Advisor - Safety

• 5/2/4/3 Residential Roster
• Inclusive and diverse working environment.
• A range of financial, employee development and health & wellbeing benefits and rewards.

About us

From humble beginnings in 2010, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

About Cowal

A world-class gold operation.

At our cornerstone asset of Cowal, our $430 million investment has led to a longer mine life as we have boldly reimagined our future. We’ve taken our successful open pit operation underground in just seven years. Combined with unique work opportunities across Processing, Maintenance and support teams, our operational diversity at Cowal is great for uplifting careers.

Located near West Wyalong in central New South Wales, Cowal is a residential site where we encourage our people to live nearby and enjoy the close-knit communities and lifestyles of the surrounding areas. 

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Safety Advisor, the purpose of this position is to provide leadership, advice, training and practical support for all health and safety aspects in an open-cut mining, underground mining and ore processing operation.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Facilitating and participating in risk assessments at all levels (WRAC, Bowties, and operational)
• Ensuring timely closure of actions resulting from inspections, audits, and incidents
• Collecting, storing, analyzing, tracking, and reporting health and safety performance data according to internal procedures and regulatory requirements
• Assisting in the rehabilitation and return to work of employees with workplace injuries
• Developing and delivering effective training to ensure employees are adequately trained for safe site operations
• Providing professional advice and hands-on support to ensure effective implementation and compliance with safety and health systems, processes, and tools
• Assisting with the annual budgeting process and manage costs to meet budget expectations
• Leading and conducting workplace internal audits, inspections, and critical risk control verification
• Ensuring all safety and health tasks, documents, and training comply with relevant regulations and standards
• Commitment to living and supporting the Evolution values of Safety, Excellence, Accountability, Respect
• Leading a safety culture of continuous improvement and playing an active role in our Net Zero 2030 goal

About you

At Evolution, we believe that developing our people is vital to our success as a business and to ensuring your time at Evolution is a highlight of your career. The ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate a high level of safety awareness, strategic thinking, and strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. You will have excellent time management and work prioritization skills. Experience in HS procedures, audits, and investigations is essential, and writing/reviewing H&S documentation is essential.

To be considered you will demonstrate/ possess:

• Relevant tertiary Health & Safety qualifications (Min. Cert. IV Work Health & Safety)
• Return to Work Certification (desirable)
• Previous Health & Safety experience in mining or other relevant industries
• Demonstrated experience in an operational mining environment
• Incident Investigation (ICAM)
• Lead Auditing qualification (desirable)
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Implement & Apply the Risk Management Process
• National competencies in Confined Space, Working Safely at Height and High Risk Work licences (desirable)
• Sound knowledge of NSW Mining Act, Regulations and other legislations

 To find out more about us and Cowal, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/

We thank you for taking the time to submit your application. For more information, please contact michael.kelly@evolutionmining.com