Health & Safety Manager

Company: Northern Star Mining Services Limited
Location: Washington
Posted on: March 30, 2025

Job Description:

Ready to pursue your professional journey with Northern Star? As an ASX 50 global-scale gold miner, we have sizeable operations in Western Australia and Alaska. With unparalleled pathways for advancement and avenues for personal growth, we stand as Australia's premier gold employer. Your journey starts here.At Northern Star, we live by our STARR Core Values of Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Respect and Results. These Values are not just words on paper; they are the cornerstone of our Company culture and guide everything we do. You will play a pivotal role in upholding these Values and contributing to our collective success.About the opportunity:Northern Star Resources have an exciting opportunity at our Jundee operations for Health & Safety Manager to join our high performing management team on a FIFO 4:3 roster.Here's what awaits you:

• Champion the Company's safety policies and objectives actively promote all safety management systems and processes.
• Support site management and their teams in continuing to lead improvements in safety performance and culture.
• Coaching, training and advising managers on a range of Occupational Health and Safety issues.
• Provide regular analysis and reporting of Safety metrics to the site.
• Maintain incident response and investigation systems.
• Manage site occupational health and hygiene requirements.
• Emergency response planning, training and response.
• Ensure adequate emergency response personnel numbers and competencies.
• Ensure all non-conformance or improvement opportunities identified in audits are reviewed and appropriate actions implemented within agreed time frame.
• Ensure employees and contractor personnel are in full compliance to site and company health, safety and training standards.
• Assist with rehabilitation and workers compensation matters.
• Report and analyse all incidents with a view to correct and prevent likelihood of recurrence.To thrive in this role, you'll need:
• Experience: Significant experience in occupational health and safety, including experience in leadership roles in a mining environment, specifically underground mining operations. Experience in site safety management and improvement plan development, implementation and measurement with a high-level understanding of relevant legislation affecting the employment and safety in the WA Mining Industry.
• Qualification: Relevant tertiary qualification in Occupational Health & Safety. Emergency Response qualifications. ICAM Investigation (preferred).
• Passion for growth: Genuine passion for the Australian gold mining industry with strong people management abilities.Discover the perks of working at Northern Star---
• Company subsidised GU Health Insurance.
• Gold Price Variable bonus incentive.
• 5 weeks annual leave for site-based employees.
• Employee Share Plan programs.
• Gold standard parental leave policy.
• GoldSTARR rewards program - cash savings for everyday expenses.
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) that includes free, confidential counselling and wellbeing services.
• Salary continuance (income protection) insurance from commencement.
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including novated leasing and remote area living benefit options.Eligibility:Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria which includes a medical, drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work and valid Australian national police clearance. Northern Star is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.Apply now to join the Northern Star team!
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