Senior Manager - Global Process Safety and Risk

About Orica

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.

About the role

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.

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.

This is a rare opportunity 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.

Applications close at 12:00 am AEST on Friday, October 2nd.

What you will be doing

Global Process Safety Leadership 

• Establish and continuously improve Orica’s enterprise process safety framework.
• Develop and maintain global process safety standards, systems, tools and minimum performance requirements.
• Lead enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen process safety capability and performance across manufacturing and mining operations.
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing across global process safety networks and working groups.
• Support learning from significant incidents and verify the effectiveness of improvement actions.

Enterprise Risk Management 

• Own and continuously improve the SHES risk management framework, including major hazard management requirement.
• Partner with operations to strengthen the identification, assessment and management of material risks across the business.
• Define enterprise risk assessment methodologies, risk criteria, critical controls and risk acceptance thresholds.
• Monitor material risks and escalate where unacceptable risk exposures are identified.

Assurance, Governance & Performance 

• Lead the implementation and governance of SHES assurance programs, including audits, reviews and verification activities.
• Monitor process safety and SHES risk performance through leading indicators, KRIs and other performance measures.
• Provide clear and timely reporting to senior leadership, executive committees and governance forums.
• Partner with Group Risk & Assurance to strengthen enterprise risk monitoring and reporting.

Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain and enhance risk master data, analytics, major hazard information, bowties and critical control data.
• Lead the ongoing development of SHES systems, governance processes and data architecture.
• Drive continuous improvement of the Orica SHES Management System.
• Support the evolution of SHES systems and reporting capabilities to meet changing business and regulatory requirement.

What you will bring

• A degree qualification in engineering, science or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in process safety and risk management within manufacturing, mining, chemicals, explosives or another high-hazard industry.
• Strong knowledge of process safety management systems, critical controls, major hazard management and enterprise risk frameworks.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, and the ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership, management, and coaching skills, and the ability to lead and motivate a high-performing team.  
• Commercial acumen and a business partnering mindset to risk management. 

What we offer

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. 

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.

We respect and value all

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions.

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.