About ANZRP

Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform (ANZRP) is Australia’s only not-for-profit Co-regulatory Arrangement operating under the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS). We work for our Members (leading IT brand owners), providing a lean and sustainable arrangement to meet their liability under the Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020 (Cth). ANZRP runs the TechCollect program – a national, free drop off-network for households and small businesses to recycle their e-waste as well as member-specific e-waste programs.

The opportunity

The Health, Safety & Environment Manager is responsible for managing ANZRP’s quality, safety and environmental management system (certified to ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001), and compliance and due diligence programs across ANZRP’s activities and national service partner network. This network consists of 280+ collection sites (council transfer stations and retail stores), 50+ logistics providers and 11 e-waste recycling factories. Since FY12 we have managed the collection and recycling of over 200,000t of e-waste (TVs, computers, printers, parts and peripherals).

You will be responsible for:

• managing and maintaining ANZRP’s certifications to ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 and its subsidiary’s certification to AS/NZS 5377: collection, storage, transport and treatment of end of life electrical and electronic equipment.
• managing and implementing ANZRP’ s compliance and assurance procedure which includes performing/managing HSE audits (site visits and desktop) over ANZRP’s service provider network and managing the completion of any corrective actions and improvement opportunities. It also includes tracing e-waste flows via GPS trackers and engaging contractors to perform stocktake audits and obtain independent weighbridge certificates.
• calculating ANZRP’s overall material recovery rate by managing and collating recycler downstream traceability reporting and performing desktop audits.
• managing ANZRP’s quarterly and annual reporting requirements under the Recycling and Waste Reduction (Product Stewardship - Televisions and Computers) Rules 2021 (Cth), which includes reporting on our collected and recycled weight, collection site network, recycler material recovery rate and HSE activities.

In addition you will:

• assist with ANZRP’s corporate sustainability initiatives including BCorp certification, GHG, energy, water and waste inventory, work with stakeholders in preparing annual life cycle assessments for recycling e-waste under the TechCollect program.
• contribute to specialised projects, process improvement and other initiatives including member engagement, technology solutions, digital strategy and enhanced reporting requirements.

This is a fast-paced and changing environment in an industry aiming for sustainable positive community outcomes.

Qualifications, skills and experience

Qualifications:

• relevant tertiary degree qualifications in WHS, environmental or sustainability management.

Skills:

To be successful in this role you can:

• prepare and maintain management system documentation.
• prepare audit plans and perform audits (site audits and desktop audits) and obtain appropriate evidence of corrective action close out.
• use your technical skills, knowledge and experience to perform your role effectively, work with, understand, and evaluate technical information and can advise others on technical issues.
• identify a need for and know where or how to gather information; can organise and maintain information or information management systems.
• effectively organise multiple projects and tasks involving competing priorities, to produce work that is accurate, thorough and on time.
• manage employees and be able to train others.
• can build and maintain internal and external relationships and customer satisfaction with the products, services and customer service experience offered by the organisation.

Experience:

• minimum of 5 years’ experience with HSE auditing and compliance management, developing and implementing management systems: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001.
• e-waste recycling and knowledge of AS/NZS 5377 is desirable.
• writing manuals, procedures and work instructions.
• experience with Microsoft Office Programs such as Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, Word and contemporary audit management tools systems would be advantageous.