Job Type: Permanent

About us

K92 Mining Limited operates the Kainantu Gold Mine in the Eastern Highlands Province. Since we launched in 2016, we've grown gold production every year, boosting Papua New Guinea's economy. We take pride in supporting your communities, with nearly 94% of our team members being fellow PNG locals.

Looking ahead, we will significantly increase our gold production in the next three years. This expansion means that K92 is a place for building a stable career, contributing to the community, and being a key part of our success.

About the role

Work with the management team to ensure suitable Health & Safety support is available to the site. And oversee daily operations of the HS team, including development plans for everyone.

Key / Major Accountabilities

Key accountabilities of this position include.

• This role will require:

  • • Focus on Safety culture and behavioral programs with the aim of continuous improvement.
    • Roll out of Safety culture and behavioral programs site wide.
    • Reviewing current day to day processes and suggesting improvement.
    • Produce report on progress on behavioral improvement programs.
    • Integrate VFLS/VLS into current SMS programs.
    • Part takes in meetings.
    • Understudy HSS Manager.
  • Assist with the longer-term development of the site including but not limited to planning, budgeting, development of training material, Procedures, continuous improvement of our current practices.
  • Providing effective and timely support and advice to the HSS team, and the wider workforce including Managers.
  • Act as the lead point-of-contact for HSS matters when the HSS Manager is offsite including all reporting requirements. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements including conducting safety meetings, contractor safety meetings, safety Representative meetings and inspections leading up to MRA quarterly visits.

About You

To be considered for this role, you must have a tertiary qualification in relevant field with a minimum of 4 years’ experience as Safety Superintendent in Mining, Oil or Gas Industry. In addition to this, you will have most or all of the following.

• Ability to work within a framework of Plans, Standards and Procedures and implement these.
• Experience with auditing safety reports.
• Trained in incident investigation, preferably ICAM.
• Exposure and experience with Emergency Response teams processes.
• Current First Aid qualification.
• Ability to develop and deliver training material if and when required.
• High level of computer literacy.

Life at K92

Our core values — Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety — are central to our operations and fundamental to our success. K92 upholds a commitment to equal opportunity, striving to ensure that every individual can reach their highest potential without experiencing discrimination.

Our camp is well managed and provides residents with good, healthy meals made from locally sourced fresh produce as well as internet, cable tv and a gymnasium.

We believe in sharing our success with our employees. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer participation in long- and short-term incentive plans. We also offer savings programs, medical assistance, as well as access to our Wellbeing and employee assistance programs whilst working a friendly roster.

If you share our values and are looking for your next career step, come join us on this exciting journey. Submit your application through our website today.

THIS POSITION IS OPEN ONLY TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE & WORK IN PNG WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP

To Apply

To apply, email your CV and other relevant documentation to apply@pngworkforce.com. Please include the Job ID "#21420" in the email's subject to ensure your application is processed.