Job Description
Senior Manager - Global Process Safety & Risk
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Orica is one of the world's leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers. From the production and supply of explosives, blasting systems, specialty mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring to our cutting-edge digital solutions and comprehensive range of services, our team of 14,000+ sustainably mobilise the earth's resources.
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About Orica
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Orica is one of the world's leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers. From the production and supply of explosives, blasting systems, specialty mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring to our cutting-edge digital solutions and comprehensive range of services, our team of 14,000+ sustainably mobilise the earth's resources.
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About the role
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Global Process Safety & Risk to strengthen how Orica identifies, manages and assures its most material process safety and SHES risks globally.
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As a key leader within the Global SHES team, you will provide enterprise-wide leadership for Orica's process safety and SHES risk management frameworks. Working closely with senior operational leaders, Global SHES, Regional SHES and Group Risk & Assurance, you will provide independent oversight and expert guidance to strengthen risk management practices, ensure critical risks are understood and controlled, and support informed decision-making across the organisation.
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This is a rare prospect to influence safety and risk performance at a global scale. If you bring deep expertise in process safety and risk management, are comfortable operating at senior levels and have the ability to drive meaningful change across a complex operational environment, we want to hear from you.
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What you will be doing
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Global Process Safety Leadership
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Establish and continuously improve Orica's enterprise process safety framework.
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Develop and maintain global process safety standards, systems, tools and minimum performance requirements.
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Lead enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen process safety capability and performance across manufacturing and mining operations.
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Facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing across global process safety networks and working groups.
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Support learning from significant incidents and verify the effectiveness of improvement actions.
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Enterprise Risk Management
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Own and continuously improve the SHES risk management framework, including major hazard management requirement.
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Partner with operations to strengthen the identification, assessment and management of material risks across the business.
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Define enterprise risk assessment methodologies, risk criteria, critical controls and risk acceptance thresholds.
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Monitor material risks and elevate where unacceptable risk exposures are identified.
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Assurance, Governance & Performance
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Lead the implementation and governance of SHES assurance programs, including audits, reviews and verification activities.
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Monitor process safety and SHES risk performance through leading indicators, KRIs and other performance measures.
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Provide clear and timely reporting to senior leadership, executive committees and governance forums.
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Partner with Group Risk & Assurance to strengthen enterprise risk monitoring and reporting.
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Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement
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Maintain and enhance risk master data, analytics, major hazard information, bowties and critical control data.
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Lead the ongoing development of SHES systems, governance processes and data architecture.
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Drive continuous improvement of the Orica SHES Management System.
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Support the evolution of SHES systems and reporting capabilities to meet changing business and regulatory requirement.
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What you will bring
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A degree qualification in engineering, science or a related technical discipline.
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Significant experience in process safety and risk management within manufacturing, mining, chemicals, explosives or another high-hazard industry.
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Strong knowledge of process safety management systems, critical controls, major hazard management and enterprise risk frameworks.
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Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, and the ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
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Demonstrated leadership, management, and coaching skills, and the ability to lead and motivate a high-performing team.
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Commercial acumen and a business partnering mindset to risk management.
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What we offer
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As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills.
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You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.
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We respect and value all
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Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Chance Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone's contributions.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.

📌 Senior Manager - Global Process Safety & Risk (Queensland)
🏢 Orica
📍 Queensland