Senior Advisor HSW

Sandfire Resources; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary continuance insurance

Attractive remuneration package

Job summary

Sandfire Resources is seeking a Senior Advisor Health, Safety and Wellbeing to lead HSW activities at Kalkaroo, SA, as the project establishes site infrastructure and commences drilling. You will influence site leaders, drive risk controls, and deliver training across the workforce.

You will develop health, safety and wellbeing initiatives, manage audits and LMS training, and liaise with contractors to ensure training records meet compliance.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or related discipline.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessing (Desirable).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a remote mine site Safety and Wellbeing role (Exploration, Mineral Processing or Mining).
• Incident reporting and corrective action (e.g. ICAM, Taproot).
• Experience using INX or similar software.
• Knowledge in Training Needs Analysis, establishing skills training matrices and gaps analysis.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Influence site leaders to ensure delivery of fundamental health and safety processes.
• Provide support for risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Conduct workplace inspections and observations to assess conformance to safety standards.
• Ensure audits are recorded in InControl with action management applied.
• Support escalation of notifiable incidents to site leadership per legislation.
• Develop and implement health, safety and wellbeing initiatives aligned with Sandfire strategy.
• Perform Training Needs Analysis across allocated workgroups.
• Deliver Sandfire training modules and manage the LMS.
• Liaise with contractors to ensure training documentation is current and compliant.
• Fulfill Contract Representative responsibilities with KPI delivery.

Skills

OH&S knowledge

Influencing skills

Interpersonal skills

Risk assessment

Incident investigations

Education

Bachelor/ Diploma OH&S

Certificate IV in Training & Assessing

Tools

INX software

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

• Exciting opportunity to join a new South Australian-based project team
• Early involvement in a significant copper resource development project
• Point of Hire Adelaide | Permanent site-based role | 2:1 roster

Sandfire is a global copper producer of significance and continues to make strong progress toward its goal of being a sustainable mining company. Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, Sandfire Resourceshasenteredan exciting partnership withHavilah Resources to advance theKalkarooCopper-Gold Projectin South Australia. Anopportunity exists for an accomplished Health and Safety professional to joinour Project team at Kalkaroo as we safely establish site infrastructure and commence drilling activities.

The Senior Advisor Health, Safety and Wellbeing will provide specialist health, safety, wellbeing, and training expertise during the pre‑feasibility phase. The role plays a key part in guiding the broader workforce to implement, monitor, and continually improve systems, standards, and programs aligned with Sandfire’s requirements and relevant legislation.

The position will support the delivery of high‑quality HSW (Health, Safety & Wellbeing) and training advice, assurance, and support across all site activities. A strong focus is placed on coaching, capability building, and fostering a culture where safe and healthy work practices are understood, valued, and consistently applied.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Influence site leaders to ensure the successful delivery and application of fundamental health and safety processes (including leadership in the field, critical risk management aligned to identified Principal Hazards, hazard identification and control, incident investigation and action management and tracking).
• Provide support for risk assessments and incident investigations by coaching, facilitating and providing professional advice.
• Conduct workplace inspections, behaviour, and task observations to assess conformance to safety standards.
• Ensure all audits undertaken are recorded in InControl and that an appropriate action management process is applied.
• Support the identification and escalation of notifiable incidents to site leadership in accordance with legislative requirements.
• Development and implementation of health, safety and wellbeing initiatives aligned with the Sandfire strategy.
• Training needs analysis of all allocated workgroups.
• Delivery of all Sandfire Resources training modules and assist with the management of the learning management system (LMS).
• Liaise with contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers to ensure all mobile and plant equipment training documentation is current and compliant for use at Kalkaroo.
• Ensuring all responsibilities of contracts when appointed as the Contract Representative, including established KPI’s are met and delivered.

About you

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or related discipline
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessing (Desirable)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a remote mine site Safety and Wellbeing role. (Exploration, Mineral Processing or Mining).
• Incident reporting and corrective action (e.g. ICAM, Taproot).
• Experience using INX or similar software.
• Knowledge in conducting Training Needs Analysis, establishing skills training matrices and conducting training gap analysis.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.

At Sandfire we value our people and offer a range of benefits and personal development opportunities including:

• Attractive, market-competitive remuneration package
• Salary continuance insurance scheme.

Sandfire is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees.