Safety Specialist | HSE | Blackwater

Whitehaven Coal; Blackwater; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 weeks parental leave

Employee referral program

STRIVE initiative

Salary sacrifice opportunities

Career growth

Job summary

Whitehaven Coal is seeking an experienced Safety Specialist (Process) to support risk management, event classification, auditing, and coaching across the Blackwater mine operations in Queensland. The role focuses on guiding risk assessment, control measures, and event management for frontline teams.

You will develop and implement safety strategies, monitor performance data, and drive reporting improvements using Isometrix and WHC360.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience in safety, preferably in mining.
• Proficiency in data analysis, reporting and Isometrix with a focus on report/dashboards automation.
• Sound knowledge and application of Safety & Health practices.
• Knowledge of safety policies and championing safety values.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement risk, health and wellbeing strategies and programs.
• Work closely with the CHPP (Coal Handling and Processing Plant).
• Monitor and report S&H performance data with a focus on automated dashboards.
• Support safety measures, metrics, and tools for incident management.
• Develop, monitor and distribute reports from site access systems.

Skills

Data analysis

Safety practices

Incident reporting

Auditing

Tools

Isometrix

WHC360

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Safety Specialist (Process). The Safety Specialist will support risk management, event classification, auditing and coaching the site's operational entities regarding risk assessment, control and event management.

What You'll Do

• Engage in the development and implementation of risk, health and wellbeing promotional strategies including facilitating prevention/control activities and/or programs.
• Work closely with our CHPP (Coal Handling and Processing Plant)
• Monitor and report on all S&H performance data, with a focus on automation of reports / dashboards for efficient communication of key information to the frontline.
• Support operational areas on the appropriate use of measures, metrics, and analytical tools to enhance safety reporting, incident investigation and incident management.
• Develop, monitor and distribute reports on key safety and health measures (e.g., safety interactions, corrective and preventative action, etc) from the site access system.
• Support and monitor training in the use of the safety and health reporting system (WHC360)
• Monitor and support site leaders in systems use, data reporting and event classification
• Perform duties as a site administrator / key contact for the WHC360 system.

What You'll Bring

• At least 2 years' experience in safety, preferably in a mining environment, preferably with experience in CHPP or knowledge of this area.
• Proficiency in data analysis, reporting and systems (Isometrix) with a focus on automation of reports/dashboards
• Sound knowledge and application of Safety & Health practices.
• Knowledge of safety policies, procedures and the important role of consistently demonstrating required behaviours and championing safety values
  

This position is based in our Blackwater mine. The Blackwater open cut coal mine is one of the largest producing metallurgical coal mines in Queensland. It is situated 73 kilometres south east of Emerald, on the traditional lands of the Gaangalu people. Operating since 1967, the Blackwater mine has a strike length of 80 kilometres and is one of nine metallurgical coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin. The Blackwater mine produces predominantly low-ash, low-sulphur metallurgical coal products, as well as high energy thermal coal.

Generous Remuneration and Benefits, aStrong Safety focus,Career growth and Support for your Career aspirations, a Paid Parental Leave program (26 weeks), a robustEmployee referral program,Awards and recognition through ourSTRIVEinitiative andSalary Sacrifice Opportunities