Senior Safety, Health and Environment Advisor

Senior Safety, Health and Environment Advisor

APPLY NOWJob no: 494468
Work type: Full time
Location: Johannesburg Office
Categories: Health / Safety, Exploration

MMG Limited is a global resources company that mines, explores and develops base metal projects globally.  We are one of the world's largest producers of zinc and a substantial producer of copper, lead, gold and silver.  We have strong operating and financial results and are growing at a significant rate, both organically and by acquisition.  With our global corporate headquarters located in Southbank Melbourne and mining projects and operations in Australia, Africa, Americas and South East Asia, we offer a rare and unique opportunity to work locally with a global perspective.

MMG has important growth aspirations in the Africa Region which will be achieved through securing projects and acquisitions identified by the company. Our Exploration team located in Johannesburg is seeking a strongly experienced and professional Senior Safety Health & Environment Advisor to provide leadership in developing, implementation and monitoring Safety & Health throughout our projects within the Africa Region, with a particular focus on Zambia and the DRC. You will support all project managers in coaching and delivering improvement to safety and health programs. As the SHE advisor you will lead site compliance with MMG Safety, Health, and Environmental policies and procedures, and drive SHE initiatives and projects.

As a sucessful incumbent, you  will be required to work both independently and within a team having the ability to work with various stakeholders in a challenging environment. Significant travel required throughout Africa  and to projects outside of Africa may also be required.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and attributes:

• Strong Safety leadership and risk management experience in exploration
• High level of problem solving and decision making skills
• Good command of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Web-Based regulatory reporting systems
• Exposure in coordinating/understanding environmental/community management requirements associated with exploration activities
• A desire to coach and develop others to deliver key safety messages at all levels

To further your success within this role you will have a strong demonstrated background in a similar role with a Post-Secondary education in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent industry experience. An advanced First Aid Certification or Industrial First Aid Certificate is required with a WSCC Supervisor Level 2 Certificate (or the ability to obtain). You will be an active member of Safety Association in South Africa.

All applicants must apply directly to MMG to be considered - in this instance, we will not be accepting any submissions from recruitment agencies.

To join the next generations' global mining company, please submit your application online in either Word (.doc) or Adobe (.pdf) format by clicking on the 'Apply' button or visiting the job search page of our website -http://careers.mmg.com/jobSearch.asp?stp=AW&sLanguage=en. All Applications close by COB 11 October, 2013.

MMG is now on Twitter! Follow us for the latest news and career opportunities at www.twitter.com/mmgcareers.

Advertised: 20 Sep 2013 South Africa Standard Time
Application close: 11 Oct 2013 South Africa Standard Time