Senior Manager Operational Risk

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Operational Risk to join our Sustainable Development team in a dynamic, international setting. This newly created role is part of our updated operating model, designed to enhance the global scope and impact of our business.

Role Details:

As a key member of the team, you will lead the development and implementation of best practices in operational and critical risk management, creating a risk-informed control environment with a strong focus on critical risks. In this pivotal role, you will also build predictive capabilities to enable informed decision-making, delivering significant value to the organisation on a global scale.

At Gold Fields, we expect all employees to embody and enhance our values, safety culture, and performance, aligning with our purpose of creating enduring value beyond mining.

This permanent role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to both local and international projects and operations, requiring global travel to provide hands-on support across our sites.
 

Benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance Allowance

• Short and Long-Term Incentives

• Educational assistance

About the role:

• Develop and implement a standardised approach to Operational Risk Management across all assets.

• Collaborate across the group to ensure the Operational Risk group standard is seamlessly integrated into all activities.

• Drive a focus on Critical Risk Management by creating and implementing processes and tools for consistent identification of critical risks and their associated controls.

• Develop, with input from relevant functions, an integrated schedule of control verifications based on the three lines of assurance principle.

• Build capacity across the group to establish risk management as a core competency at all business levels.

• Establish robust reporting processes to ensure data from various sources supports credible, risk-based decision-making for leaders.

About you:

• Relevant qualifications in safety or risk management.

• Extensive industry experience, with international exposure being highly regarded.

• Recent leadership experience in safety and risk within the resources sector.

• Proven ability to collaborate as an integral member of a multifunctional management team.

• Demonstrated expertise in developing and executing short- and long-term plans aligned with strategic goals.

• Strong track record of leading change and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

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

We work across geographies, with diverse teams and cultures. This diversity of talents, backgrounds, experience and knowledge drives our growth and ability to deliver safe, reliable and sustainable production with lasting value for all our stakeholders. We are committed to continue building a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and follow an inclusive recruitment process with all qualified applicants considered.