HSEQ Business Partner

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

As an HSEQ Business Partner, you’ll collaborate with leaders across our projects, guiding health, safety, environment, and quality (HSEQ) performance to enhance delivery and create lasting impact. Join a team where creativity, strategic thinking, and purpose converge to solve the world’s toughest challenges.

Primary Focus

The HSEQ Business Partner is responsible for providing strategic health, safety, environment, and quality (HSEQ) support across NSW and the wider ANZ region. The role focuses on partnering with leaders, teams, and external stakeholders to influence safe practices across diverse projects and risk environments while contributing to the ongoing redesign of Arup’s management system. Operating within a lean team, the position plays a key role in delivering practical HSEQ guidance both in the office and on varied site locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leaders across projects to guide HSEQ performance in ways that enhance project delivery and create lasting impact. 
• Act as a trusted advisor, partnering with leaders to embed HSEQ best practices into project delivery. 
• Provide strategic HSEQ advice and support across NSW and the broader ANZ region, partnering with State Leaders, Group Leaders, Team Leaders, and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. 
• Influence senior leaders and project teams through strong relationship building and leadership without direct authority. 
• Engage with subconsultants, contracting partners, clients, and internal teams to support HSEQ needs across diverse service offerings and risk profiles. 
• Offer coaching and support to individuals new to safety or unfamiliar with Arup’s HSEQ processes. 
• Oversee HSEQ compliance activities including audits, reporting, and training across office and site based environments. 
• Promote a culture of care, championing health, safety, wellbeing, and the integration of safe design principles. 
• Support environmental and sustainability goals through impact assessments and integration of environmental considerations into work systems. 
• Interpret HSEQ data and insights to inform decision making, influence strategy, and drive continuous improvement. 
• Use HSEQ software systems to report and track incidents, assign and close corrective actions, and assign and monitor audits. 
• Contribute to the redesign and improvement of Arup’s HSEQ management system, helping shape future processes and ways of working. 
• Conduct site visits across a wide range of environments including construction sites, greenfield/outdoor locations, bush reserves (e.g., drilling operations), and tunnels or underground works. 
• Travel across NSW, ACT (including possible overnight stays), and Newcastle, with potential for interstate or ANZ travel as the role develops. 
• Work within Arup’s hybrid arrangement (3 days office / 2 days WFH) with flexibility depending on business needs.

Experience Required

• Minium 4–5 years HSEQ experience 
• Previous experience in a HSEQ role multisite role. 
• Prior experience using health and safety software systems, including incident reporting, incident tracking, corrective action management, and audit assignment
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to learn new HSEQ systems (Arup’s specific system can be trained).
• Other Requirements: Current driver's license — must be able to drive to sites.
• Physical capability for varied types of site work.

Attributes and Behaviours

• Influential: Able to lead through influence, not direct reports. Ability to influence senior leaders (leadership through influence, not authority). Able to engage effectively with: Senior executives, Project teams, Contractors and clients, and Staff new to safety frameworks
• Flexible: Comfortable working across varied risk landscapes and changing environments.
• Risk based mindset: Understands when “less is more” and focuses on managing risk, not rigid compliance.
• Collaborative: Works across multiple levels of the business and multiple disciplines.
• Adaptable & Practical: Can adjust approaches for different industries, project types, and stakeholders.
• Physically capable: Able to safely navigate diverse site conditions.
• Growth oriented: Open to personal and professional development opportunities.
• Globally aware: Part of a global HSEQ structure (UK-led strategy, APAC region).

Professional Qualifications

• Professionally qualified in at least one discipline Quality, H&S or Environmental Management.
• Developing knowledge of all disciplines of HSEQ
• A passion for driving HSEQ forwards

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling eligible members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Explore the perks of a career with Arup Australia: 

• Hybrid working policy and flexible working hours. 
• Paid parental leave for the primary carer of 16 weeks or 32 weeks at half pay and as well as generous unpaid leave benefits. 
• Paid parental leave for the non-primary carer of 4 weeks plus the opportunity to access extra paid and unpaid leave of up to 16 weeks if you later become the primary carer (any leave taken at the time will be deducted from the total 16-week parental leave benefit). 
• Birthday leave. 
• Annual leave loading.
• Ability to purchase additional leave of up to 20 days for permanent employees. 
• International mobility opportunities. 
• Insurances (life & income protection).
• Interest free solar energy and bicycle loans.  
• Novated car lease.
• Ovasaver including discounts, vouchers, cashback, and exclusive offers on more than 300 retailers.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

Please apply directly through our applicant tracking system. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Talent Acquisition to discuss next steps. Stay safe online – Arup will never ask for your bank details as part of our recruitment process. 

Arup does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.