Mine Health & Safety Lead — Culture, Compliance & Growth

Select Recruitment (New Zealand); Dunedin; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Private health insurance

Camp accommodation and meals provided

Company bus to Greymouth and Reefton

8:6 roster

Modern mining operation with growth潜潜

Job summary

Snowy River Gold Mine is seeking a Health & Safety Superintendent to lead the site safety function and drive a world-class safety culture. The role is based onsite in Reefton, NZ, with governance across surface and underground operations and accountability for regulatory compliance and risk management.

You will lead the Health & Safety team, oversee critical controls and incident investigations, and collaborate with site leadership to ensure continuous improvement and a proactive safety culture.

Qualifications

• Proven Health & Safety leadership experience in mining or high-risk environments.
• Strong knowledge of NZ health & safety legislation and risk management.
• Experience with incident investigations (ICAM preferred).
• HSEMS development and auditing experience.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proactive and values-driven approach to safety excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site Health & Safety team.
• Drive safety governance across surface and underground operations.
• Support site leadership and act for the HSEC Manager as required.
• Ensure compliance with NZ health and safety and mining legislation.
• Lead critical risk, principal hazard, and critical control management.
• Oversee health monitoring, hygiene programmes, fitness-for-work, injury management, and return-to-work processes.
• Lead incident investigations (ICAM preferred), corrective actions, and organisational learning.
• Support emergency preparedness, response planning, and exercises.

Skills

Safety leadership

Governance

Risk management

Incident investigations

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Communication

Job description

Snowy River Gold Mine is seeking a Health & Safety Superintendent to lead the site safety function and drive a world-class safety culture. The role is based onsite in Reefton, NZ, with governance across surface and underground operations and accountability for regulatory compliance and risk management.

You will lead the Health & Safety team, oversee critical controls and incident investigations, and collaborate with site leadership to ensure continuous improvement and a proactive safety culture.