Lead Specialist Occupational Health

Gold Fields is seeking a Lead Specialist Occupational Health to join the Sustainable Development team, supporting the Australian business while contributing to broader global health initiatives across a leading international mining organisation.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Occupational Health based in South Africa, this role offers the opportunity to influence and strengthen occupational health outcomes across a complex operational environment, while working within a collaborative and globally connected functional operating model.

At Gold Fields, safety, wellbeing, and care for our people are central to how we operate. This role will play an important part in supporting a culture grounded in care, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring occupational health risks are effectively managed while helping leaders and teams create safe, healthy, and sustainable workplaces.

Working closely with site and corporate stakeholders, you will provide technical leadership across occupational health, hygiene, wellbeing, governance and assurance, while also delivering hands‑on site support, including on-site assessments, coaching, incident response and implementation assistance. The role will focus on strengthening health risk management programs, improving systems and reporting, and supporting consistent standards and capability across the Australian operations.

You will thrive in a role that combines technical expertise with collaboration and influence, partnering across functions to deliver practical outcomes that support both people and operational performance.

You are an experienced occupational health professional with strong capability across health risk management, occupational hygiene, governance, and assurance within mining, heavy industry, or similarly complex environments. You bring a practical and collaborative approach, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and a genuine passion for supporting workforce health and wellbeing.

Relevant qualifications in Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene, Health Sciences, or a related discipline are required. International experience and knowledge of occupational health management systems and assurance frameworks will be highly regarded.

This permanent role is based in Perth and requires regular travel to Australian sites to provide in‑field support, including back‑up/leave coverage, while also offering occasional global travel. Gold Fields offers a competitive remuneration package including STI and LTI opportunities, private health insurance allowance, educational assistance, and salary continuance and life insurance.

Applications can be submitted via: https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

At Gold Fields, we are committed to creating a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and able to do their best work, working together to deliver enduring value beyond mining.