Manager Health, Safety, Environment, Risk & Training

Stellar Recruitment; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 days on, 3 days off roster

Established multidisciplinary team of

Broad influence across HSERT portfolio

Senior position within Cannington’s LO

Competitive salary package

14% superannuation contributions

Annual short-term incentive

Job summary

Stellar Recruitment partners with South32 to recruit a Manager Health, Safety, Environment, Risk & Training for Cannington Mine in northwest Queensland. You will lead the HSERT function and a multidisciplinary team of around 21 people, reporting to the Vice President Operations.

In this visible leadership role you will translate strategy into executable programs, strengthen accountability, and drive continuous improvement in health, safety, risk and workforce capability across the operation.

Qualifications

• Leadership of complex teams: 10+ people including senior technical leaders.
• Delivery and change leadership: implement significant change with clear priorities and governance.
• Accountability and performance: set expectations and improve team performance.
• Operational influence: coach and challenge senior operational leaders and frontline teams.
• Material risk leadership: understanding of material risk, critical controls, and compliance.
• Breadth across HSERT portfolio: exposure to environment, health and hygiene, emergency response and training.
• Commercial judgement: budget prioritisation in a constrained operation.
• Communication and stakeholder leadership: engaging executives, regulators and workforce representatives.
• Relevant qualifications: bachelor's degree; postgraduate WHS highly regarded.
• Roster flexibility: 4 days on, 3 off; possible 8 on, 6 off swing.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the HSERT leadership team to deliver safety, risk and training outcomes.
• Set strategic direction and annual operating plan for health, safety, environment, risk and training.
• Translate strategy and assurance findings into executable programs with milestones and measures.
• Establish disciplined governance to complete critical actions on time.
• Influence and coach senior operational leaders to strengthen line ownership of safety and workforce capability.
• Provide field leadership to improve critical control management and risk-based decision-making.
• Oversee material risk management, incident response and significant-event investigations.
• Lead change across HSERT to simplify systems and focus on high-impact activities.
• Oversee regulatory compliance and reporting for mine, rail and port activities.
• Provide strategic leadership across health, hygiene, injury management and training systems.
• Build trusted relationships with regulators, contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Manage the function’s budget and performance reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Change leadership

Accountability

Operational influence

Material risk

Communication

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering/safety

Postgraduate WHS qualifications

Job description

About the opportunity

Stellar Recruitment is partnering with South32 to recruit a Manager Health, Safety, Environment, Risk & Training for Cannington Mine in northwest Queensland.

Reporting directly to the Vice President Operations, you will lead the site’s health and hygiene, safety, material risk, environment, training, emergency response and compliance functions. You will lead an established multidisciplinary team of approximately 21 people and serve as a key member of Cannington’s senior leadership team.

The technical foundations are established. The opportunity is to provide clear direction, strengthen leadership capability and accountability, and ensure priority programs of work are implemented effectively and sustained. Success will require a leader who can establish expectations, constructively challenge missed commitments, simplify priorities and consistently translate plans into operational outcomes.

This is a visible operational leadership role. You will work closely with leaders across the mine to strengthen ownership of health, safety, material risk, environment and workforce competency within the line organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the HSERT leadership team, creating a culture of care, accountability, constructive challenge and consistent delivery.
• Set a clear strategic direction and focused annual operating plan across health and hygiene, safety, material risk, environment and training.
• Translate strategy, assurance findings and improvement priorities into executable programs with clear accountabilities, milestones and measures of success.
• Establish disciplined governance and follow-through, ensuring critical actions and commitments are completed to the required standard and timeframe.
• Influence, coach and constructively challenge senior operational leaders to strengthen line ownership of safety, risk and workforce capability.
• Provide visible field leadership and help leaders improve the quality of critical control management, operational routines and risk-based decision-making.
• Strengthen material risk management, critical control verification, hazard identification, incident management and significant-event investigation.
• Lead change across the HSERT function, including simplifying systems and redirecting specialist effort toward the activities that most effectively reduce risk and improve operational performance.
• Oversee regulatory compliance, environmental approvals and reporting across the mine and associated rail and port activities.
• Provide strategic leadership across health and hygiene, injury management, workers compensation, emergency response and training systems.
• Build trusted, transparent relationships with operational leaders, corporate functions, contractors, regulators and external service providers.
• Manage the function’s budget, performance reporting and improvement portfolio, connecting technical requirements with practical operational and commercial decisions.

About you

You are an experienced mining or heavy-industry leader who combines credible HSERT judgement with strong people leadership, operational influence and disciplined execution.

The strongest candidates will demonstrate:

• Leadership of complex teams: At least five years’ experience leading a multidisciplinary team of 10 or more people, including senior technical or functional leaders.
• Delivery and change leadership: A strong record of implementing significant change and delivering complex programs of work through clear priorities, effective governance and sustained follow-through.
• Accountability and performance: Demonstrated ability to establish clear expectations, address missed commitments and improve team performance while maintaining trust and engagement.
• Operational influence: The credibility and confidence to coach, influence and constructively challenge senior operational leaders, contractors, technical specialists and frontline teams.
• Material risk leadership: Sound operational understanding of material risk, critical controls, significant-event management, regulatory compliance and management-system effectiveness.
• Breadth across the HSERT portfolio: Sufficient exposure to environment, health and hygiene, emergency response and training to lead specialist expertise and make balanced, risk-based decisions.
• Commercial judgement: Experience managing budgets and prioritising technical requirements, risk-reduction initiatives and business needs in a resource-constrained operational environment.
• Communication and stakeholder leadership: Advanced communication, facilitation and influencing capability, including engagement with executives, regulators and workforce representatives.
• Relevant qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, safety or a related discipline. Postgraduate qualifications in work health and safety will be highly regarded.
• Roster flexibility: The ability to work a 4 days on, 3 days off roster and occasionally participate in an 8 days on, 6 days off duty-manager swing.

Why Cannington?

Cannington is a large, established underground base-metals operation offering the scale, complexity and operational exposure expected of a senior mining leadership role.

The position offers direct access to the Vice President Operations and genuine authority across the complete HSERT portfolio. You will inherit technically capable specialists and have the opportunity to strengthen alignment, leadership capability, accountability and execution across both the function and the broader operation.

This role will suit a senior leader who wants to make a visible operational impact, build a stronger team and deliver meaningful, sustained improvement in health, safety, risk, environment and workforce capability.

Benefits

• Attractive 4 days on, 3 days off roster
• Established multidisciplinary team of approximately 21 people
• Broad influence across the complete HSERT portfolio
• Senior position within Cannington’s operational leadership team
• Competitive salary package
• 14% superannuation contributions
• Annual short-term incentive

If you are a senior mining or heavy-industry leader who combines strong judgement with visible, accountable people leadership and a proven ability to turn plans into sustained results, we welcome a confidential discussion.

For further information, contact Rob Gantly or Lucas Eyers at Stellar Recruitment,