Principal Advisor - Training

Stellar Recruitment; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Attractive salary package

Job summary

Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines Operations seeks a Principal Advisor – Training to design onboarding and competency frameworks aligned to regulatory requirements. You will lead a large training team, drive governance, and advise site leadership on workforce readiness and training investment priorities.

The role focuses on ensuring systems are compliant, measuring outcomes, and managing budgets, vendor contracts and RTO relationships to support safe production and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level educational/training background or related discipline with regulatory awareness.
• Proven expertise in designing onboarding and competency frameworks.
• Experience leading large cross-functional training teams in heavy industry.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement fit-for-purpose onboarding and competency frameworks.
• Drive training governance, assurance and verification across the site.
• Provide strategic counsel on workforce readiness and training investment priorities.
• Lead a large training team and manage budgets, vendors and RTO relationships.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and safety standards.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Training governance

Budget management

Vendor management

LMS experience

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education/Training

Cert IV in Training and Assessment

Tools

LMS systems

Contract management

Job description

• Strategic / technical governance role in Training across a large and complex mining and processing facility
• Attractive salary and benefits package
• Great opportunity working for a global company in a fantastic regional city

About the company:

Glencore is one of the world’s largest globally diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. Our operations comprise of around 150 mining, metallurgical and oil production assets. Our purpose is to responsibly source the commodities that advance everyday life. Employing 135,000 people globally, people are at the heart of our business, and we aim to attract employees who strive to be leaders in their field. To you, that means more opportunities to grow your career, grow your experiences, and grow your network of colleagues, mentors and even lifelong friends. All whilst making your mark on the future.

About the role:

Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines Operations (MIM) are a significant contributor to the Mt Isa and Northern region of QLD. Employing over 2000 people the operations include George Fisher Mine, concentrators, smelters, and associated processing infrastructure producing multiple commodities inclusive of Zinc, Copper, Lead and Silver.

The Principal Advisor – Training will design and implement fit-for-purpose frameworks for onboarding, competency provision, assessment and verification that are aligned to regulatory requirements, Glencore standards and operational risk profiles. The role drives assurance across all training functions to ensure systems are effective, compliant and delivering measurable outcomes.

As a senior leader within the HSEC function, this role provides strategic counsel to the HSEC Manager and site leadership on workforce readiness, training investment priorities and competency-related risk. The position leads a large team of training professionals and is accountable for building organisational capability that directly supports safe production and operational excellence.

Experience required:

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Training & Assessment, Human Resource Development, Safety Science or related discipline. Cert IV in Training and Assessment + further higher-level qualification would be highly regarded.
• 10+ years' experience in training, competency management or workforce development, with a significant portion in the mining or heavy industry sector.
• 5+ years in a senior leadership role with demonstrated experience leading large, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing competency management frameworks, onboarding programs and training governance systems at an organisational level.
• Understanding of Queensland mining legislation, Recognised Standards, Conditions of Statutory Authorities and competency requirements.
• Experience in training assurance, audit and verification methodologies.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and engage across all levels from the workforce to senior leadership and regulators.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capability with an authentic commitment to improving safety and workforce capability outcomes.
• Experience managing training budgets, vendor contracts and RTO relationships.
• Proficiency in learning management systems and training records management.
• Active leadership – keep people accountable, support and develop them and promote a positive culture.
• Operational discipline – deliver what we say we are going to deliver.

Next steps:

An attractive salary package and full relocation support to Mount Isa would be provided to the successful candidate.