Health & Safety Superintendent

About Us

Southern Cross Fertilisers runs Phosphate Hill and the Mount Isa Acid Plant. We are two operations in North West Queensland that depend on each other, and that our neighbours and the region depend on too. The fertiliser we make supports Australian farmers and helps put food on tables here and overseas.

We are Australian. We are resilient, diverse, invested and proud.

How we work matters to us. Safety is not a slogan here. It’s how we run every shift, and production never comes ahead of it. Our plants run on standards, not heroics: planned work, predictable tonnes, doing what we say we’ll do and when something goes wrong, we look at the system before the person. People here report openly because the focus is on improvement, not blame.

We’re an operation with a great reputation, and we back our people with meaningful work and high levels of ownership.

About The Role

This is a dual accountability role: build and embed a mature, legislatively robust Safety and Health Management System that will withstand external and regulatory scrutiny, and lead the cultural shift so that safety leadership becomes visible, trusted and owned by every leader and worker on site. Reporting to the HSEC Manager, you’ll sit on the site leadership team at Phosphate Hill Operations in North West Queensland, and lead a team of Health & Safety Advisors, Occupational Health and Hygiene and Emergency Response personnel. This isn’t a caretaker role — you’ll diagnose gaps in current systems and practice, design and drive a multi-year improvement roadmap, and hold yourself and others accountable for measurable, sustained change in both compliance maturity and safety culture. The role is FIFO on a 4/3 roster, departing Townsville.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety Leadership & Culture
• Safety & Health Management System (SHMS) Design and Assurance
• Risk Management & Critical Controls
• Regulatory Compliance & Statutory Reporting
• Incident Management, Investigation & Emergency Response
• Occupational Health & Wellbeing
• Team Leadership & Capability Development
• Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Health, Safety, Risk Management or a related discipline
• RIIRIS402 (G2), RIIRIS601 (G3 / GMIRM) and Supervisor Statutory Competencies (S1/S2/S3), or equivalent
• ICAM Lead Investigator competency, with a demonstrated track record of leading complex investigations
• Current unencumbered ‘C’ Class Driver’s Licence
• Significant leadership experience in a senior health and safety role within mining, minerals processing or high-risk chemical manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing or substantially uplifting a Safety and Health Management System, including through external audit or regulatory scrutiny
• Evidence of having led measurable safety culture change, not just system or compliance improvement
• Working knowledge of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) and experience managing a regulator relationship
• Proven experience building, developing and performance managing a technical team

Capabilities & Attributes

• High-level judgement, decision-making and problem-solving capability under pressure
• Professional-level written and verbal communication, including the ability to influence at Board and Executive level and connect authentically with frontline workers
• Systems thinking — able to see how process, plant, people and culture interact to drive safety outcomes
• Courage and resilience — willing to challenge unsafe practice, complacency and the status quo at any level of the organisation
• Strong data literacy — comfortable using safety analytics and reporting tools to drive insight-led decisions
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment

Benefits To You

• A team that shows up for each other
• Salary packaging options
• Confidential employee assistance program
• Mental health and wellbeing program
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer, 3 weeks for secondary carer
• Superannuation paid on unpaid parental leave, up to 12 months
• Real opportunities for career progression through succession planning and development
• FIFO 4/3 roster, departing Townsville

Everyone Gets a Fair Go

We want people from different backgrounds, experiences and walks of life. It makes us a better operation and a better place to work. We’re building a workplace that is safe and fair for everyone, with flexible work options that let our people do good work and have a life outside it. If that sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you.

About Our Process

Our recruitment process usually involves an interview (Teams or face to face), reference checks and a medical. Depending on the role, it may also include a site visit and psychometric testing.