Team Leader Mining

Classification: ASO7
Salary Range: $116,089 - $125,490 + Superannuation
Duration: Ongoing
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Number of Positions Available: 1
Closing Date: 11:30pm, Sunday 6 September 2026

About the Opportunity

As Team Leader - Mining, you will lead a highly specialised team responsible for regulating South Australia's mining and mineral processing industries. This is an influential leadership position that combines strategic oversight, technical expertise, and people leadership to drive safer outcomes across one of the state's most complex and high-risk sectors. Working with industry operators, government agencies, technical specialists, and the wider community, you will play a critical role in ensuring regulatory activities are targeted, evidence-based, and focused on the Principal Mining Hazards defined in the Work Health and Safety Act 2012. Your leadership will help shape compliance and prevention strategies across active, emerging and legacy mining operations, contributing to the continuous improvement of work health and safety performance throughout the sector.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and develop a team of specialist inspectors, providing direction, coaching and support to achieve operational objectives and deliver high-quality regulatory outcomes.
• Influence safety performance across the mining, quarrying, mineral exploration and mineral processing sectors through risk-based compliance, enforcement and preventive initiatives.
• Build trusted relationships with industry, government and community stakeholders by providing expert advice and guidance on complex work health and safety matters.
• Drive the design and delivery of proactive compliance campaigns that identify emerging risks, promote industry awareness and improve safety outcomes.
• Provide expert leadership and technical oversight for the investigation of significant incidents, supporting inspectors and investigators to make sound, evidence-based regulatory decisions.
• Contribute to the development of regulatory strategy, helping SafeWork SA respond to changing industry practices, emerging technologies and evolving workplace risks.

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference to worker safety across South Australia's mining industry while leading a team of highly skilled professionals. The position is ideally suited to a leader who enjoys balancing technical expertise, strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement and people leadership in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.

About the Business

SafeWork SA is a business unit within Attorney-General’s Department and is responsible for providing work, health and safety, public safety, and state-based industrial relations services across South Australia. As a regulator, our Investigators and Inspectors ensure work, health and safety, and public safety standards are met, and appropriate action is taken when breaches of laws are detected. We also help people better understand their work health and safety responsibilities.

Our values are:

• Professionalism
• Respect
• Integrity
• Service

For more information about the Attorney-General’s Department and SafeWork SA, please visit https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/ and www.safework.sa.gov.au

Special Conditions for Employment

Employment is dependent upon a National Police Certificate clearance that the AGD finds satisfactory. Successful applicants will be provided further information if an interview is requested. Forms are not to be lodged directly with SA Police (SAPOL) under any circumstances and any fees incurred by applicants in doing so will not be recoverable from the AGD.

• Employment-related Screening Check required.
• Some out of hours work may be required.
• Some interstate and intrastate travel may be required.
• Must hold a current Australian issued driver’s licence (equivalent to minimum class C).
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working, including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Additional Notes

You will be prompted to attach your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Cover Letter (2 pages) after you have answered the questions via the link below. For more information please download the Job Application Pack and Job and Person Specification.

For further information about this exciting opportunity that is not covered by this website please contact Andrew Plummer, Manager Technical Services, SafeWork SA on [0400 851 556](tel:0400 851 556) or [email protected].

Click Apply and follow the prompts to submit your application.

The Attorney-General’s Department values workplace diversity and is committed to providing a supportive, inclusive and respectful work environment.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

The South Australian public sector supports flexible ways of working including part-time working arrangements wherever reasonably possible. The sector is diverse and desires to increase in diversity and to create opportunities for more South Australians.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application via the contact above or our website https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/.