Risk Analyst, Health & Safety Management Systems

At First Quantum, we free the talent of our people by taking a very different approach which is underpinned by a very different, very definite culture – the “First Quantum Way”.

 

Working with us is not like working anywhere else, which is why we recruit people who will take a bolder, smarter approach to spot opportunities, solve problems and deliver results.

 

Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That’s how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations.

 

Job description:

Overall Job Purpose:

 

Reporting to the Specialist – HSMS, the Risk Analyst will be responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of projects, procedures, systems and action plans that reinforce FQM Trident Limited’s commitment to be a global leader in managing the Health & Safety of its people, assets and environment. The duties of the Risk Analyst are built around the application of technical skills and methodologies to the management of various mining risks. The Risk Analyst will be a key asset in hazard identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation and risk treatment.

 

Job Responsibilities:

The specific job responsibilities of the Risk Analyst shall include but will not be limited to:

Risk identification

• Conduct daily reviews of reported near misses and hazards. Risk Analysts shall then validate the risk rating before prescribing action plan(s) to remediate associated risk.
• Facilitate high quality, detailed risk assessments in targeted areas or in preparation for the implementation of change, improvements or new technologies that may impact the Health & Safety management system.

Risk measurement

• Conduct periodic reviews of consequence matrices for defined high risk areas, and define thresholds for risk analysis and response.
• Coordinate with responsible Supervisors, Coordinators and Superintendents in determining real risk potential and profile.

Risk treatment

• Upon identifying and quantifying potential risks, participate in the development of policies, procedures, systems, safe work programmes or other responses / interventions to address the quantified risk. The Risk Analyst shall ensure that the risk is reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable.

Risk Management

• Take a leading role in consistently upgrading Trident’s standing with regard to Leading indicators.

• Conduct regular reviews of implemented Safe work programmes to ensure that implemented procedures, controls and systems are effectively and consistently minimizing the associated risk.

Event Management

• Logging, monitoring & evaluation of significant events that include: The HSMS plan, HSMS audit recommendations, ICAMs, risk registers, legal registers, etc.
• Support the operational arms of the Health & Safety department in managing event logs on the mine’s Event Management System (EMS) for purposes of generating high-value data and subsequent visuals.

Internal Audits

• Conduct scheduled Audits of the Mine Site’s Health & Safety Systems; Permit to work, Change Management, and other high risk work management systems.
• Development of action plans to correct all random and systemic errors identified in internal audits.

External Audit action plan closure

• Monitoring and evaluation of the closure rate of specific recommendations derived from external audits.
• Support Operations and maintenance teams in the implementation of compliance requirements in an effective and efficient manner.

Systems integration

• Champion projects that promote compliance through the integration of Health & Safety Management systems with security systems, training systems, as well as performance management systems.

Quality Management

• Enhance departmental reporting quality through the development of tools that provide graphical / numerical representation of abstract data, as far as is reasonably practicable.
• Serve as quality control officers in the completion of Systemic Cause Analysis Technique (SCAT) and Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM) investigation reports.

Significant Incident reviews

• Periodically re-look at closed significant incidents in order to ensure that key learnings have been implemented and that root causes have been systemically worked out of Trident’s way of working.
• Compare and contrast similar events for purposes of establishing any and all correlations between different occurrences with a view of identifying and eliminated failed organizational defences.
• Recommend actions for implementation of additional controls in the event that implemented controls are found to be inadequate to eliminate the risk of incident recurrence.

Health & Safety Surveys

• Conduct targeted surveys that highlight or validate key organizational or systemic lapses within the Health & Safety management system.
• Provide detailed feedback to relevant Health & Safety Superintendents on the findings of these surveys.
• Any other job responsibilities and tasks, as prescribed by the HSMS Superintendent or Health & Safety Manager.

 

Job Specific Competencies:

• Strong scientific writing and critical thinking capabilities.
• Systematic thinker with a systems approach to problem definition and solving.
• Ability to apply both hard and soft controls to in risk treatment.
• A strong command in the reading and interpretation of relevant technical drawings; PFDs, P&IDs, SLDs, mine plans, site & floor plans, etc.
• Demonstrate experience in managing computer-based systems in Mining, processing or maintenance in a base metal or large processing environment.
• The ability to compile, review and validate quantitative and qualitative data required for Audits, investigations, risk reviews and Surveys (big reports).
• A strong command of the English language; written and spoken.
• The ability to provide support to mine site Operations and maintenance teams in the design and implementation of initiatives through logical evaluations, recommendations and detailed inspection reports, as required.
• Demonstrate the ability to work safely and improve team safety awareness.

 

Key Job Attributes:

• Traceable commitment to safety & health best practices in their field of work.
• Agile mindset, versatile skill-set, attention to detail & quick learning ability.
• Ability to proactively delegate and manage up-wards when required.
• Result-driven with an affinity for efficiency, safety and efficacy.
• Sober minded, level headed, industrious, resolute and ‘intra’-preneurial.
• Proven emotionally intelligent personality.
• A proven ability to work with other disciplines to achieve minimal risk levels in work, paralleled with minimal disruption to mine and plant operating times.
• Confident ‘on-the-feet’ thinker with strong inter-personal skills (vertical and lateral).
• Ability to work in a demanding, high-paced, fast-changing, and multi-cultural mining environment with little to no supervision.

 

Required Qualification and Experience:

• A full Grade 12 / Form (v) school certificate.
• As a minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management or other mining-related discipline from a recognized institution. Candidates possessing a Master’s degree in a technical discipline relevant to Mining / base metal processing will be highly regarded.
• A valid Zambian vehicle driving License.
• Two years’ experience in a Supervisor / Coordinator / Lead role.
• As a minimum, Computer literate in all the Microsoft packages.
• Highly capable in mine-relevant software systems, including Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs), Control Systems and Event Management Systems (EMSs).
• Some exposure to programming, coding or other HMI manipulation or control.
• Experience / exposure to project management principles and practice will be highly valuable.