Scott Lennon

As an experience health and safety professional, I pride myself on my strategic, pragmatic approach to health and safety leadership in the workplace. My ability to identify and assess risks at all levels of an organisation has led to significant, lasting enhancements to UQ’s health, safety and wellness management capabilities.

• 2023 UQ Property and Facilities 'Skipper' Award for Exceptional Leadership
• 2022 UQ Award for Excellence, in Mental and physical Health, Safety and Wellness (commendation)
• 2021 UQ Property and Facilities ‘Face of P&F’ Award for Excellence in Service

Key duties and responsibilities of my current and previous roles include: 

• Fostering collaboration and communication to create a positive, sustainable, and resilient health and safety culture
• Developing and implementing organisational procedures related to infrastructure and operational health, safety, and wellness
• Enhancing the visibility of mental wellbeing and psychosocial risks, as a facet of workplace health and safety in a corporate environment
• Consulting with UQ’s senior leadership team and heads of organisational units, to ensure UQ’s risks are identified and managed in line with UQ’s Risk Appetite Statement
• Engaging with various regulatory bodies and stakeholders
• Incident investigation, workplace auditing, inspections, and the implementation of subsequent remedial actions
• Designing and implementing safe systems of work, training, and instruction programs, and HSW system improvements
• Managing large diverse teams, across multiple disciplines to achieve successful outcomes

• Fabby Ernesta, Chief Property Officer, University of Queensland, 0455 290 965, f.ernesta@uq.edu.au
• Jennie Trinder, Associate Director, Health, Safety and Wellness, University of Queensland, 0401 872 776, j.trinder@uq.edu.au