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Job Advertisement: Advisor – Occupational Hygiene 

• Do you have a passion for reducing health risk at work?
• Full-time Permanent role; family-friendly 8/6 roster, FIFO from Perth
• Leverage your wealth of experience, working for a global leader in gold mining

SEEK: Rewarding opportunity for an accomplished and resilient Occupational Hygienist Advisor to make an impact through contribution to a healthy, safe and sustainable workforce at Telfer.

Challenge yourself with us
Our technical expertise is something we are quietly proud of. Through our investment in research and development, we have advanced the technical development of our mining methods, achieving operational efficiencies. Whether you are part of our offices, or at one of our sites near or far, you will find so much more than you expect.
We recognise that our different backgrounds and perspectives help us find better ways to: solve problems; attract and retain the best people; explore, develop and produce more gold safely and profitably; and help make Newcrest a better place to work.
At Newcrest, we hold core values that focus on caring about people, working together and achieving a high-performance culture through innovation and problem solving.

Operations near and far
In the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia, our Telfer gold-copper mine is our fly-in-fly-out operation, comprising open pits, processing plant and an underground mine. While at site Telfer offers a diverse range of recreational activities including a gym, swimming pool, driving range, movie room and refurbished communal eatery.

Who we are looking for
We are seeking an accomplished and resilient Occupational Hygienist to join our People, Safety & Risk team at our Telfer Operations in Western Australia.

The role involves working with the Senior Advisor – Occupational Hygiene in a supportive environment with great opportunities to build your skills through a truly diverse range of work and associated risks to health. This is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity will see you provide occupational hygiene advice to support and ensure the provision of a safe and healthy working environment, minimising of risk and injury to employees and equipment.

You will utilise your expertise towards the protection and promotion of workers’ health, protection of the environment and contribution to a safe and sustainable workforce. The diverse operations across site and tasks of varying complexity will offer a multitude of challenges where no two days will be the same.

Other key deliverables of the role include:

• Assessment (including monitoring) and management of health risks on site in accordance with the Health and Hygiene Management plan.
• Working with COH led programme, part of global OH community of practice, and teams within the site – Environmental Scientists, Ventilation Engineers, Safety Professionals, Medical
• Assistance in the review, update and practical implementation of Management Plans – including Hearing Conservation; Respiratory Protection; Potable Water.
• Verification of Critical Controls for site Major Hazards – Silica, DPM, Noise, Exposure to Hazardous Substances, Potable water and Thermal Extremes. Underground, Surface, Production risks.
• Assist with the management of potable water, including follow up of incident reporting.
• Monitoring of effectiveness of controls

To succeed in this role, you will have demonstrated experience in occupational hygiene principles, practice, and application. As a motivated self-starter, you will enjoy the autonomous nature of this role and will be encouraged to always learn and broaden your skillset.

In addition, you will also ideally have:

• Tertiary qualification in the discipline of Occupational Hygiene
• Demonstrated experience in a similar role with specific knowledge of Occupational Hygiene management, preferably within mining environment
• Knowledge and understanding of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022
• Eligible for Mine Air Quality Officer appointment
• DMIRS-approved Noise Officer Course
• Proven experience implementing, executing, and supporting site hygiene programs
• Understanding/exposure to Occupational Hygiene practices, processes, and disciplines over a range of health risks.
• Competencies and experience in incident investigations would be highly regarded
• Provisional membership of AIOH desirable. Full membership will be highly regarded.

Please note: This is a permanent role that will work on a FIFO (8/6), flying out of Perth.
To succeed in this role, you will be a forward-looking team player with excellent work-ethics and a passion for continuous improvement. Your will have the ability to communicate with range of site and group team personnel at various levels within the organisation, whilst building and maintaining external networks – clients, regulatory bodies, technical experts and equipment providers.

 In addition to your finely tuned problem-solving and decision-making abilities, you will also have:

• High commitment to safety along with excellent decision making and delegation skills
• Computer literacy and experience with DMIRS SRS
• Current C Class drivers’ licence

Our commitment to you
Ownership is part of how we work. You will be part of a high-performance culture that is building our future. While structure and processes guide how we work, we continue to find opportunities to be nimble and collaborative.
Newcrest is also committed to building a diverse workforce. Our strategic focus is on diversity to reflect the communities in which we operate. Creating an inclusive culture will enable us to leverage the richness of cultures across our workforce and the capability of our diverse employees to get better business outcomes.

If you are seeking a new career challenge, where you can transfer your existing skills, into a positive and empowering team environment, we’d love to hear from you!

At this stage, we are not accepting any external agency CVs for the opportunity.

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