Site: Liberia
Business / Project: West Africa Iron Ore
Salary: ZAR –
Job type: Full Time – Permanent
Location: West Africa – Liberia
West Africa is the new Iron Ore frontier with some of the largest undeveloped Iron Ore deposits in the world. We have been working in Liberia and Guinea since 2005 and recently signed a Mineral Development Agreement in respect of four exploration lease areas in Liberia. Our Liberian deposits are an attractive suite of investments which, when combined with our interests in Guinea, have the potential to form the backbone of a world class cluster of mines around an integrated rail and port infrastructure, much in the way our Western Australia Iron Ore operations started in the 1960s.
The continuing growth of our West Africa business has resulted in a number of exciting and challenging employment opportunities. We currently employ more than 300 people in Liberia and equal numbers across the SMFG Joint Venture in Guinea.
Position Details
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Principal Health, Safety and Environment Advisor to be accountable for Health, Safety and Environment activities for our West African projects. This is a key leadership role that will report directly to the Head of HSEC West Africa. Your expertise will see you provide key advice to the Leadership team on all aspects of HSE whilst being accountable for leading and developing an appropriate culture promoting best practise behaviours.
As a key member of the team, you will work pro actively to ensure all operational and associated activities meets or exceeds organisational standards and regulatory requirements.
Other key accountabilities include:
• Development of Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures for the West African projects
• Ensure the HSE performance data is effectively collected, stored, analysed, tracked and reported according to internal procedure and regulatory requirements;
• Provide clear advice to line supervision and the wider Technical Services HSE team on all health and safety matters
• Conducting routine audits of site operations to ensure compliance and promote compliance to the BHP Billiton Group Level Documents and FRCP’s
• Liaise with the HSE team to ensure effective use of industry best practices and consistency in approach to HSE activities;
• Lead initiatives to promote visible and pro-active management commitment and employee involvement in HSE activities, including ongoing development of behavioural-based safety programs;
• Conduct or participate in periodic HSE audits and inspections, formal incident reviews and support the preparation of supporting documentation.
Skills and Experience:
Your demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills will be imperative to success. Ideally, you hold a tertiary qualification in Health, safety and environment. You will bring extensive experience from a similar Health, safety and environment leadership role and ideally experience in working in remote environments in a developing country. The ability to lead and manage change is essential. Credible and committed, you display effective communications skills, crucial to motivating stakeholders and presenting plans and ideas in a clear and concise manner.
Location
This position is London, UK based and will require frequent travel to the West African Projects. A competitive remuneration package is offered commensurate with experience, and includes performance incentive as well as other benefits.
How to Apply
To submit your application click HERE before 8 April 2011
We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings prior to the stated closing date.
Closing date:
8 Apr 2011 5:00pm Greenwich Standard Time
