Lead Specialist Safety Programmes at Gold Fields Limited

• Gold Fields is seeking a Lead Specialist Safety Programmes to join our Sustainable Development team in a dynamic, international setting. This newly created role is part of our enhanced operating model, designed to strengthen our global impact and drive meaningful change.
• At Gold Fields, we know that diversity and inclusion fuel innovation and excellence. We’re committed to creating opportunities that work for you.

Why Join Gold Fields?

We value our people and understand that life doesn’t stop when work starts. That’s why we offer:

• Generous health insurance allowances
• Annual bonus & long-term incentives to recognise your contributions
• Educational assistance to support your professional growth
• Global exposure—travel across our sites to drive real change

This permanent position offers the opportunity to work across local and international projects, helping shape the future of safety leadership at Gold Fields.

Your Role:

As the Lead Specialist Safety Programmes, you will:

• Support the delivery and implementation of safety programmes to drive safety improvement and embed a safety culture
• Implement a standard Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) process across the company, embedding it into leadership routines with integrated quality assurance,
• Continuously monitor VFL implementation and outcomes, providing coaching and mentoring as needed,
• Collaborate with the Lead Specialist Safety Insight to integrate VFL data into safety dashboards, enhancing decision-making for leaders,
• Refine and develop leading safety indicators to proactively identify risks and drive cultural change,
• Maintain and enhance the Courageous Safety Leadership program to ensure alignment with our safety improvement plans,
• Develop safety materials for supervisory development programs, strengthening frontline leadership in safety,
• Implement talent management strategies to build the capability of safety professionals across the business,
• Foster collaboration across safety functions, driving knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement, and,
• Support sites in implementing targeted safety interventions as needed.

What You Bring:

• Relevant qualifications in safety management,
• Extensive industry experience (international exposure highly regarded),
• Recent safety management experience in the resources sector,
• Strong track record of working with multifunctional teams, and,
• Ability to develop and execute short-term plans that support strategy.