Health and Safety Governance Specialist

HEALTH & SAFETY GOVERNANCE SPECIALIST

Shaping Yancoal’ s HST systems, you will be an essential part of our purpose to provide governance in safety management

Who are we?

Welcome to Yancoal. For nearly 20 years, we have been supporting the prosperity of Australia. With over 4,500 people working across our operations, our team is made up of experts in their field. From engineers to operators, business and environmental professionals, surveyors, tradespeople, accountants, marketers and beyond – we are proud of our people and everything we achieve together as One Yancoal. Yancoal Australia now owns, operates, or participates in nine producing coal mines across NSW, Queensland, and Western Australia.

What does your daily life look like at Yancoal?

As the Health and Safety Governance Specialist you are responsible to contribute to the corporate HST team purpose of providing governance in WHS management by maintaining compliance to system standards of the Yancoal safety management system and verifying the effectiveness of the whole of business HSMS through monitoring, evaluation, reporting and revision.

Your responsibilities include:

• Development, implementation, verification, review and revision of group standards, framework and guidelines of health and safety process to maintain compliance to relevant legislation;
• Manage the corporate office health safety management system;
• Assisting with the periodic review and update of Corporate health and safety procedures, standards and guidelines;
• Assist in developing internal training schemes and seminars;
• Assist facilitation of independent site incident investigations
• Prepare papers for internal company reporting
• Maintain a working knowledge of the various WHS legislation in the jurisdictions of operations;
• Monitor site practices to ensure that duty holders are meeting the requirements under the legislation.
• Develop and coach in effective leadership practices.

What do you need to be successful in the role?

To be successful in the role you will require the following skills:

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in OHS management or equivalent. Certificate of competence for a statutory position in NSW, WA or Qld is desirable.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Moderate computer skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Incident Management Software, Intelex); working knowledge of legislation.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years total mining site based operational experience in health and safety management either within a HST team or compliance/statutory role with minimum 2 years at a superintendent or higher level

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration packages for our roles.

• A vast range of retail discounts including major department stores, cinemas, restaurants. 
• Subsidised corporate health insurance for you and your family.
• Financial assistance and study leave for relevant qualifications.
• 18 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period.
• Multiple types of flexible work arrangements
• Salary Continuance and Life Insurance Cover
• Salary sacrifices options, Service recognition rewards, Employee Assistance Programs

Yancoal values diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people that identify as LGBTQIA+.

If this is sounding like what you might be looking for in your next role apply today to start an exciting new journey with us.

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