Superintendent - Health and Safety

at  Oceanagold

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

OceanaGold is a growing intermediate gold and copper producer committed to safely and responsibly maximizing the generation of Free Cash Flow from our operations and delivering strong returns for our shareholders.
We have a portfolio of four operating mines: the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; Didipio Mine in the Philippines; and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand. Our operations are supported by a global workforce with significant exploration, development and operating experience.
Our Purpose is mining gold for a better future. The gold, copper, and silver we produce are essential to the renewable energy and transport sectors, life-saving medical devices and technology which connects communities around the world. Our activities also contribute to economic growth and improved health and education outcomes in the regions where we operate. We provide direct employment for over 3,700 people and indirect employment for many more.
Our Vision is to be a company people trust, want to work and partner with, supply and invest in, to create value. This Vision is brought to life by our Values – Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance and Teamwork – which put our people, host communities, the environment and our stakeholders at the forefront of our decision-making.
Check us out - www.oceanagold.com

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Superintendent – Health and Safety is responsible for providing direction and guidance to direct reports, support the Health, Safety and Training manager and liaise and foster a close relationship with the Superintendent - Training at the Macraes Operation in order to meet their legislative and business requirements while continuously improving.
This position will will assist in driving a positive safety culture by working closely with leaders and workforce to coach and mentor for safe behaviours, promote health and wellbeing of our workers and ensure workers are provided with the necessary Health and Safety training requirements to fulfill their jobs while providing an advisory role to maintain legislative compliance. This position will be expected to lead by example and to promote best practice at all times with regards to H&S at work.

Key responsibilities:

• Development of strategic objectives and health and safety awareness programs to be carried out each year delivering consistent and collaborative messages
• Lead, advise, coordinate and mentor the departmental Safety Advisors to proactively deliver the site health and safety strategic objectives
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of safety programs, analyse incident reports, and implement corrective measures as necessary in collaboration with Site Nurses and/or Occupational Hygienist and/or Emergency Response coordinator and/or Training Superintendent and/or System Specialist
• Project planning and delivery
• Incident investigation facilitation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum National Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety Coordination Level 7
• Full and Current Driver Licence, ability to drive manual vehicles is preferred.

Experience:

• Extensive experience in (a minimum of 8 years) in leading health and safety activities in a processing and or mining environment.
• Proven experience managing people and teams
• Developing and working within formal health and safety management systems.

OGC VALUES: CARE | RESPECT | INTEGRITY | PERFORMANCE | TEAMWORK

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.
If you share the same values and have what we are looking for, please apply online now via our careers website:
https://careers.oceanagold.com/jobs
**Applications close 29 June 2024. Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand

• Development of strategic objectives and health and safety awareness programs to be carried out each year delivering consistent and collaborative messages
• Lead, advise, coordinate and mentor the departmental Safety Advisors to proactively deliver the site health and safety strategic objectives
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of safety programs, analyse incident reports, and implement corrective measures as necessary in collaboration with Site Nurses and/or Occupational Hygienist and/or Emergency Response coordinator and/or Training Superintendent and/or System Specialist
• Project planning and delivery
• Incident investigation facilitatio