If you're a Health & Safety Advisor, keen to extend your experience across the mining sector, this could be your ideal next role!
The position works to provide Health and Safety (H&S) services and support to the Macraes mine site, ensures site compliance with relevant H&S legislation and regulatory authority requirements and works with H&S management, to achieve consistent and effective implementation of the H&S Management Systems and initiatives.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Management of safety in accordance with the H&S Management System.
- Assist in coordination of Macraes Mine emergency preparedness e.g. evacuation drills, fire equipment and fire drills in conjunction with site emergency response coordinator.
- Assist and facilitate accident, incident and hygiene investigations and coordinate incident report records management.
- Carry out risk assessments as required and implement systems to manage identified risks.
- Assist and carry out on site Occupational Hygiene monitoring as required.
- Ensuring the facilitation of drug and alcohol testing as schedules dictate.
- Produce weekly and monthly safety reports for the mine and maintain safety statistics.
- Provide weekly staff updates on current health and safety issues with an educational focus on health and wellbeing and fitness for work.
- Monitor, record, and audit safety equipment such as eye wash stations, harnesses, fire extinguishers and self-rescuers and gas monitors.
- Conduct internal audits as per the site auditing schedule.
- Develop and implement proactive safety inspections, housekeeping projects, and other safety initiatives
- Maintain the health and safety database INX to track incidents, hazards, task observation etc.
- Support the delivery of training programs, coordinating education of site procedures.
- First Aid Certificate
- Full Manual Drivers Licence
- Relevant qualification is Occupation Health & safety or related discipline
Experience:
- 2-3 years experience in a Health and Safety role, preferably in heavy industry
- The ability to interpret and apply the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 & Health and Safety at Work (In Mining and In Quarrying) Regulations 2016 and the relevant Codes of Practice
- Knowledge of hazardous substance management, preferably within the NZ HSNO legislative environment
- Residential role, live and work in the stunning region of Otago, NZ.
- Monday – Friday roster, with every 2nd Friday off!
- Competitive salary
- Discounts on retail and services
- Free Southern Cross Healthcare Insurance
- Living Our Values recognition program
- Onsite Physiotherapist and nurses suite
- Free transport to work
- Study assistance
- Access to OceanaGold Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Exceptional working environment where people are valued and respected
**Applications close 13 December 2025. Shortlisting will commence immediately.
YOU MATTER: OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We believe a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. Should you require any assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at [email protected]
