This is an exciting role based in the picturesque central west town of Orange. We’re looking for a Senior Mine Safety Officer with extensive electrical experience to join the Metals and Petroleum team. It is a core part of our business to have Inspectors in the field to assist the industry, and this role is critical to the Mine Safety Inspectorate in supporting the ongoing effective delivery of the regulatory function in the extractives and metalliferous sectors. The Senior Mine Safety Officer exercises statutory and administrative responsibilities as an appointed government official to improve the health and safety performance at mines. The focus of the role is to ensure effective risk management and incident prevention strategies are implemented in the NSW mining industry through site inspections, assessments, investigation of incidents and complaints, application of compliance powers, consultation, and education.

The role will draw upon your exceptional negotiating and influencing skills as well as your demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships of confidence with operators and workers. You have a firm understanding of best practice approaches and solutions given the variety of legislative requirements and rapid changes in technology. In addition to the above, you will have proven experience at an electrical engineering, project management, or supervisory level in mining plus a sound knowledge of and experience in:

• Mining and/or work health and safety related legislation
• Technology, systems, and practices applied in mining
• Auditing methodologies

Essential requirements: Must be able to work on weekends and backshifts and respond to incidents out of normal business hours on a rostered basis. Hold and maintain a current Class C driver licence.

Things to know about the role: To be appointed ideally you should possess and maintain the necessary qualifications required to be nominated to exercise the statutory function of electrical engineering manager at the type of mine to which your inspections will relate, or qualifications (being knowledge, skills, and adequate experience in mining operations) that the Chief Inspector determines to be equivalent to those qualifications. Compliance with pre-employment probity screening is mandatory and a condition of engagement. Appointment will be subject to the satisfactory participation in a pre-employment health assessment.

Sounds interesting? Please note: A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary roles of the same role or role type that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months.

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