About this role
Workplace Type: Onsite Newmont produces metals the world needs - safely, responsibly and with care for people, communities and the environment. With a 100+ year history, we continue to shape the future of mining through innovation and strong operational performance. By joining our inclusive, world-class team, you can help shape the future of mining and make a meaningful difference. The Accra Hub is Newmont’s corporate office in Ghana, serving as the strategic centre for our operations in West Africa. Located in Ghana’s vibrant capital city, the Accra Hub brings together a diverse range of professionals, including project managers, engineers, finance experts, human resources practitioners, communications experts, and external relations professionals, who support the Ahafo South and Ahafo North mines while collaborating across Newmont’s global network. The office fosters a dynamic and collaborative environment, integrating local expertise with Newmont’s world-class standards. The office fosters a dynamic and collaborative environment, integrating local expertise with Newmont’s world-class standards. Working with our Accra team means being part of a mission to responsibly unlock Ghana’s mineral wealth and uplift communities. Joining the Accra Hub offers the opportunity to grow your career, collaborate with talented professionals across Newmont’s global network and help shape the future of mining in Ghana.
Your Impact:
• Undertake field inspections, safety audits, incident investigations, and hazard identification to inform operational leadership decision making. • Support operational and functional leaders to effectively identify and manage safety risks to eliminate fatalities, injuries, and illnesses.
As Part Of Our Team You Will:
• Drive health safety and wellbeing programs at the department level to achieve our Always Safe strategy. • Monitor field inspections and safety audits at mine facilities (including crushing unit, milling, tailings storage facility, workshops etc.) to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards. • Deliver hands-on safety coaching and training to site personnel, demonstrating standard methodology and proper use of safety equipment, including Pre-task hazard assessment, general risk assessments, Event Reporting and 5 Why investigations. • Execute safety protocols and procedures tailored to on-site conditions, ensuring all staff are trained and compliant with these guidelines. • Collaborate and deliver safety programs such as fatality management and incident management, applying field observations and feedback into program development – Fatality Risk Management (FRM), injury reduction, and health & wellbeing programs. • Support execution of site-based Health and Safety (H&S) plan. • Support and influence site/project frontline Leaders in safe execution of work and engaging workforce to improve H&S. • Coordinate OHS Representative or equivalent programs. • Operationalize Safety management systems e.g., change management. • Support Level of Defense (LoD) 1 assurance programs for H&S standards and processes.
Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist: Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
• Bachelors’ Degree in Health and Safety or Engineering. • National Examination Board of Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) General Certification in Occupational Health and Safety. • Minimum of Health Safety and Environmental Officer’s Certificate of Competency from the Minerals Commission of Ghana. • Class B Ghanaian Driver’s License. Experience:
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ working experience as a Health and Safety Professional. Additional Knowledge:
• Thorough knowledge of relevant local Health and Safety legislative requirements. • Sound understanding of Safety Management systems. • Sound knowledge and experience of risk management and loss prevention processes. • Relevant regulations and compliance requirements. • Communication and Influencing skills. • Health & Safety Investigation processes. • Risk assessment processes. • Change Management fundamentals. Technical Skills:
• Competent proficiency in implementing health & safety systems. • Foundational proficiency in managing and applying operational risk management processes. • Competent proficiency in implementing health & safety standards, best-fit practices, monitoring processes, regulatory compliance. • Foundational level of proficiency in project management. • Foundational proficiency in analysis of data to monitor and predict performance. • Foundational commercial skills: forecasting, planning, analysis, reporting and communicating results. Social Process Skills: Self-awareness:
• Understand own behaviour and is aware of the impact on others. • Adapt their own behaviour where necessary in order to get a productive outcome for the wider team. Team process:
• Able to be an effective team member by listening, clarifying tasks, receiving, and providing feedback. • Able to be an effective team leader (where applicable) by establishing and maintaining a positive and productive work environment through listening, dealing with different points of view, giving, and receiving feedback. Collaboration:
• Build positive working relationships with a diverse range of people across disciplines.
Your Work Environment:
• The location for this position is at our Ahafo South mine site – Apensu Underground.
At Newmont, our people are our strength and we’re committed to a safe, inclusive and supportive workplace. If you’re passionate about doing work that matters, join Newmont and help shape the future of mining.
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