Engineer - Process Risk

• Opportunity to work for a high-caliber mining operation
• Mount Isa, QLD, Australia
• Competitive remuneration packages and benefits

Engineer – Process Risk
Safety, Hygiene and Risk – Smelting and Refining
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 
Ref. No. 43093

Queensland Metals has a great opportunity available for someone motivated by challenges and risk management in the role of Risk Engineer.  Reporting to the Superintendent Safety, Hygiene and Risk, you will provide expert Risk & Assurance assistance across the Smelting and Processing Surface Operations.  This role is residentially based in Mount Isa and works a 5/2, 4/3 roster (9 day fortnight), promoting a healthy work-life balance. 

 
The Operation

Mount Isa Mines is one of Australia’s oldest, largest and most complex mining operations. It is the second largest producer of copper in Australia and a key asset in Glencore’s global mining portfolio. Learn more about Mount Isa Mines at www.mountisamines.com.au 

Our business is integrated across the entire supply chain, from resource identification and development to production and distribution of copper cathodes to customers across the world. The Mount Isa Mines operations consist of an integrated Mine to Anode concentration and smelting process. We value add across all steps of our value chain by leveraging capability from our local and Global teams, and by liaising with the Glencore trading team to process custom ores and concentrates that deliver attractive profits to our business and shareholders.

We are attracting the best in the industry into our teams, as we trust in our people’s talent and support them in their development to become leaders in their field. We achieve this by offering career development plans that include experience in the delivery of technical and capital projects, exposure to technical experts while developing improvement initiatives, and support for completing tertiary studies related to the roles along with attendance to technical training for our high performers. We believe in the value of our people and our approach fosters the highest level of professionalism, ownership and entrepreneurial spirit in all our people while never compromising on their safety and well-being.  We offer excellent remuneration package and benefits including and employee rewards program, above market superannuation, and significant professional development opportunities. Take a look at the NQ Benefits Program Video to see the full range of benefits on offer.

About Mount Isa

Mount Isa is a thriving city acting as a hub for regional business, transport, services and government in North West Queensland.  Mount Isa Mines attracts the best people from all over Australia and the world who are drawn to working for a high-calibre mining operation with the added benefit of a comfortable residential-based work arrangement.

You will always have something to do, go to restaurants, movies, join a gym and plenty of sporting activities, play golf as well as fishing and camping and activities at the lake.


The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Coordination and oversite of risk and change management activities, and regulatory compliance management.
• Developing risk analyses of processing and smelting activities.
• Facilitation and review of departmental risk registers
• Support business in applying process safety principals in risk and control activities, including reviewing, developing and implementation of critical control performance standards and verification activities
• Provide specialist advice and effectively support, mentor and facilitate risk and assurance activities to the operational teams for Processing, Smelting and HSEC on risk identification and control management.
• Coordination of the Major Hazard Facility (MHF), including the development of MFH reports for the regulator as per the Queensland Mining & Quarrying Safety and Health Act and Regulations and tracking of audit actions.
• Participating in collaborative and positive team culture in line with Glencore Values
• Developing and improving proactive customer relationships and demonstrating an understanding of the key drivers of operational stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement of Risk and Change Management systems and processes

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is desirable
• Experience developing bowties/risk registers and critical control management processes (ICMM methodology highly regarded).
• Three years experience in workplace health and safety and/or risk management (mining industry experience highly regarded).
• Experience in ISO 31000 Risk Management application.
• Highly developed report writing skills coupled with practical experience in delivery of technical reports and recommendations
• Robust understanding of Risk Management
• Strong interpersonal, communication and persuasion skills including the ability to deal with operational stakeholders from a wide range of backgrounds and practice areas
• Demonstrated experience in facilitation, mentoring and stakeholder engagement
• Working knowledge of relevant legislative requirements
• Major Hazard Facility exposure (Highly Regarded)
• Demonstrated ability to provide innovative and practical solutions to meet business challenges.

• Great lifestyle in a residential mining town with option to work 5/2, 4/3 lifestyle roster
• Exposure to working with a large multinational mining company
• Opportunity to spearhead continual improvement of risk and change management systems during an exciting period of growth within the operation
• Opportunity to apply your knowledge of risk and assurance across a diverse range of risks
• Exposure to multidisciplinary internal and external audits, including regulator interaction
• Develop and improve risk and change management systems and processes