Servicing all of Australia
Cairns WHS and safety consultants — compliance auditing, safety management systems and ISO 45001 readiness across Trinity Inlet marine and shipyard, commercial vessel and reef tourism, Port of Cairns stevedoring and fuel terminals, sugar milling, tropical construction, aviation and defence support.
Spire Safety is an Australian WHS consultancy delivering WHS compliance auditing, safety management systems, ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 readiness and general WHS consulting to Cairns, the Far North Queensland coast and wider Queensland. We work with the Trinity Inlet marine and shipyard cluster, commercial vessel and reef tourism operators out of the Marlin Marina, Port of Cairns stevedores and fuel terminals, sugar milling in the Mulgrave, Babinda and Mossman districts, tropical civil and construction contractors, aviation ground handling and defence support at Cairns Airport and HMAS Cairns, and health, aged-care and professional-services businesses across the city.
We're Brisbane-based and deliver Cairns work remote-first — documentation, systems build, gap analysis and audit prep happen offsite, with on-site time scoped only where it genuinely adds value: mobilisation, site walks, internal audits and close-out. Travel is scoped up front so the fee doesn't get loaded with desk work done from a hotel room on the Esplanade. For marine and over-water work we scope controls against both the WHS framework and the marine safety obligations (AMSA, Marine Safety Queensland) that apply to your operation.
Every Cairns engagement is led by a senior consultant. You speak directly with the person scoping the work, writing the report and presenting the findings.
Independent audits against the WHS Act, Regulations and Codes of Practice — with a written report you can act on.
Practical safety management systems built around your operation — not template dumps.
Readiness for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 — gap review, documentation and audit support.
General WHS advisory, incident support and project-based safety help — on-site or remote.
A short walkthrough of how our independent WHS compliance audits are scoped, run and reported for Queensland operations.
Cairns engagements are led by Nathan Owen — 15 years across WHS and HSEQ, postgraduate qualifications in WHS and business, and a tertiary teaching background that shows up in how findings are written and presented — alongside Tanya Protasova, who brings 10 years across construction and engineering and specialises in AS/ISO-aligned management systems..
Queensland and Australia-wide clients we've worked with include Queensland Health, alongside Greyhound Australia, Bluecare, Sunshine Coast Council, Noosa Council, Marist College Ashgrove.
We don't publish a full client list — most engagements involve confidential documentation and findings.
Self-audit against the WHS Regulations and get a prioritised view of where your safety system falls short of the WHS Act.
Free chemical register tool — search safety data sheets, build your register and share it with the crew.
Sites, risk profile, documentation and the support your organisation needs.
How a safety management system is structured and audited in Australia.
Also see WHS consultants across Queensland and our full list of service locations.
Scope, fixed price, fixed deliverables. Remote-first, with on-site time where it serves the work.
