Senior Safety Advisor

Evolution Mining; Lake Cowal; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Salary packaging (novated car leasing,

Life insurance and income protection

Quarterly performance bonuses

Short and long-term incentives

Parental leave benefits (18 weeks)

Recognition program

Study assistance

Discounted health insurance

Discounted gym membership

Attractive rosters

Bus transportation to/from West Wyalog

Flexible work options

Job summary

Evolution Mining’s Cowal Gold Operations is seeking a Senior Safety Advisor to lead safety culture, embed practices, and influence leaders to keep everyone safe daily. Based at Cowal, you’ll mentor teams, lead investigations, and drive improvements across the Safety & Health Management System.

You will collaborate with operations and contractors, champion proactive safety, and support change initiatives to enhance both safety and business performance at this site.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Health & Safety or related discipline required.
• Proven safety leadership experience within mining or heavy industry.
• Strong capability in incident investigations, including ICAM methodology.
• Experience with risk management processes (JSA, WRAC, SOPs, SWIs).
• Ability to influence, coach and mentor stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership that strengthens safety performance across site.
• Coach and mentor leaders, supervisors and Safety Representatives to build capability.
• Lead incident investigations and drive meaningful corrective actions.
• Influence risk management practices that prevent incidents before they occur.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the Safety & Health Management System.
• Partner with operational teams and contractors to achieve sustainable safety outcomes.
• Champion a proactive safety culture through visible field leadership and engagement.
• Support change initiatives that improve operational safety and business performance.

Skills

Safety leadership

Incident investigations

Risk management

Coaching & mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

ICAM methodology

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Health & Safety

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (desirable)

Job description

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We're a bold team with a bright future; and we're looking for people who want to be part of it.

Evolution Mining is a premier global gold company operating six mines across Australia and Canada. We're transforming mines and uplifting careers. We took our Cowal Gold Operations underground in just seven years. We've extended the mine life of our Ernest Henry Operations to 2040 and doubled its ore reserves. We'retransforming our Red Lake Operations, restoring it as a premier Canadiangoldmine. That kind of ambition creates careers, not just jobs.

When we asked our people what they enjoy most about working at Evolution, two things came up across every site: career growth and the quality of the people. Here, you'll work alongside people who care, who push one another to be better, with leaders who arethere to support you.

What's the opportunity?

Make a visible impact on safety culture at one of Australia's leading gold mining operations.

As our Senior Safety Advisor, you'll play a critical role in shaping how safety is led, understood and embedded across Cowal. This is more than a compliance-focused position. It's an opportunity to influence leaders, mentor teams, drive continuous improvement and help create an environment where everyone goes home safe every day.

Working a family friendly 5:2/4:3 roster, flexible roster options will be considered, you'll enjoy the lifestyle benefits of regional NSW while contributing to a long life operation with a mine life extending beyond 2043. This is a career defining opportunity to join a high performing site where your expertise, leadership and ideas will directly influence operational performance and workforce wellbeing.

Based at our Cowal Gold Operation and reporting to the Superintendent Safety, Health & Training, you'll:

• Provide technical leadership that strengthens safety performance across site
• Coach and mentor leaders, supervisors and Safety Representatives to build capability
• Lead incident investigations and drive meaningful corrective actions
• Influence risk management practices that prevent incidents before they occur
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the Safety & Health Management System
• Partner with operational teams and contractors to achieve sustainable safety outcomes
• Champion a proactive safety culture through visible field leadership and engagement
• Support change initiatives that improve operational safety and business performance

Why Cowal Gold Operations?

At Cowal, our never-say-never attitude has led to mine life extension to 2042 as we have boldly reimagined our future. We took our operations there underground in just seven years. Today, you can work on the surface or underground. With open pit and processing all on one site, the operational diversity is ideal for uplifting careers. Live nearby and enjoy the regional lifestyle and close-knit communities. The future here is bright; you could be part of it.

What we offer you

We support, develop and reward you to ensure you have a bright future. Here's how we back that up:

• Relocation support
• Salary packaging (e.g. novated car leasing, remote area housing)
• Life insurance and income protection
• Quarterly performance bonuses
• Short and long-term incentives
• Attractive parental leave benefits (18 weeks)
• Recognition program
• Study assistance
• Discounted health insurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Attractive rosters
• Bus transportation to and from West Wyalong at the beginning and end of your shift
• Flexible work options - we know flexibility looks different for everyone

Does this sound like you?

• Tertiary qualifications in Health & Safety, Risk Management or a related discipline
• Demonstrated safety leadership experience within a mining or heavy industry environment
• Strong capability in incident investigations, including ICAM methodology
• Experience with risk management processes including JSA, WRAC, SOPs and SWIs
• A practical understanding of contractor management, compliance and operational risk controls
• The ability to influence, coach and mentor stakeholders at all levels
• Well developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• A passion for continuous improvement and creating safer workplaces

Highly regarded:

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• Experience leading safety teams within a large operational environment
• Exposure to management of change processes and systems improvement initiatives

Ready to create your career highlight with us?

As our name suggests, change and evolution are in our DNA. If you'd like to work with a team that turns challenges into opportunities and delivers on its bold ambitions, we want to hear from you.

Find out more about us at our Careers site.