Manager Health, Risk & Safety

Company

Description:

Midana Exploration Company (MEC) is a resource exploration and development company and a subsidiary of Australia’s leading private mining enterprise, Hancock Prospecting. Operating at the forefront of the Middle East’s rapidly expanding mining sector, MEC is dedicated to unlocking the vast mineral potential of the highly prospective Arabian-Nubian Shield.

Our core focus is to rapidly and safely transition high-potential exploration targets into world-class operational mining assets. We achieve this by combining Hancock Prospecting’s demonstrated track record in exploration,mega-project delivery, technology, and operational excellence with deep local partnerships. Through our landmark joint ventures with highly regarded Saudi resource companies, and our own targeted exploration prospects, we are developing a new benchmark for resource development while also actively contributing to the development of the resource sector in Saudi.

The Manager Health, Safety & Risk is responsible for establishing, implementing and maintaining Midana Exploration Company’s (MEC) enterprise risk management, health and safety, operational risk, major hazard, crisis and emergency management frameworks as the Company develops its exploration, project and future operating activities in KSA.

• Develop, implement and maintain MEC’s enterprise risk management (ERM) framework, policy, standards, risk appetite/tolerance approach, governance processes and enterprise risk register, appropriate to a growing mining company.
• Establish consistent risk identification, assessment, treatment, escalation, monitoring and reporting processes across strategic, financial, operational, project, regulatory, HSE and other material business risks, including processes for identifying and escalating emerging risks and changes in the Company’s risk profile.
• Facilitate executive and functional risk reviews; provide clear risk reporting, trend analysis and material risk advice to the CEO, leadership team and relevant governance forums.
• Establish assurance, action tracking and records processes that demonstrate effective implementation and continuous improvement of risk controls.

• Develop, implement and maintain MEC’s health and safety management system, policies, standards, procedures and assurance processes for corporate, exploration, project, field and future operating activities.
• Provide leadership and technical advice on legal & other H&S obligations, contractor management, occ. health, field safety, training, competency & safety performance
• Develop, implement and maintain MEC’s incident management framework and processes, including notification, classification, escalation, investigation, regulatory reporting, corrective actions, lessons learned and verification of action effectiveness. Lead or provide oversight of investigations into significant and high-potential incidents and ensure material events are appropriately communicated and escalated to MEC leadership, JV partners and HPPL, as applicable.
• Establish practical leading and lagging performance measures, inspection and audit programs, corrective action processes and management reporting.
• Promote visible leadership, workforce engagement, learning and a culture in which hazards are identified, concerns raised, & work stopped when controls are not effective.

• Establish and maintain an operational risk management process focused on credible major hazard and material unwanted event scenarios across exploration, studies, projects and future mining operations.
• Lead or coordinate structured hazard and risk assessments, including bowtie or equivalent…