. Building and maintaining hazardous area dossiers and equipment registers in line with legislative requirements
3. Overseeing Ex inspections (visual, close and detailed) and ensuring non-conformances are rectified
4. Providing technical guidance, training and support to maintenance, operations and HSE teams

About You:

You are a safety-focused technical specialist with a strong background in hazardous area compliance and electrical systems, who leads with integrity and attention to detail.

Key attributes include:

• Electrical trade qualification with hazardous area competency certification
• Strong working knowledge of AS/NZS IEC 60079 standards
• Experience with Ex inspection systems and maintenance management software
• High attention to detail, strong documentation skills and a compliance-first mindset
• Ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Why work with CBH? 

Work with a good bunch of people  

We are a good bunch of people working together. We just get on with the job and make it happen. 

We want to see you succeed  

We recognise potential and want to see you achieve great things. There are opportunities for movement and growth at CBH, so we don’t hold you back. We help you move forward. 

We have a proud legacy and an exciting future which will see us continue as a strong contributor to the WA economy. We offer a secure future, with job security. 

Getting the job done 

We empower our team with autonomy to find innovative ways to make things happen. 

Work with meaning  

You know who you are working for and why, and you can see the difference you make. CBH is a unique business in that our impact is seen and felt by growers at local farm level, and on a global scale, as a significant contributor to the world’s food supply. 

CBH offer a range of employee focused benefits aimed to encourage a healthy work life balance, including:

• Corporate Employee discounts including travel, health insurance funds and financial services
• Ongoing training and development to reach your career goals
• 13-weeks paid parental leave that can be taken in a flexible way to suit unique family needs
• Employee assistance program
• Salary sacrificing scheme 

We'd love to hear from you

CBH welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds, embracing inclusivity and diversity in our workforce.

To find out more about working with CBH visit http://careers.cbh.com.au

Please note we are not accepting agency applications.

If you are already employed directly by CBH, please log in using your CBH email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.