“Imperative to the success of this role will be your ability to improve health and safety performance at mine sites and associated facilities through investigation of incidents, consultation, risk identification, site assessments and enforcement interventions,” NSW Mine Safety said.
“Based in Maitland in the Hunter Valley, a key focus of this role will be ensuring high-level decision making on challenging technical problems and enforcement actions, where there are potentially significant economic and safety consequences to be weighed up,” it said.
“Maintaining current knowledge of the technical and scientific dimensions of work health and safety in mining workplaces and ensuring mine safety staff remain technically current and competent with rapid innovation and the development of new technologies in mining is critical to the success of this role.”
The chief inspector role is in NSW Mine Safety within the Resources Regulator division of the NSW Department of Industry.