Safety Advisor

Mineral Resources; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual cash bonus

Employee discounts and offers

Physical and mental health programs

Job summary

Mineral Resources is seeking an experienced Safety Advisor to join the Engineering & Construction team on a 2/1 FIFO roster from Perth. You will promote a proactive safety culture on site, coach supervisors, and coordinate audits and emergency planning while maintaining safety documentation.

Reporting to the Group Manager Health & Safety - Engineering Construction, you will manage incident reporting, JHAs, and fitness-for-work processes, contributing to continuous safety improvement and health

Qualifications

• Strong report writing and analytical skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal, negotiation, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible safety on site, in the field and promote a proactive safety culture.
• Coach Supervisors and blue-collar workforce in relation to Safety.
• Coordinate safety audits and inspections to improve operating systems on site.
• Coordinate ongoing management of site health, first response and emergency plans.
• Coordinate first response facilities and equipment.
• Conduct formal Alcohol and Drug testing on site as required.
• Liaise with medical officials and institutions including doctors and hospitals.
• Support and advise site management on safety, medic and environmental matters.
• Analyze trends in workplace safety performance.
• Induction of new employees.
• Site workplace inspections and assist in preparing JHAs.
• Maintenance of safety documentation on site.
• Administer fitness for work processes and rehabilitation management.
• Maintain safety and environmental records and risk statistics.

Skills

Report writing

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Facilitation

Presentation skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Education

Cert IV in OHS

OHS Card

Job description

Mineral Resources is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.

We have an immediate opportunity available for an experienced site Safety Advisor to join our Engineering & Construction team working on a 2/1 FIFO roster from Perth.

About the role

Reporting into the Group Manager Health & Safety - Engineering Construction this role will be responsible for the following duties -

• Provide visible safety on site, in the field and promote a proactive safety culture.
• Coach Supervisors and blue-collar work force in relation to Safety.
• Co-ordinate and participate in Safety audits and inspections activities in order to help continuously improve, maintain and implement better and more user friendly operating systems on site.
• Co-ordinate the ongoing management of the site health, first response and emergency plans.
• Co-ordinate the management of the first response facilities and equipment.
• Conducting formal Alcohol and Drug testing on site as required.
• Liaising with medical officials and institutions including doctors, hospitals, and RFDS.
• Support and advise site management on all safety, medic and environmental matters.
• Analysis of trends in relation to workplace safety performance.
• Induction of new employees.
• Site workplace inspections and assisting in the preparation JHA’s.
• Administration and filing of all safety related documentation on site.
• Administrating fitness for work processes and assisting in rehabilitation management.
• Maintain all Safety and environmental related records - record all incidents, generate safety reports, receive and file all safety related data, correlate all safety performance statistics.
• Regularly review the site specific Safety Management Plans for required amendments.
• Ensure all incidents and hazards are reported and investigated in accordance with relevant procedures and appropriate remedial actions implemented in a timely manner.
• Maintain the site HST databases accounting for site incidents and injuries.
• Promote safety policies and systems to company personnel and subcontractors.
• Provide input at Toolbox Meetings and Pre-start meetings and ensure records are kept.
• Assist in the running of site Safety Committee meetings (where established).
• Take all available actions to minimise risk of incident or injury and take action on any activities that compromise the Company’s standards.

Your work becomes more meaningful when it’s part of something bigger than you. It may feel like you’re pushing yourself to the edge of what’s possible, but this is the kind of work that fills you up and highlights the value of your contribution. Your time with MinRes is an opportunity to capitalise on the skills and talent that you’ve been cultivating for so long, in an environment where you’ll be given the trust to do so.

MinRes is a top 100 ASX mining services company with a strong pipeline of projects that will drive unprecedented growth over the next five years. Our people are the foundation of our success, and we offer attractive salaries and benefits, opportunities for career advancement and world-class workspaces designed for employee wellbeing – to ensure our people get their best life!

What you’ll bring to the team

• Cert IV in OHS as a minimum.
• Have a minimum of 5+ years experience in a similar role within the construction industry.
• Extensive knowledge of safety & environmental legislation, policies and practices.
• Highly proficient with ICAM Investigation process.
• Hold a OHS Card.
• Strong report writing and analytical skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal, negotiation, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork skills.

Making your mark

At MinRes there’s a new energy that comes from our team of passionate employees. They achieve personal goals and contribute to a larger transformation that goes far beyond the bottom line. Our leadership pathway is focused on sharing in the success with other people as they make their own mark on our business and beyond. In the past, you may have worked day and night to get things out the door. Sure, we value effort – but we also want you to step away when you need, to leave work at work, and give your all when you’re clocked in but never at the expense of your health or family.

And then there’s the extra benefits.

We look after our people because they’re the ones looking after our business. That means a range of additional benefits for choosing.

MinRes, including:

• Competitive salary.
• Annual cash bonus.
• Employee discounts and offers.
• Physical and mental health programs.

Ready for your next challenge? Make a fresh start with MinRes.

Mineral Resources Limited is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.