Mining HSE Manager | Safety, Risk & Compliance Lead

Dra; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

DRA seeks an experienced Project HSE Manager – Mining to lead Health, Safety and Environmental activities across project sites in South Africa. You will collaborate with the Construction Manager, Project Manager, contractors and site teams to ensure compliance with legislation and DRA standards.

You will drive risk management, improve contractor performance and foster a proactive safety culture throughout site operations, including audits, investigations and training.

Qualifications

• SAMTRAC or equivalent certification, Incident Investigation Training, Risk Management Training, Legal Liability, Underground Blasting Ticket and Competency A & B are essential.
• National Diploma in Safety Management or equivalent is essential.
• Shift Supervisor/Mine Overseer Certificate of Competency is essential.
• SACPCMP registration or other recognised professional HSE affiliation is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage day-to-day HSE activities across project sites, providing practical guidance to construction management, supervisors, contractors and suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, project HSE specifications, client requirements and DRA standards across all site operations.
• Plan, conduct and coordinate project and contractor HSE audits; monitor action plans, identify negative trends and ensure timely closure of corrective actions.
• Coordinate incident investigations, health and hygiene monitoring, and environmental compliance, ensuring all findings, deviations and corrective measures are properly addressed.
• Implement and maintain robust risk management processes including behavioural observations, event reporting and planned task observations throughout the project.
• Lead and oversee DRA and contractor HSE personnel to ensure completion of daily inspections, onboarding requirements and designated HSE activities.
• Coordinate HSE objectives, targets, leading and lagging indicators, reporting and project records, proactively addressing identified trends through action plans.
• Engage actively with site teams to coach safe behaviours and intervene decisively where unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviours necessitate work to be halted and reassessed.

Skills

SAMTRAC or equivalent certification

Incident Investigation Training

Risk Management Training

Legal Liability

Underground Blasting Ticket

Competency A & B

Education

National Diploma in Safety Management or equivalent

Shift Supervisor/Mine Overseer Certificate of Competency

Tools

SACPCMP registration or other recognised professional HSE affiliation

Job description

DRA seeks an experienced Project HSE Manager – Mining to lead Health, Safety and Environmental activities across project sites in South Africa. You will collaborate with the Construction Manager, Project Manager, contractors and site teams to ensure compliance with legislation and DRA standards.

You will drive risk management, improve contractor performance and foster a proactive safety culture throughout site operations, including audits, investigations and training.