About the Role
This role leads the evolution of Evolution's sustainability assurance framework, ensuring standards are consistently applied and effective across operations. It involves determining assurance focus, identifying risks, and providing independent insight into management systems. The position owns the assurance process end-to-end, from planning to reporting and supporting improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Leading Evolution's sustainability assurance program across operational and corporate functions.
- Developing risk-based assurance plans that align with key business risks, operational priorities and emerging trends.
- Determining audit priorities, scopes, methodologies and assurance activities across health, safety, training and environmental disciplines.
- Leading and coordinating audit teams to deliver consistent, high-quality assurance outcomes across multiple operations.
- Providing independent advice on the effectiveness of systems, controls, standards and governance frameworks.
- Driving consistency in the interpretation and application of standards across the business.
- Identifying systemic risks, trends and improvement opportunities to strengthen organisational performance.
- Reviewing significant incident investigations and contributing to assurance and governance forums.
- Supporting the development, review and enhancement of Evolution's sustainability standards and assurance framework.
Requirements
- Experienced assurance professional with a focus on structure, consistency, and clarity in complex operational environments.
- Ability to work across multiple sites and stakeholder groups, balancing governance requirements with operational realities.
- Comfortable influencing without direct authority, building credibility through thoughtful challenge, sound judgement, and a collaborative approach.
- Ability to own the assurance process, identify where assurance effort is needed, make informed recommendations on audit priorities, and lead programs delivering meaningful insights and practical outcomes.
- Qualifications in occupational health and safety, environmental science, engineering, auditing, risk management or a related discipline.
- Lead auditor qualifications, or significant lead auditor experience, with exposure to ISO 45001 and/or ISO 14001 management systems.
- Experience developing and leading assurance or audit programs within mining, resources or another complex industrial environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading audit teams and coordinating assurance activities across multiple sites.
- Strong understanding of management systems, governance frameworks and control effectiveness.
- Experience developing, interpreting and embedding operational standards.
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to identify root causes, emerging trends and practical improvement opportunities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence leaders across the business.
Skills
- Assurance
- Sustainability assurance framework development
- Risk-based assurance planning
- Audit prioritization and methodology
- Health, safety, training, and environmental management systems
- Stakeholder engagement
- Governance frameworks
- Management systems
- ISO 45001
- ISO 14001
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Influencing skills
Location
- Sydney CBD
- Australia
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Regular travel across operations
Experience Level
- Experienced assurance professional
Education Level
- Qualifications in occupational health and safety, environmental science, engineering, auditing, risk management or a related discipline
- Lead auditor qualifications
Benefits
- Relocation support assistance
- Novated car leasing
- Life insurance
- Income protection
- Short term incentives
- Referral bonuses
- Recognition program
- Study assistance
- Discounted health insurance
- Wellness days
About the Company
- Evolution Mining is a leading gold producer operating six mines across Australia and Canada.
- Vision: To be inspired people creating a premier global gold company.
- An agile, entrepreneurial company that values smart people and creative thinking.
- Committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate.
- Focused on keeping people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate.
- We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
