Health & Safety Manager - Wa Mining

Alcoa Corporation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive remuneration and variable

Employee growth and development

18 weeks Parental leave for primary

Employee assistance program for

My Alcoa Benefits program offering

Salary packaging for a novated car

Job summary

Alcoa Corporation is seeking a Health & Safety Manager for WA Mining to lead strategic and operational HSE initiatives at Huntly and Willowdale. Based on site, you will partner with senior leaders to strengthen risk management, auditing and incident prevention, ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

You will build capability, lead cross-functional teams, and champion a culture where everyone goes home safe. This permanent role offers a Monday to Friday roster and attractive benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior health and safety leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety legislation.
• Proven ability to influence, coach and engage stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of HSE strategies and risk controls.
• Partner with operational leaders to drive safe outcomes and capability building.
• Provide expert advice, coaching on HSE, emergency response, contractor management and site security.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, fostering engagement and accountability.
• Drive incident prevention, audits, investigations and governance activities.
• Champion Alcoa's commitment to ensuring everyone goes home safe every day.

Skills

HSE leadership

Risk-based mgmt

Auditing

Investigations

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Relationship building

Leadership

Education

Health & Safety qualification

Job description

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

As a leader within Alcoa, you can help fulfil our purpose and realise our vision to build a legacy of excellence for future generations. Be part of the team that is helping shape a better workplace with the flexibility and equal opportunities that help everyone thrive. You have the power to shape things and individuals to make them better.

About the Role

As the Health & Safety Manager for WA Mining reporting directly to the Manager of Mines, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across our Huntly and Willowdale mine sites, partnering with senior leaders to ensure the effective implementation of health and safety systems, critical risk management, and injury prevention initiatives. Based on site at Huntly and Willowdale, you will play a key leadership role in supporting operational excellence, building capability, and strengthening our commitment to protecting people and performance. This role is offered on a permanent basis working a Monday to Friday roster.

Key responsibilities include

• Leading the implementation and continuous improvement of health and safety strategies, systems and critical risk controls.
• Partnering with operational leaders to drive safe outcomes, build capability and influence performance.
• Providing expert advice, coaching and guidance across health and safety, emergency response, contractor management and site security functions.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams, fostering engagement, accountability and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Driving incident prevention initiatives, audits, investigations and governance activities to ensure compliance and operational excellence.
• Championing Alcoa's commitment to ensuring everyone goes home safe every day.

What's on offer

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.
• Employee growth and development opportunities.
• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.
• Employee assistance program for personal support services.
• My Alcoa Benefits program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.
• Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options.

What you can bring to the role

• Significant experience in a senior health and safety leadership position within mining, heavy industry, manufacturing or a comparable operational environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk-based health and safety management, auditing, inspections and investigations.
• Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety legislation and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to influence, coach and engage stakeholders at all levels of an organisation.
• Exceptional communication, leadership and relationship-building skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Health and Safety Management or a related discipline.

About the Location

As one of the world's largest alumina refineries, our Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery produces approximately 4.7 million metric tons each year. Located within the Shire of Murray in the Peel region of WA, just east of the Pinjarra town site, our workplace offers an inclusive and respectful environment, where we embrace change, new ideas and equal opportunity to succeed.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress. Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging.

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.