Manager Health and Safety

Westgold Resources is shaping the future of gold mining in Western Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team who shares our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.

Westgold is seeking an experienced Manager Health and Safety to champion safety excellence across our MGO – Bluebird operations on a permanent 4:3 roster. This is a pivotal leadership role supporting the General Manager – Operations, ensuring the effective implementation of Westgold’s Mine Safety Management System and providing expert guidance to operational teams.

If you are passionate about safety, collaboration, and building a strong site‑wide safety culture, this role offers the opportunity to lead and influence WHS outcomes at a critical operational hub.

About the Role

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach and mentor WHS personnel across the operation.
• Manage the site’s medical and emergency response capability.
• Ensure operational leaders understand and meet WHS statutory requirements.
• Support the site team in applying effective risk management processes.

Planning & Strategy

• Implement Westgold’s Annual WHS Strategic Plan.
• Develop internal audit and inspection schedules.
• Maintain the site Risk Register and training processes.
• Prepare the annual WHS operational budget.
• Develop and implement site‑specific WHS procedures as required.

Performance, Reporting & Compliance

• Oversee WHS statutory reporting and compliance requirements.
• Identify trends and implement programs to address incident patterns.
• Conduct and review incident investigations and ensure timely close‑out.
• Manage ChemAlert, INX systems, workers compensation processes, and LMS training data.
• Attend and contribute to safety meetings and daily pre‑starts.

About You

Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of WHS legislation, regulations, and mining industry standards.
• Experienced in developing WHS policies, procedures, and improvement programs.
• Skilled in risk assessment and implementation of risk management strategies.
• Strong operational understanding of mining environments and critical controls.
• Incident investigation experience (ICAM highly regarded).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong leadership and coaching capability.
• Ability to analyse WHS data and drive meaningful improvement.

Qualifications – Essential

• Tertiary or Diploma qualification in Work Health and Safety.
• Certificate III in Emergency Response and Rescue (including BG4).
• Certificate IV in Health Care or equivalent.
• HLTPAT005 – Collect specimens for drugs of abuse testing.
• Current C‑Class driver’s licence.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar WHS role within mining.

Desirable

• Statutory Supervisor qualification.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• ICAM investigation certification.

The Westgold Offer:

A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer

A range of benefits including:

• Performance based bonus
• Group salary continuous insurance
• A health and wellness allowance Health insurance discount
• A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
• Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!
• 5 years' pro rata long service leave
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria’s which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver’s licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Westgold appreciates that standard recruitment processes are not accessible for everyone. If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email inclusion@westgold.com.au

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.