Head, Health, Safety, And Environment, Africa

At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.

About This Role

This position leads the Health, Safety and Environment disciplines at a BU and site level implementing Enterprise strategies, programs and methodologies and advising BU leadership on performance, risk, and actions to address gaps. The role develops Regional/Country strategies responding to specific regulatory requirements and risks that impact the social license to operate.
The role is a member of the Business Unit Leadership Team; to embed health, safety and environment strategic objectives, standards and systems into the operations.

Your role will consist of Growth Strategy/Governance

• Implement the Enterprise strategies and programs that address risk, compliance and performance improvement in Health, Safety and Environment in the operations.
• Input into enterprise standards, systems, processes/tools, strategy, objectives and supporting performance requirements for Health Safety and Environment.
• Develop strategies, programs and improvement plans for exposures unique to the asset to improve health, safety, and environmental performance.
• Support operational leadership in providing subject matter expertise to provide solutions as appropriate.
• Participate in compliance, assurance and governance activities and address risks arising from the reviews and reports.
  
  

Operations Excellence

• Monitor Health, & Safety site risks, and performance to identify gaps and action plans, that address performance improvements.
• Facilitate assurance at a BU level and participate in Enterprise-wide safety culture and FRM reviews.
• Support monitoring of BU Health, Safety and Environmental risks, including site level implementation of critical controls and verifications.
• Monitor data generated by FRM and provide insights and key trends.
• Lead approach to zero hazard material spills, improved water management, monitoring and rehabilitation.
• Drive improved transparency of environmental issues.
• Ensure all site and BU team members understand their role in performance improvement across the Health, Safety, and Environment disciplines.
• Benchmark against local industry peers and address performance gaps.
• Support Technical teams in partnering with external bodies to support technology innovation.
  
  

People

• Support and coach operational leaders to increase Health, Safety and Environmental knowledge and skills required in their roles.
• Lead the site H&S and Environment teams, aligning effective team leader and team member processes and accountabilities.
• Support BU and site leadership embed safety within the culture using systems, symbols, and behavioral framework to address gaps and improve.
• Build capability knowledge and technical skills for the team and operational leadership.
• Set performance expectations for direct team and provide feedback and coaching.
  
  

Commercial

• Support development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts: Develop, actively manage, and report against plans for costs, headcount and capital spend.
• Manage resources (budget and personnel) to support safety and sustainability targets, KPIs and metrics.
  
  

Your knowledge, training and skills checklist
 Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in designing and implementing safety and sustainability, systems and tools across geographical locations and cultures.
• Competent level of proficiency in project management.
• Competent level of proficiency in analysis of data to monitor performance.
• Advanced level of proficiency in applying safety and sustainability standards and improvement activities in a mining operations environment.
  
  

Knowledge

• Bachelor qualifications Safety, Health and Environment, or other relevant degree.
• Legislation and standards in different regulatory settings, permitting, monitoring and management of performance for safety, health, and environment.
• Mining industry and operations.
• Project management fundamentals.
  
  

Other Requirements

• The preferred location is Miam, FL or Denver Corporate office, however qualified candidates interested in relocation to either Miami, FL or Denver, CO are also encouraged to apply.
• Significant travel required, domestic and international.
• Ability to manage across time zones and cultures.
• Proficiency in English a must: Spanish, French, Dutch a plus.
  
  

We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!





Job Location: Accra
Workplace Type: Hybrid - Remote/Onsite