General Manager - Health & Safety

Whitehaven Coal is the dominant player in Australia’s only emerging high-quality coal basin. With a culture based on our STRIVE values, our reputation for excellence in project delivery and safe, efficient and environmentally responsible operations continues to grow.

 
Our STRIVE Values connect us and define how we behave. Whitehaven Coal award, recognise and celebrate individuals and teams going above and beyond the requirements of their role to deliver excellent outcomes while demonstrating our values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Value and Excellence.

About The Role
Due to business growth we are seeking an experienced General Manager – Health and Safety to join Whitehaven Coal.

The General Manager Health and Safety develops and implements Health and Safety aspects of the WHC HSE Strategy and initiatives to improve Health and Safety outcomes across the business.  The role is accountable for developing, and maintaining Group wide standards that set minimum expectations and provide clarity to operations and projects.

Providing oversight to the business on best practice Health and Safety the role will deliver a number of key objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver a shared vision and commitment to an industry-leading health and safety culture at all levels of our business, developing and executing strategies to move towards a resilient health and safety culture
• Provide support across our business, improving performance towards getting all our people home safely through analysis of lead/lag indicators and the development and execution of health and safety improvement strategies
• Build close and supportive relationships with business units ensuring best practice health and safety management is championed and prioritised
• Maintain an effective H&S framework, including the development of the H&S aspects of the WHC HSE Strategy, forward focussed H&S targets and WHC scorecard
• Engages regulatory bodies, industry bodies and non-government organisations on H&S issues that span multiple Operations
• Monitor and assess the impact of changes to safety legislation to the business and ensure appropriate action is taken to meet compliance

What You’ll Bring 

• Tertiary qualifications in Risk, Engineering, Science, Applied Science or other suitable qualification
• Experience in HSE roles and heavy industry / mining is preferred
• Experience in leading teams across multiple locations
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to engage and influence large and diverse teams at multiple levels in the organisation focusing on customer requirements
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills
• Strategic and organisational ability

Why Whitehaven Coal?

• Career development, mentorship and coaching
• Permanent full time role
• Australian owned industry leader
• Attractive remuneration package and bonus structure
• Employee referral scheme - $4000 for successful referrals!
• Awards and recognition through our STRIVE initiative

Whitehaven Coal is committed to increasing the representation of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the workplace. We strive for an inclusive workplace that engages people from diverse backgrounds and welcomes diversity of gender, culture and experience.

Whitehaven Coal is working with the RSL Employment Program to support veterans and partners of current or former Defence members in finding meaningful and sustainable employment. If you would like assistance with your application, you can reach out to the program via the following link: https://www.rslqld.org/find-help/employment

Whitehaven Coal is an endorsed Circle Back Initiative Employer.

To be considered for this position you must have the right to work in Australia.
 

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