Senior Safety Specialist at AngloGold Ashanti

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

As the Specialist of the Group Safety function, the role design, optimize, integrate, improve and maintain global safety frameworks, standards; guidelines, procedures; processes, and systems. Other key aspects include to ensure that processes exist that ensures that key safety risks are identified, assessed, prioritized and managed in a safe and responsible manner, providing assurance on the effectiveness of implementation of the AGA group safety Integrated Management System and providing direction and technical guidance with respect to safety management to business units and operating entities. This work is done in support of the Head of Safety and Health, while also satisfying the Board’s governance and assurance requirements in respect of company-wide health and safety management, reporting and mitigation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Diploma in Occupational Safety or in a relevant technical discipline (mining, metallurgical, engineering) discipline. Competent in an advanced incident investigation technique
• Minimum eight (8) years progressive Safety Management experience in mining or other heavily engineered infrastructure industry
• Minimum three (5) years managing safety affairs in an Operational or Regional context
• Minimum two (5) years applied experience in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methodologies and tools
• Demonstrated success in establishing and maintaining ISO45001 compliant safety management systems in a multi-site operating context, including development of Region wide safety procedures, practices, and process
• Applied work experience in leading and facilitating baseline, issue-based, job-task, pre-job, and personal risk assessments
• Demonstrated success in formulating behavior and process-based safety programs across multiple, global &/or multi-site operating entities
• Experience working independently, in teams as a team member and team leader, and in a virtual setting

COMPETENCIES:

• Computer Literate (MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Effective communicator, influencer, collaborator, and team player
• Ability to establish networks and build effective working relationships at all organizational levels
• Availability and willingness to travel internationally if required

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

General Health and Safety Accountabilities:

• Identifying, understanding, and addressing safety hazards, risks, and consequences
• Demonstrating behavior that is consistent with the AngloGold Ashanti safety Vision and Values
• Collaborating with others in pursuing safety;
• Seeking opportunities for learning to improve safety performance.

Work Accountabilities

• Define and develop (in consultation with Business Units and Operations) safety standards, frameworks, programs and initiatives for companywide adoption.
• Identify and develop (in consultation with Business Units) safety initiatives to support the safety & health strategy;
• Further develop the integrated safety & health management system and measure the effectiveness, level of implementation, and conformity to corporate safety standards and ISO45001 criteria at operations.
• Govern and develop Group-wide safety risk and critical control management processes
• Provide advice to the business on safety matters, global practices, emerging trends and safety technology interventions.
• Conduct / participate in internal audit program against management system standards and local plans based upon annual plan, emerging trends, or change in risk profile e.g. Internal Audit, Combined Assurance and Project Scoping Reviews.
• Maintain systems ensuring that safety hazards, risks, and controls are consistently identified, assessed, prioritised, and managed
• Define and continually improve key internal audit protocols to ensure relevance
• Define safety education and training content requirements (including mandatory training). Deliver training on key safety programs where the need arises. Endorse third party vendors that can train key safety training programs. Oversee development of group wide safety training programs as required and provide guidance on integration into existing programs
• Develop safety incident response and investigation standards and procedures. Assist, lead, &/or facilitate major & extreme related incident investigations in accordance with AGA methodology.
• Integrate safety in organisational culture initiatives for the group.
• Execute the design for safety technology (for build by IT) sharing across the company
• Provide technical support to external industry bodies, such as ICMM Working Group, Minerals Council, etc.
• Implement a system for the effective sharing of safety technology and innovation for potential adoption at operations
• Provide technical support and advice to Operational Health & Safety personnel in the execution of safety activities and obligations
• Assist, lead, and/or facilitate incident investigations in accordance with AGA methodology
• Champion Safety Hazard and Risk Management (HARM) initiatives, including enterprise, baseline, issue-based, job task, pre-job, and personal risk assessment programs

People Accountabilities:

• Committing your best endeavours and full capability to the work assigned to you by your manager;
• Advising your manager if you do not understand the work that he/she has assigned to you, or if the assignment does not fit with your knowledge of the circumstances, current skills or available time and resources;
• Advising your manager of any situations or conditions that could create obstacles to, or opportunities for, the work of the managerial team or company;
• Demonstrating work behaviours consistent with the company Values and work within prescribed boundaries, including required behaviours, company policies, standards, procedures and legislation requirements;
• Disclosing timely information to manager when accountability cannot be met within limits or can be met with less time or resources than planned.

Financial Accountabilities:

• Relevant budget development
• Managing critical tasks within budget
• Identifying cost saving opportunities without compromising delivery
• Meet profitability and business objectives

Stakeholder Accountabilities:

• Internal stakeholder engagement to support maturation of the business sustainability culture toward resilience.
• External stakeholder engagement to further effective positioning of the company, particularly with regard to sustainability performance.