Health & Safety Superintendent

Hancock Iron Ore; Newman; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance, Retention and ProfitShare

Private health insurance contribution

FIFO roster from Perth to Roy Hill

Job summary

Hancock Iron Ore is seeking an experienced Health and Safety Superintendent to join the Roy Hill Mine. You will lead and develop a team of Health & Safety Advisors, partnering with mine leaders to strengthen risk management and implement practical safety controls.

You will drive safety system improvements, conduct risk-based audits and ensure actions are closed with leadership. This role requires field presence and close collaboration with operations on a FIFO roster.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Health & Safety or Risk Management.
• Extensive experience leading health and safety in mining or similar complex environment.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and developing a health and safety team.
• Strong knowledge of applicable legislation and codes of practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop Health & Safety Advisors, building a team that stakeholders value.
• Partner with management to identify risks and strengthen practical controls.
• Maintain a visible field presence and inform improvement priorities.
• Guide the implementation and improvement of safety systems and training.
• Deliver risk-based audits and close out actions with leaders.
• Support incident reporting and investigations to drive learning.

Skills

HSE Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Auditing

Risk Management

People Development

Education

Tertiary qualification in Health & Safety

Job description

• FIFO from Perth to the Roy Hill Mine - 8/6; 4/3; 4/3 Roster
• Performance, Retention and Profit Share bonuses
• Company contribution towards private health insurance
• Partner with operational leaders to make safe work practical, visible and effective

Our vision

As a leading iron ore producer, Hancock Iron Ore is helping secure the resources, jobs and prosperity that underpin the nation’s future. Guided by our vision to be the best mining company for Australia, we measure success not only by what we produce, but by the difference we make. We value creating opportunities, helping build regional and remote areas, and supporting Australian businesses by unlocking potential wherever it exists. Being 'For Australia' means delivering lasting benefits for today and for generations to come.

About the role

Bring your leadership experience to a role where you can develop people, work across mining operations and help make safer work a practical reality.

An opportunity exists for an experienced Health and Safety Superintendent to join our team based at the Roy Hill mine. Reporting to the Manager Health and Safety, you’ll lead and develop a team of Health and Safety Advisors while partnering with mine leaders to strengthen risk management and safe work practices. Your focus will be on making safety systems practical and effective, strengthening risk controls, building capability, providing assurance and helping teams learn and improve.

This is an opportunity for an experienced health and safety leader who wants to be close to the work and have an impact beyond their own team. The breadth of the operation is a key part of the opportunity. You’ll work with a range of operational stakeholders, gain visibility across different mining activities and help turn safety priorities into practical improvements in the field.

Duties

• Lead, coach and develop Health & Safety Advisors, building a team that operational stakeholders value and seek out for support
• Partner with mine management, supervisors and frontline teams to identify risks and strengthen practical controls
• Maintain a visible field presence and use what you learn to inform advice and improvement priorities
• Guide the implementation and improvement of safety systems, training and operational practices
• Plan and deliver risk-based audits, communicate findings and work with leaders to close out actions
• Support incident reporting and investigations, ensuring learnings lead to meaningful change
• Provide clear advice, insights and performance reporting to operational and Health & Safety leaders
• Build relationships across work groups and constructively challenge decisions when needed

About you

You’re an experienced health and safety leader with the credibility to engage senior operational stakeholders and the approachability to work effectively with people in the field. You’ve led safety professionals, navigated competing operational priorities and delivered improvements that work in practice.

What you’ll bring

• A tertiary qualification in Health & Safety or Risk Management
• Extensive experience leading health and safety in mining or another complex operational environment, with a sound understanding of site-based operational risk
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing a health and safety team
• A track record of influencing mine leaders, supervisors and frontline teams, including the confidence to challenge constructively
• Experience improving safety management systems, risk controls and assurance activities, and turning audit and incident findings into action
• Strong knowledge of applicable legislation and codes of practice, paired with clear written and verbal communication
• Qualifications or training in auditing, incident investigation, risk management or leadership would be well regarded

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About Hancock Iron Ore

Hancock Iron Ore has a portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia’s Pilbara region, with a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. We have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and McPhee Creek, plus a range of exciting development opportunities.
We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Life at the Roy Hill Mine

Our Mine Village is a modern, comfortable home away from home, with recent extensive upgrades to accommodation, dining, fitness, recreation, and wellbeing facilities. Residents can enjoy renovated rooms with contemporary amenities, high-quality dining with healthy, vegan, and gluten-free options, upgraded gym and pool facilities, social and recreation spaces, SWIFT in-room entertainment, a 24/7 retail offering, and an active calendar of community, lifestyle, learning, and family-friendly activities.

Hancock Iron Ore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and females to apply. We are a fair, diverse and welcoming workplace. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

Application Information

To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

Hancock Iron Ore is a Hancock Prospecting company.