Senior Investigator

The Senior Investigator will be part of an efficient, flexible, and responsive investigations team. This role will investigate non-compliance with the work health and safety legislation and provide leadership and support services to inspectors. This role is also responsible for ensuring that investigations meet requisite standards of quality, timeliness and efficiency and that investigative conduct is of the highest integrity. The Senior Investigator reports directly to the Investigations Manager.

Key Responsibilities Include

Utilise the powers appointed to inspectors according to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Electrical Safety Act 2002, and Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011, to assist the government in meeting the objectives of these Acts.


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We will confirm your eligibility and suitability for this role by considering your abilities, aptitude, skills, qualifications, knowledge, experience and personal qualities. We'll also consider the way you have carried out previous employment, your potential for future contribution and how you could enhance equity, diversity, respect and inclusion at the OIR.

A Diploma of Government (Investigation), or equivalent, must be held at the time of application;
Whilst not mandatory an Advanced Diploma of Government (Workplace inspection/Investigations/Fraud control) or equivalent, or a higher degree


qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. law, justice administration, criminology) is highly desirable;

Previous experience in a role with significant health and safety responsibilities is required;
Recommended applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits;
Recommended applicants, who are new to the inspector role, will be required to complete WHSQ's new inspector induction program. Upon completion of the induction program, inspectors will be required to complete the Diploma of Government (Workplace Inspection) after undertaking a minimum of six months' field based experience. A probation period of 6 months will apply;
Inspectors must maintain a current driver's licence;
Inspectors must have the computer skills necessary to accurately and efficiently input and retrieve data on WHSQ's event and investigations databases;
It is a genuine occupational requirement of this role that inspectors undertake field work and respond to incidents at workplaces across Queensland to discharge statutory roles and exercise statutory powers. This will involve circumstances including access to confined spaces, climbing ladders, accessing scaffolding, traversing building construction sites, climbing meat worker stands, collecting asbestos samples from rubble, rural and remote work in heat etc;
Inspectors may be required to inspect workplaces where there is a risk of exposure to pathogens. WHSQ will fund the immunisation of staff who may be


exposed to these conditions as part of their role. Successful applicants will be required to provide formal consent for any immunisation that is provided;

Inspectors may be required to attend workplace incidents where a death or serious injury has occurred. As an inspector you will need to show sensitivity to the parties involved (e.g., the injured party, next of kin, relatives, workers, witnesses, and duty holders) while remaining impartial and emotionally unattached;
Inspectors may be required to attend workplaces where a dispute is in progress. As an inspector you will need to demonstrate well developed problem solving and dispute resolutions skills, while remaining resilient, impartial and emotionally unattached;
Inspectors will be required to participate in on-call and weekend roster work; and
From time to time, inspectors may be required to work from another office from which they were initially appointed


Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/616302/25

Closing Date: Friday, 7th February 2026

Occupational group Occupational Health & Safety