Health, Safety & Risk Manager Not defined Safety United Kingdom, Whitby Mid-Senior Level / Perm[...]

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast-growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies.

We are constructing a state-of-the-art underground mine to enable the extraction of Polyhalite – a unique multi-nutrient fertiliser – along with the necessary infrastructure both above and below ground that will be required for transport, processing, and distribution.

POLY4 is our flagship multi-nutrient fertiliser product. Made from Polyhalite, it contains four of the six macro-nutrients and many micronutrients that are essential to plant growth. It allows farmers to maximise their crop yield, increase quality and improve soil structure with one simple product.

Join us as a Health, Safety & Risk Manager to support both project and business performance by developing the organisation’s capability to effectively manage operational risks.

Duties will include:

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• Design and implement a Safety Strategy to deliver a best in group safety performance
  
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in safety performance.
  
• Ensure consistent application of safety & health principles in all interactions, empower teams to challenge and act on unsafe behaviors and conditions without repercussions.
  
• Oversee design of safety/risk control systems for the project and assure their effective implementation by the owners team and delivery partners.
  
• Create/Develop a culture of psychological safety across the project so that feedback is embraced, and managers/employees and contractors are open to challenges re: unsafe behaviours.
  
• Identify & evaluate best practices inside/outside the industry & share the most impactful with project delivery staff/contractors.
  
• Advise on the implementation of safety operating procedures.
  
• Take active leadership of development of risk competence on site.
  
• Improve sustainability performance of the AA safety organisation over time.
  
• Establish processes to build relationships with key stakeholders.
  
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  • Create a purpose-led, high-performing culture within the site safety function that is aligned with the company values, inclusive and promotes diversity.
    
  
  
  
• Ensure effective employee and delivery partner management processes are in place.
  

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• Develop and lead an integrated Occupational Health, Hygiene, Wellbeing and Emergency Medical Response Strategy and associated policies and procedures.
  
• Define critical minimum mandatory health standards and programs and direct the implementation of Group Standards and Specifications relating to Health, Hygiene and Medical provision and provide assurance and governance of BU Compliance
  
• Oversee a fit for purpose and high performing Occupational Health function
  

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• Ensure Group Technical Risk Management principals are translated into workable standards for the project and assure their effective implementation.
  
• Lead H&S assurance processes for the Woodsmith Project
  
• Oversee the enterprise risk management process, to support Crop Nutrients leadership to ensure that all business risks are identified, evaluated and mitigated
  

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• Develop a high-performance team, to support safe and successful delivery of the Project.
  
• Foster talent across the function to support the establishment of the Project and future operations organisations.
  
• Create a purpose-led, high-performing culture within the team that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity.
  
• Consistently and visibly demonstrate leadership, engagement and active participation in relevant forums and meetings.
  
• Drive people development of across the project H&S teams through targeted development interventions.
  

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• Ensure site compliance with external and local requirements (legislative, regulatory, permitting), group policies and standards, and the Group’s Code of Conduct.
  
• Implement and manage required compliance governance and systems.
  

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• Honours degree (or equivalent) ideally in a technical subject (preferable, but not essential) plus a formal qualification in Safety combined with practical safety experience of at least 5 to 10 years at a managerial level; local requirements might deviate according to laws and regulations.
  

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• 15+ years’ experience gained on an operating asset (execution or delivery) in the Mining, O&G or Chemical industries.
  
• Demonstrable capability as a thought leader and considered an accomplished practitioner.
  
• Proven track record and extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity in a relevant discipline
  
• Track record of generating safety (and business/process) improvement ideas and translating these into practical initiatives that have been successfully implemented.
  
• Demonstrable success in project-managing change and stakeholder engagement in multi-national and multi-functional teams
  
• Proven track-record of consistently acting as an outstanding role model in relation to safety practices with a deep understanding of the importance of safety.
  

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• Advanced English language skills – ability to write & speak persuasively
  
• Ability to listen ‘deeply’.
  
• Ability to balance strategic thought with delivery of tangible business outcomes.
  
• Must be able to understand complex systems and the interdependencies between them.
  
• Timely, pragmatic, and effective decision making, drawing on limited inputs and sometimes incomplete information.
  
• Domestic and regional travel may be required.
  

Work on site at operations will be required. This may involve activities of a physical nature in a typical construction/mine environment (for example noise, vibration, heat, small spaces, reduced visibility).